Grass verge help.

[loxleylovely]

I wondered of anyone could advise me as I wont be able to speak to anyone at the council until the back end of the week.

 

We moved into a property in July the previous occupier had always parked on the grass verge. There is no grass just holes and mud. Now the weather has changed it is now one big mud pit/puddle. We do not have off street parking at the moment (this could be possible tho and we need to look into it). We now have a permanent very large puddle making it impossible to get our son in and out of the car. We were planning on filling the holes in and then re seeding in the spring but we have been told that if we do this we could get fined by the council.

 

So a) is this true?

b) if it is, has anyone had any experience of this? Will the council come out and sort it out?

c) if they do this will we cop for a big bill?

 

The road we live on is very wide but very very busy and I cant see why the last occupant had to park like he did, really there was no need.

 

I have a drive but people park on the verge outside...my neighbour who is very old gets upset so I keep repairing it.

Nobody has ever challenged this and as long as you do a neat job I can't see a problem.

It is a forever battle though lol good luck

[Super Hans]

We were told that if we dig it over and re seed it then Mrs X comes along trips up over the curb/her own feet/thin air and tries to sue the council, then if its found we had "tampered" with it in anyway then it would become a case against us. I know things like that could be quite slim but the way my luck goes it will end up that they get 10 claims in a week for it!

 

You can't go about your whole life being worried about these things. Anybody can sue you for anything, it's whether .A anybody actually has an accident .B they decide to sue .C whether the judge agrees with them.

 

If someone trips over your black bin they can sue you for leaving it there, but is anybody going to do it? Would they sue? Would the judge agree.

 

You can't live your life like that, just get on with it.

[Annina]

I regularly feed and re seed the grass verge outside my property,also weed and cut it when in the mood.

 

If the council objected to this they would be laughed out of court,I pay my council tax for them to do it so if they can't be bothered I can't see the objection in doing it myself.

 

Don't bother digging it over,just put some soil in the holes ,seed it, and nature will do the rest.

[barleycorn]

We were told that if we dig it over and re seed it then Mrs X comes along trips up over the curb/her own feet/thin air and tries to sue the council, then if its found we had "tampered" with it in anyway then it would become a case against us. I know things like that could be quite slim but the way my luck goes it will end up that they get 10 claims in a week for it!

 

Although you could sue the council if you tripped over a kerb, or as in the case a flat piece of ground, you would lose. And look an idiot. If you're happy to do it I would just do it.

 

jb

[mbarret]

To the OP, am i missing something here, why cant you get your son in or out of the car?

[barleycorn]

To the OP, am i missing something here, why cant you get your son in or out of the car?

 

Small boys dissolve on contact with water.

 

jb

[Starlet83]

To the OP, am i missing something here, why cant you get your son in or out of the car?

 

Because the mud bath that was once the verge has a huge puddle and mud about 2ft across. He is still in a car seat so has to be lifted in and out and fastened in. The other option is to park the car facing the other way which means getting him in and out on a busy road.

 

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Small boys dissolve on contact with water.

 

jb

 

Really any need?? He loves nothing more than tramping in and out of puddles but since the puddle at one point comes 3/4 of the way up his wellies its not practical most of the time.