Parking etiquette outside your house? What would you do?

iNeed2Pee on 29/11/2021 - 20:56
Last edited 30/11/2021 - 14:00

Edited: Poll added

Asking for a friend.

Not really. It's for myself.
A feud is brewing in our street and I thought I would come straight to the oracle (OzBargain Forums).
So new neighbours have moved in across the road but also one house over. (Corner block).

They have taken the park of our neighbour across the road, even though they have space for another car in their driveway and also a car space infront of their own house.

I thought the unwritten rule of parking infront of your own house if you had space comes into effect, but my partner reckons its free game to park wherever you want regardless of whose house it is..

So will I be vindicated or not?

Would you go up to the neighbour to stop people parking in front of your house if they had space infront of theirs?

Do I need to pee on their wheel to support my neighbour? I am hopeful the neighbours wife comes out tomorrow and lashes em, given its bin day and their car is infront of their bins as well 🤣

Poll Options

  • 534
    Yes it would annoy me
  • 178
    No, move on
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Comments

  • Mahalo on 01/12/2021 - 15:33
    -1

    Annoying but street parking is free. However is more annoying when people think they own their curve side parking too and don’t let anyone else park in there.

  • w37hsyea on 01/12/2021 - 15:44

    What does this mean, "They have taken the park of our neighbour across the road"?
    Can you break it down with a proper explanation?

  • spoonmugen on 01/12/2021 - 16:00

    did u need the spot??? cant u just park infront of their house - or near it??

  • ireadtermsofuse on 01/12/2021 - 18:11

    Are you that same person who I have issues with?

    This is almost the exact same predicament I’m having. My street can only park a very limited amount of cars. It’s pretty much car, driveway, way, driveway, car etc. The people opposite to us has a two car garage and can fit another two on the driveway.

    We only have a one car garage. I need to park on the street in front of our house because my wife comes home from work later than I do so it will be a hassle for me to move for her to get into the garage if I do park on the driveway. I can’t park in the garage because I leave for work before her.

    They ocassionally park one of their three cars when there’s only 1 car in the garage. What drives me insane is that I’m guessing it’s their daughters boyfriend has a dirt bike and parks where I park so it’s has all this wasted space. I mean he could’ve parked under their tree or on the driveway.

    I guess I’ll just have to live with it and suck it up

  • Skinnerr on 01/12/2021 - 19:00
    +1

    OP vs. Crappy parking Neighbour, 1/12/2021 (NSFW, language)

  • beefmaster on 01/12/2021 - 19:35

    I believe everyone should park on their drive way or front of their house if possible.

    With that said I do park on front of someone else house at time to time because my situation is unique.

    I have a palm tree next to my drive way and on a windy day the heavy palm tree leaf can fall and cause great damage to the car if direct hit.

    My house is on an intersection exit and is at risk of drunk driver or idiot hitting my car.

    So occasionally I do park on front of neighbour houses where they rarely use it. At time may leave it for days because of lock down.

    But I do understand if neighbours don't like me parking in front because I hate my neighbour parking in front of my house, especially when I do use the space on front of my house.

    Also my neighbour left a trailer of trash on front of their house. I don't know is it to stop me from parking my car several centimetres on front of their house. That would be petty. Annoyingly they occasionally park on front of my house.

    They stop parking on front of my house now because they get the hint I need the space for my car.

  • Elision on 01/12/2021 - 20:02

    They have the right to park there, but it's also a dick move. So yeah, it would annoy me, and you could ask nicely for them not to, but realistically they don't have to move.

  • Name on 01/12/2021 - 20:37

    Just park in their street spot for a while to see if they get the hint.

    My level of annoyance would depend on the car. If it was a crapbox I'd be more annoyed than say if it were a lambo.

  • Devastator0 on 01/12/2021 - 21:41

    Do I need to pee on their wheel to support my neighbor?

    This made me properly laugh out loud, I fully support you doing this to support your neighbor haha

  • Jake1679 on 01/12/2021 - 22:44

    For as much as you could argue it's 'courtesy', 'etiquette' or an 'unwritten rule', you could simultaneously argue that it's an entitlement mentality to think you have a right to park where you want. As a land surveyor, this is something that does irritate me, as I see this stuff almost daily when there are limited places to park & disputes break out.

  • z0s0 on 01/12/2021 - 23:02

    I get no end of amusement reading about all the parking wars of car dependent suburbia.

    Obviously I have no car.

  • plmko on 01/12/2021 - 23:17

    This type of parking mentality really only exists in the 'good' suburbs. Only sickos get OCD reflexes over shit they can't control.

    • iNeed2Pee on 02/12/2021 - 09:19
      +1

      Then I am a sicko, and currently 435 people are with me!

  • Haulien on 02/12/2021 - 05:05

    say to them: "I'm not a great driver. Every time someone parks there, I ran into them reversing out of my driveway". They won't ever park there again.

  • zombie hunter on 02/12/2021 - 07:47

    Anywhere I got a urban assault vehicle AKA landcruiser with a sticker on the back saying "If dont like my driving get of the footpath"…

  • burns13 on 02/12/2021 - 08:51

    Look I'm an apartment owner so I have no dog in this fight. But I think Guerilla tactics are justified here. Nothing worse than selfish entitled "all for myself" individuals.

  • UFO on 02/12/2021 - 09:09
    +3

    So many comments saying things along the lines of "it's not illegal so it's ok". SELFISH!

    It's not legally enforceable to allow someone to merge in front of you in your lane. Legally its your right to not let them in.
    It's not legally enforceable to tell someone to take their obnoxiously loud mobile phone call outside, because you are disturbing everyone else in the restaurant.
    It's not legally enforceable to wait your turn in a queue at the shops or cinema.

    Just because its not illegal, doesn't mean you aren't being selfish and displaying a complete lack of respect to others.

    Legal doesn't always mean Right.

    • airtime on 02/12/2021 - 09:39
      -2

      While there are examples of legal behaviour that don't meet most people's expectations of being 'right'. Legally parking a vehicle on a public road is not one of them. Trying to conflate this topic with others just shows how weak the argument is.

      In this case I argue it is SELFISH for the home or property owner to believe that only vehicles they approve of can be parked on the public road. So much entitlement being exhibited in this thread. Likely it is the same people who incorrectly believe they own their patch of the public road who also believe they own their part of the nature strip or driveway outside their property - also not true.

      If you don't agree with the law in this regard then work to change it through local and state government. The law is currently worded for the benefit of the majority of society and not the entitled few. But if the few believe they are the majority, they can raise their voice appropriately to influence for change. But don't go around abusing people who are legally parked or damaging private property of legally parked vehicles.

      Amazed at the entitlement shown in this thread.

      • OzzyOzbourne on 02/12/2021 - 12:44
        +2

        So rather than common decency and respect for others, we have to have laws? And people wonder why there's so many nanny laws in Australia 🙄

        • airtime on 02/12/2021 - 13:04
          -1

          What has common decency and respect got to do with where people legally park their car? Sure, if it was illegally parked, but that's not what we are talking about.

          So many here seem to expect that the road outside their home is their domain; their's to command who should and shouldn't park there.

          I could get the expectation if you owned that bit of road, but you don't, it belongs to the public.

          Everyone is throwing around terms like selfish, decency, right and wrong, etc. when it has nothing to do with any of that. There is simply nothing wrong parking your car outside someone else's property. It is legal, morally and sociably acceptable.

          Maybe my view is skewed because for quite a while I have lived in inner city areas where ALL road parking is taken up 24hrs a day. There is no expectation that you 'own' your patch of the road and have expectations who parks there. But even putting that aside, I just don't get the outrage being exhibited by others regarding people parking outside their house.

          I get that you don't want to see anyone else's cars there maybe that would be the ideal world to live in, but we don't live in an ideal world and you have to suck up your entitlement and get on with life.

  • Pittyh on 02/12/2021 - 09:19

    Park in thier driveway, or on thier naturestrip?

  • jondave on 02/12/2021 - 09:27

    It's not illegal not to lend a hand when your neighbour is in trouble, and vice versa yeah? As long as you keep that in mind then go piss your neighbour off all you want (or don't) keeping in mind the future consequences.

    • iNeed2Pee on 02/12/2021 - 09:43

      On reflection, it was more to do with the fact that an initial conversation was not acquired before they parked in the random spots.

      I think now that a chat has ensued most of the neighbours are more than welcome to let cars park if its a last resort and they have used up there spots.

  • dynamic007 on 02/12/2021 - 11:23
    +1

    I find it really annoying. We just moved into a new house and the neighbor across the road has 4 cars and 2 trucks. They are constantly parking them anywhere other than their own driveway or garage. They have a huge driveway that would fit the truck and the garage would fit 2 cars. So most of the time the tuck gets parked outside my house and their driveway/infront of their house is free.

  • OzzyOzbourne on 02/12/2021 - 11:39
    +2

    I'm renting and live alone and my neighbour is a large family with grown up sons and tradie mates so I won't say anything because they could make my life difficult I guess…anyway they've gravelled over the nature strip between my drive and theirs, but wholly in front of my house, so they can park their Ute on it instead of using their 3 space driveway, which normally ends up with their Ute about 30cm across my drive so as not to block their own even though they don't use it.
    Add to that the people across the road often park one car directly opposite my drive (not complaining, it's outside their house), but their other car on the other side of my driveway (opposite side to my neighbour) rather than outside their house or on their driveway…then it's nearly impossible to get into my drive.
    So yeah, from a sample of 2 neighbours…100% don't give a sh1t.

    • airtime on 02/12/2021 - 13:21

      Your example here is of one neighbour breaking the law. They are clearly acting in a way which is illegal, selfish, morally wrong and not decent - all the terms you and others have been throwing around. But this is a completely different scenario to the one of this discussion - someone legally parking their car. Completely understand your unhappiness (or replace with stronger terms) with your situation.

      But don't confuse that with someone doing the right thing and just parking their car as they are allowed to do. No point in creating a straw man argument of my scenario is easily provable as wrong, so the discussed scenario is also wrong.

      I frequently have difficult reversing out my drive way due to cars parked close enough to block visibility of the roads through traffic. But that is just part of life - live with it, work around it and get on with the things you enjoy.

  • sir-screwball on 02/12/2021 - 12:19

    Obviously we understand the legal side of this but the non-legal 'civic responsibility' side of it is that you try and be courteous to your neighbours because if you choose not to be, you can't guarantee there won't be half a kilo of possum sh!t stuffed in your exhaust pipe one morning. Those possums are wayward sh!tters.

  • genus on 03/12/2021 - 00:30
    +1

    Growing up in 1960's Ozburbia, I understood pubic roads were created and funded for the primary purpose of commuting and secondary purpose… street sports and daredevil antics. Generously proportioned garages and driveways were designed for parking and bathing the Kingswood. With spill over parking for the odd visitor designated to the unfenced front lawn or nature strip.

    Fast forward to today and the ratio of unwashed vehicles to people in each household seemingly tips in favor of the former. Observing the surrounding streetscape during recent lock down exercise shows evidence garages, driveways and more recently roads have taken on an increasingly new function, that of long term storage. Electric and automated share ride vehicles cannot come soon enough. The need for off street charging hopefully hastens this spiral into senseless gridlock. Alas, problems other cities would gladly trade up for.

  • MrThing on 03/12/2021 - 06:31
    +1

    I agree with OP but would even go further

    If you have room ON your property (not shared space ie; council / state land) then you park on your property. (like a driveway, garage, car port - not your nice well taken care of lawn)

    If you don't have room on your property then you can use the shared space - but be reasonable, its not your personal car park / dumping ground

    I hate with a burning passion people who park trailers, caravans, boats, 2nd, 3rd car on the street only to look at their garage (empty) and driveway (only 1 car in it despite room for 2).

    • makes the streets look shit - like a bogan suburb were every house has 10 wrecked holdens parked between the front door and the neighbours house 10 doors down
    • its unsafe as now the roads instead of being wide enough for 2 cars to pass normally without weaving in and out like its a world rally championship
    • please wont someone think of the children

    I wish councils would be more active in forcing people to move their crap parked on the side of the road on a permanent basis - caravans and boats are great culprit of this

    I hope my future neighbours are the 508 other ozbargainers who agree with OP that "yes this would annoy me"

  • ajsr8 on 03/12/2021 - 12:49

    Similar thing here. Just put all your cars in front of your house and problem solved.

  • Benoffie on 07/12/2021 - 23:28
    +1

    Technically it is a free for all.

    However….

    I got so jack of people parking in front of my place instead of using their driveways that I replanted the entire council strip with plants.

    If they park, the passengers can't get out! 🤣

    Needless to say, they've all stopped 😏

    • iNeed2Pee on 08/12/2021 - 00:58
      +1

      Might plant some cactus. 😂😂

  • sunnyc on 14/12/2021 - 07:56

    Guy who parks in front of your home when not next door neighbour deserves to get hospitalised.

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