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Neighbour - would you bother?

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Dottiemay · 02/11/2024 10:53

Ever since I moved into my house, my next door but one neighbours have been really aggressive about not parking in front of their house.

To keep the peace, I always try not to park in front of their house but we live opposite a primary school and sometimes I do if it's the only space.

Yesterday, I was parked half over their house and half over their neighbours house. The woman turned up to my house and was knocking on the living room window as I was WFH and on a teams call. She was being really aggressive and intimidating.

I'm so sick of feeling really intimidated and their entitlement and want to slip a little note through their door. Is this pointless? Angry people will be angry I guess but I feel like this shouldn't go unchallenged.

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Irridescantshimmmer · 04/11/2024 19:56

The next note you need to post through the vinegar-tits-nieghbours' door is a warning you have reported her agressive behaviour to the local authority and for her to stop disturbing you whilst you are working from home as she's disrupting your meetings on Teams calls.

She has no right to demand that you don't park in front of her house.

Surgicalprecison · 04/11/2024 19:55

I would purposely park outside their house on a daily basis and ignore them.

EalingLucy · 04/11/2024 19:54

I would recommend hiding a zip van and parking it back there - it’ll become the default place to pick it up and drop it off for a while. Might make her miss your car?

Bellatrixpure · 04/11/2024 19:52

Dottiemay · 04/11/2024 17:43

Update! Now outside the neighbours house. They are absolute imbeciles.

Clamp me and I’ll be pressing charges for criminal damage

Briemeltedontoast · 04/11/2024 19:40

Do you have a local independent car trader who’d be happy to park his vehicles outside her house until she gives up?

itsmylife7 · 04/11/2024 19:35

I'd hire a mini Cooper s and park outside her house. 😀

rockingbird · 04/11/2024 19:34

I had this when we moved to our new home and had no driveway. I have a big car and in between drop curbs only my car would fit on a section. There was uproar and I was told several times not to park on a certain section outside (opposite) my own house. I didn't let it stop me - actively went out of my way to move my car there as soon as it became free and made it clear I had every right to park where I wanted. I then pissed them all off further by speaking to the council highways who were lovely and said they had major road/pavement works coming up and would allocate me a drop kerb 🤣 no one else got one and now the mardy cow who started it but turned out to be lovely when she knew I wasn't backing down. She pops in for a cuppa often and she parks on my drive anytime she wants. We often laugh about the parking wars. Glass half full kinda girl.

juggernorks · 04/11/2024 19:32

Crikey, imagine being so absolutely pathetic. Bet she's got live, laugh, love stencilled on the wall too.

HelloCheekyCat · 04/11/2024 19:31

Dottiemay · 04/11/2024 17:47

Ha exactly! My other neighbour said exactly the same

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And go on holiday for 2 weeks 😄
There's a man near us who parks his car on the road outside after work then moves it onto his drive at night I just to stop someone parking outside his house. Honestly who can be bothered!!!

2Magpies24 · 04/11/2024 19:26

Oh my, what an UTTER SADDO. I am cringing on her behalf.

Blarn · 04/11/2024 19:23

You need to find someone with a car much more expensive and exclusive than a Mini Cooper S and get them to park. I mean, no offence to Mini Cooper S drivers but they are ten a penny.

TruJay · 04/11/2024 19:20

Imagine being that much of a prick! 😂at least you can take solace in the fact you are not!

I wish parking my Mini outside my house was my biggest worry in life!

biedrona · 04/11/2024 19:16

Lesser cars will be clamped? wtf

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 04/11/2024 19:13

If you live opposite a primary school how does she stop herself from spontaneously combusting ?

There must be 1001 cars to-ing and fro-ing

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 04/11/2024 19:08

Can a John cooper works model park there? 🤔

Bignanna · 04/11/2024 19:07

Just don’t block their drive!

dixon86 · 04/11/2024 19:06

Buy an old caravan and park it outside their house. No insurance, tax or MOT needed!

TequilaNights · 04/11/2024 19:04

'Not lesser car' 'clamp forcefield activated'

NigelHarmansNewWife · 04/11/2024 19:02

I think, "This car identifies as a Rolls Royce" ought to do it. Or, if you're feeling belligerent, "Are any cars lesser cars than a Mini Cooper S?" No offence to Mini Cooper S cars, but what a bloody stupid sign. An eyeroll emoji blu-tacked to the bottom of her sign would be appropriate.

Do you think her husband thinks she's being a prat so is trying to use humour?

Briemeltedontoast · 04/11/2024 18:59

Car Wars - a headline for the Daily Mail?

NeedToGetOutOfThisSomehow · 04/11/2024 18:55

They can't clamp you the absolute idiots.
Plus what will they achieve by clamping, your car would be there longer

Alalalala · 04/11/2024 18:55

Wow your neighbours are total morons!

BreadInCaptivity · 04/11/2024 18:49

Purplewarrior · 04/11/2024 18:42

PLEASE report the idiot to the council.

Why would you waste Council time on this?

It's a totally unenforceable sign.

Just crack on and ignore. Or better still find a mate with a Cooper S who's going on holiday to leave their car there for a few weeks.

Bumcake · 04/11/2024 18:48

I’ve got a Cooper S, let me know where you are and I’ll come and leave it there.