An issue has developed in recent weeks with parking on the new build estate on which I live (quelle surprise!)
My house is in a row of three and we have an area at the rear containing 6 spaces. In recent weeks people not from the three houses have started using it to park in.
The houses on my road have a small gravel area in front of them and essentially face on to a ‘main’ road of the development. All of the houses on my road have parking spaces at the rear and these are accessed by another road (not a main road, it’s block paved) which runs behind and there are breaks in the rows of houses to allow access to the road behind from the ‘main’ road. Our parking area is just off the road behind, there’s no through road past it. However the road behind loops round to the main road, so it does go somewhere.
On review of the deeds, the area is exclusively for the use of the three houses, in effect a shared driveway. As a three we’re responsible for maintaining it and covering any costs. Who actually owns it though, I’m not sure.
I can understand why people think it’s ok to park there as there is nothing to indicate it’s just for us. There’s communal parking elsewhere, there are flats nearby and this area just looks the same. It doesn’t look like a driveway, that’s for sure.
My first thought is to put up some signs, however review of the deeds shows that this is prohibited apart from ‘for sale’ and ‘to let’ signs.
I could produce a note that I put on cars, firstly to inform them, secondly to threaten them with legal action for loss of amenity should they persist. But once one car owner gets the message another is bound to park in the spaces. It could become endless and tiresome…..
So I think the solution may be a set of folding parking bollards. But I’m not sure if I’d be allowed to install them (status of ownership of area unknown) or if they will actually be able to be installed in block paving?
Any thoughts appreciated! (Moving is out of the question)