A driver parked outside a house on their new street and returned to find a note on their vehicle reading, 'Do not park outside this house again. ' According to the driver, they typically park wherever is easiest and do not care about parking exactly outside their house. They noted there are no parking restrictions on the street, and parking is first-come, first-served.
Under UK law, homeowners have no legal entitlement to park directly outside their own property on public roads, and it is legal to park outside someone's house unless the vehicle is blocking a driveway or a wheel is over a dropped kerb. The driver said there were no signs to suggest it was a private street or that parking was restricted, and they were not blocking any driveway, with no yellow signs or permit lines present. The neighbor claimed he owns a street parking spot and that he called the police about the matter.
' The driver had previously been asked by a neighbor to move their car because the neighbor's partner was coming home. In a separate incident, a man parked his car on a residential street across from where he lives for 11 days while he was away, and upon returning, found a note on his car from a neighbor.