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TheOwlShootAtNight · 04/09/2026 09:25

DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 21:24

We’re over by about an inch - I usually pull in properly but if we have the same shenanigans tomorrow I need the leverage to turn without hitting our bay window.

I hate the low wall and yes I want to get rid of it when we can afford it, but I shouldn’t have to do it as protection for neighbours parking across our access, surely?

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that is more than an inch. Underestimating just like the hmo resident.

2chocolateoranges · 04/09/2026 08:53

My neighbour used to do this. All the time.

i got to the point I would chap his door every time and tell him to move it. He grumbled but did move it I even went out at midnight some days just to piss him off. He soon got the message!

he doesn’t park over the boundary line anymore.

Savvysix1984 · 04/09/2026 08:46

It’s not a big car. It’s a pretty standard and popular sportage car.
why don’t you park up the side of your house on the actual drive so you can reverse in and then it would be easier to drive forward minding the wall.
either way though they shouldn’t be blocking your dropped curb.

MontyDonsBlueScarf · 04/09/2026 07:59

Their reply saying 'slightly' sounds as if they know they were wrong but they think it's not enough of an overhang to matter. I would show them the original picture you posted and say something like 'unfortunately the entrance is so narrow that we need every inch of space, as you can see'.

damemaggiescurledupperlip · 04/09/2026 07:17

I would be taking down that wall myself. It isn’t going to damage the pavement

PurpleThistle7 · 04/09/2026 07:09

Getting in and out of that driveway with that huge car looks hard. Neighbour definitely wrong but couldn’t you just park on the street? Is that space outside your home usually free?

Tamtim · 04/09/2026 06:51

Your message sounds like you’re annoyed. Rightly so. They are being completely unreasonable.

Skodacool · 04/09/2026 06:31

NestaVipaz · 03/09/2026 20:21

Honestly, I do think your message is aggressive. There is no “please”, but plenty of imperative demands to do something “immediately” and something else “never again”. Also, it’s overkill to suggest that driving one side of your car off a normal kerb will bugger your suspension. Yes, they shouldn’t be doing it. Yes, you’re in the right, but you are sounding self righteous.

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The message was not at all aggressive and there is a “please”. Normal people would be mortified and apologetic at blocking a neighbour’s drive.

BirdLandedonmyHead · 03/09/2026 22:52

What other neighbours do you have? (Students, families etc)? Would just leaning on your horn cause a disturbance to others?

fashionqueen0123 · 03/09/2026 22:41

If you ripped the wall down would it even effect the pavement- the wall is on your land?

beaglescurleduplikebagels · 03/09/2026 21:53

Looking at that latest photo I’m not sure I’d even be parking a car that size on that tiny driveway.

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DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 21:39

Plmnki · 03/09/2026 21:34

As it’s an HMO, complain directly to the council. They should be ticketed for blocking your driveway. Come on. You need to engage with your ward councillor, find out who the hmo contact is on the council, and point out the impact that’s being created by HMO tenants.

anyway - surely you know the HMO owner can lose their licence if their tenants repeatedly create problems in the neighbourhood? The hmo owners are pulling thousands in rent out of that property and not managing their tenants, who are piss taking twats BTW.

You need to use the licensing process and the council who is paid to administer it - the council is answerable to ratepayers like you.

To be fair on this you’re entirely correct. But it’s like trying to plug a dam with a finger - the HMOs are big business in a student town and the councillors are trying to walk the line between ‘ordinary’ residents and the student population and what the uni want/need to stay profitable. Parking wars are small fry!

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DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 21:34

HeathisWealth · 03/09/2026 21:29

Annoying and inconvenient but I think the bigger problem is your car is too big for your drive. You need a lot of space to manoeuvre into that space and the size of that car Vs the size of the drive means you have to work harder to park it. I bet you sometimes reverse onto their drive at the end (where there's no fence) to make life a little easier for you. Live and let live here, I think.

I will defer to DH (who is watching this thread, hi love) on the car size decision. But I don’t touch their drive on the way out, we’ve been here for years and I’ve nailed the in and out - I have needed to be whiter than white on the parking wars so with the help of the rear camera I know I don’t touch it 😄

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Plmnki · 03/09/2026 21:34

As it’s an HMO, complain directly to the council. They should be ticketed for blocking your driveway. Come on. You need to engage with your ward councillor, find out who the hmo contact is on the council, and point out the impact that’s being created by HMO tenants.

anyway - surely you know the HMO owner can lose their licence if their tenants repeatedly create problems in the neighbourhood? The hmo owners are pulling thousands in rent out of that property and not managing their tenants, who are piss taking twats BTW.

You need to use the licensing process and the council who is paid to administer it - the council is answerable to ratepayers like you.

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DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 21:32

Right, because I am insane and have invoked the MN brigade (entirely my call know!) I have moved the car. Here is my usual parking space aka where I was last night. And the view from the corner just in front of the original pic.

The reason I’d originally not tucked the front in tonight was because if it happens again overnight I can’t get out without hitting the bay window. I have now tucked in the front as usual.

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HeathisWealth · 03/09/2026 21:29

Annoying and inconvenient but I think the bigger problem is your car is too big for your drive. You need a lot of space to manoeuvre into that space and the size of that car Vs the size of the drive means you have to work harder to park it. I bet you sometimes reverse onto their drive at the end (where there's no fence) to make life a little easier for you. Live and let live here, I think.

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DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 21:24

boobybum · 03/09/2026 21:08

Is that a pavement between where your car is parked and the grassy area? If so, it looks as though your car is overhanging the pavement so you might want to re-park it before getting enforcement officers round.

(Sorry if I’ve got that wrong).

We’re over by about an inch - I usually pull in properly but if we have the same shenanigans tomorrow I need the leverage to turn without hitting our bay window.

I hate the low wall and yes I want to get rid of it when we can afford it, but I shouldn’t have to do it as protection for neighbours parking across our access, surely?

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MiceSpiders · 03/09/2026 21:17

Your car doesn't fit on your drive, it's on the pavement

Toastietoastie · 03/09/2026 21:14

Why could they not just park outside your house instead! Then they aren't blocking whoever uses their drive, nor yours. Honestly if some folk had brains they'd be dangerous.

Neighbours across from us often half park across their drive menacing we can barely get out as the road is narrow, meanwhile the full "space" outside their house is free so they could just move a metre along.

RVectensian · 03/09/2026 21:11

And yes, I'd barely class that as a drive. I assume you're 'meant' to park on the straight bit where the picture is drawn from ?

NewLifter · 03/09/2026 21:11

Off topic, but parking there looks so awkward and isn't your wheel on the pavement?

Would you not just park on the road?

Or at least reverse in?

How did you resolve the issue this morning? I was a bit confused whether you were stuck trying to get in or out

Sorry, so many questions 😂

beaglescurleduplikebagels · 03/09/2026 21:10

DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 20:09

It’s just out of shot tucked around the corner. The grassy area starts at the beginning of the blue line. Here’s it tonight now we are parked up. There’s a low wall - not an issue unless our access is impeded. Want to get rid of the wall, but have been quoted £k to do it as it would involve making good the public pavement to the standard of the LA and it’s only an issue when our drive is blocked.

You’re parked over hanging the pavement 🫣

RVectensian · 03/09/2026 21:10

DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 20:09

It’s just out of shot tucked around the corner. The grassy area starts at the beginning of the blue line. Here’s it tonight now we are parked up. There’s a low wall - not an issue unless our access is impeded. Want to get rid of the wall, but have been quoted £k to do it as it would involve making good the public pavement to the standard of the LA and it’s only an issue when our drive is blocked.

They shouldn't have parked there, but if you genuinely faffed around getting irate about not being able to get out just to avoid bumping off a pavement that's a bit nuts. This is easy to get out of. Annoying, but easy.

boobybum · 03/09/2026 21:08

Is that a pavement between where your car is parked and the grassy area? If so, it looks as though your car is overhanging the pavement so you might want to re-park it before getting enforcement officers round.

(Sorry if I’ve got that wrong).

Zov · 03/09/2026 21:05

DealForTheKids · 03/09/2026 18:56

Photo taken from my house. Red line is the boundary line. Blue line is where the drop kerb ends. It’s a joint drop kerb serving us and our next door neighbours. Next door neighbours have parked this black car blocking their own driveway, but we cannot get onto ours based on the location of the black car.

AIBU?

Awww, mate that's minging. That 'driver' should hang their head in shame.

YANBU to be pissed off!