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Inspectorflange · 14/05/2025 16:45

Lived here 7 years. Semi detached with a driveway for one car. Convenience shop exactly opposite on a busy main road. Shop customers park wherever they please and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been blocked in so can’t get off/ onto my driveway.
So fed up with it that I started parking across my driveway, effectively blocking myself in but at least it stops other people doing it, thereby leaving my driveway empty.
Shop owner has asked me to park on my driveway and not leave it empty because it’s “not fair to his customers and business.”
I was too gobsmacked to argue back about having to park this way in order not to get cars, delivery vans and even tractors parking across my driveway and making me late for getting my children to school.
AIBU?

OP posts:
prelovedusername · 14/05/2025 17:08

Inspectorflange · 14/05/2025 16:54

I get that customer parking is limited because every house on both sides of the street has a driveway, but it’s always mine!
appreciate that it’s the customers who are parked badly, not the shop owner, but it would be nice if he could ask THEM to park with more consideration, not me.
In my position would you carry on parking across the driveway?

Yes I would. It’s the shop owner’s problem, not yours. They know it really.

Away2000 · 14/05/2025 17:06

I would just say how does it affect your customers? The driveway is private property so they can’t park there anyway and it’s illegal to park blocking a driveway so they can’t park there either. So you are taking zero spaces away from his customers.

Clownsy · 14/05/2025 17:06

His customers block you in and you are choosing to prevent that now.
Subject closed.
CF.

gamerchick · 14/05/2025 17:00

You should have told him why probably to stop the whinge.

I wouldn't change what I was doing though.

greengreyblue · 14/05/2025 16:59

Neighbours or customers? Can you put a polite sign out saying driveway in frequent use, don not block.

roseymoira · 14/05/2025 16:57

Inspectorflange · 14/05/2025 16:54

I get that customer parking is limited because every house on both sides of the street has a driveway, but it’s always mine!
appreciate that it’s the customers who are parked badly, not the shop owner, but it would be nice if he could ask THEM to park with more consideration, not me.
In my position would you carry on parking across the driveway?

Yes, of course. Otherwise you will always be blocked in

Original poster
Inspectorflange · 14/05/2025 16:54

I get that customer parking is limited because every house on both sides of the street has a driveway, but it’s always mine!
appreciate that it’s the customers who are parked badly, not the shop owner, but it would be nice if he could ask THEM to park with more consideration, not me.
In my position would you carry on parking across the driveway?

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cherrycola66 · 14/05/2025 16:49

You need to speak up, it’s not your problem if his customers can’t find parking

Notanotherwig · 14/05/2025 16:49

People are unbelievably entitled when it comes to parking. I have a similar situation and also park across my driveway otherwise I am frequently blocked in. It’s infuriating.

Ankther · 14/05/2025 16:48

It doesn’t sound like it’s your neighbours that are the problem - it’s people who don’t live on your street surely.

Clearly you’re not being unreasonable, as you well know. Your actions aren’t taking parking away from the shop customers as no one should be parking in front of your drive anyway. You just need to explain this calmly to the shop owner.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 14/05/2025 16:46

Of course YANBU, but go back and tell him what you've just written here.