What Can You Do

[JinnyJoan]

I live in a cul-de-sac and both lovely neighbours and friends have been good to me over the years.  All their children plus themselves parents own cars which means at times there are 7 cars outside their door sporadically (small cul-de-sac)- then along comes the boyfriends and girlfriends at night. it leaves very little room to negotiate or navigate your own car.  Now my own friends wont visit because of the cars - they try and park elsewhere.    Drives me nutty.  But what can one do or say.  

[JinnyJoan]

bump bump - I guess if I can't do anything then neither can anybody advise.  Ach well. 

[calmck]

You could ask them to leave a space for you as you are havung trouble walking 

[DDIL]

Either have a word and possibly upset the neighbours after all they are entitled to park. 
Or 

Say nothing 

[mallyh]

if you have trouble walking can you get a disabled bay marked out ?

[windywillow]

Are you registered disabled, Jinny?

I don't know if it applies in Ireland, but where I live, if you're disabled you can ask the council to put a parking bay on the road outside your house.

I've no idea if you have to pay to have it done, and my OH tells me that if another disabled driver came along, they would be allowed to use it.

Just a thought.

[windywillow]

Sorry mallyh, cross posted.

[barry1010]

You can only have a disabled bay outside your house if you don't have off street parking - a drive or a garage.

Anyone with a blue badge can park in it.

If your neighbours are causing an obstruction, speak to them. If they are parked properly and legally, there is nothing you can do.  It's a 'first come, first served' situation.

There is the option of asking the council to restrict parking to 'residents only' but your neighbours would have to agree and it might not help your situation.

[theshedman]

Where we live barry they charge for resident parking by the number of cars you have and gets more expensive with each extra car.

[ToraToraTora]

The basic problem as ever is that motoring is too cheap. What more evidence do you need?

[davebro3]

In this & other ways your house is giving you problems. You should seriously consider moving.

[windywillow]

In a market town near to where I live, you have to buy a parking permit from the council (obviously only if you don't have your own off-street parking) and I think they are quite expensive.

I expect it's because the town gets a lot of visitors/tourists and this has a knock-on effect on the residents being able to park.

However if you have a blue badge you can park for free in the residents' bays.

[barry1010]

Yes, residents only parking normally comes with a cost.