Hi everyone,
Feeling totally bewildered by all this.
Yesterday I was in my livingroom at 7:30am and I heard a big smash outside. My car is parked in a marked parking bar on the road, 2 houses down the street, and a car had not seen it and smashed into the back of it.
Longstory cut short, she didn't see my car, admits liability, both cars will most likely be written off, I made her a drink, we called the Police and all was fine, amicable and friendly with her throughout.
My problem is with the neighbour of the house my car was parked outside of.
The street only has a few parking bays, we have a driveways but 2 cars in our household. My boyfriend uses the drive, I use the parking bays and I have a parking permit. One of the parking bays is outside this mans house, he has 1 car and a driveway and does not use this parking bay.
Her car was towed away within the hour, mine is being towed today hopefully, so it has been in the parking bay outside his house, the rear of it smashed in. Debris was swept off the road and into the gutter by the Police and they said I was fine to leave the car there until it was recovered.
So, to get to the point. Myself and my boyfriend walked up to my car around 7pm last night to look at it. A neighbour came past and said how awful it was that my car had been hit and gave her sympathies. The other neighbour came out and basically starting ranting away to us about when we were going to clean up the gutter of the mess... is the car moveable? it's my fault the mess is there as it's my car and I was involved whether I was in the car or not. He keeps his road clean and I should clean it all up now. He doesn't like me parking there because his relatives visit at the weekend and they have to park up the road and it's an inconvenience to him.
He said a lot to be honest and I was so shocked by his attitude (60 ish years old) that I can't remember a lot . We were polite, didn't raise our voices or swear and he just kept getting more irate. In the end we walked back to our house as it was clear he was just having ago about me parking there and saying snide comments like " well, you won't be parking there again will you ".
Anyhow, sorry for the essay. I couldn't sleep last night and now we are considering moving house. My car has been hit a few times now; it's a busy and tight road, and this neighbours reaction has upset us.
My car will be recovered today and I really don't want to clean the gutter now. It's nearly all plastic from the other car, no glass.. and before he came out I was full intending to clear it up just to be polite and because that's just what you do. Half the mess is under my car and I can't get to it yet anyhow. I feel like he will be watching me and might come out again.
So, should I still clean it or leave it?
Sorry for the essay stress of yesterday, work and my last month of Uni are all getting to me and I feel at the end of my tether
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Neighbour dispute about my car
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nitrox · 04/04/2013 08:16
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