My parking is blocking his view!

[hidinginthenightgarden]

So, the neighbor has just asked DH to stop parking outside the house as it blocks his view! The front of our house joins the side of his house and apparently, that is where his lounge is. So when we park there, he can see our car from his chair and he doesn’t like it. DH explained that we have too small kids to get in and out of the car and so we won’t be parking further up the street and apparently we aren’t being neighbourly!
To be clear, we don’t park in front of his house, we park at the side which is also (partly) in front of our own house.
He has said he doesn’t want to have to phone the police? He is being ridiculous right?

*two not too!

Lol, he is being unreasonable and ridiculous. Let him ring the police and see if they care.

Yes, he's being ridiculous. Is there anywhere else you could park in the name of neighbourly relations though?

Utterly ridiculous!
(Unless you are not disclosing to us an unused driveway or off street parking...)

Phone the Police and tell them what?

I would understand if his view was majestic vista of the Peak District, but I suspect his "view" is the house opposite

He is being ridiculous right?

Until you provide a diagram, I’m siding with him!

You do realise that the essential element of a parking thread is needed - a diagram

Please please get him to call the police, and be there when he does 😂

Haha definitely let him ring the police, they won’t give him the time of day.

Don’t park elsewhere otherwise he’ll start asking you to change all sorts just to suit his whims.

What is his view? (When your car isn’t there obs)

Until you provide a diagram, I’m siding with him!

This ...

Oh op, you're probably just blocking his noseying. I'd be gutted if someone did it to me too

Assuming you are legally parked he doesn't have a case. What he likes or doesn't like is irrelevant.

We need a diagram!

Yes, the View Police will be all over this.

I would usually say he is being unreasonable but we once lived somewhere where the front door opened straight onto the street and the builder next door would park his fleet of vans in front of our house instead of his own. They blocked all the natural sunlight from coming into the downstairs of the house. He was legally parked but I didn’t feel he was parked fairly.

he can see our car from his chair and he doesn’t like it

Tell him to move his chair as you can see it when you park and you don't like it.

He is being ridiculous about phoning the police, but is there really nowhere else you can park? Although you are within your rights to park there, I think I too would prefer if my neighbour did not park right outside my window if there was another possibility.

< chants > Diagram...diagram....diagram....

Roots for paper for diagram.....

Or photo..not picky

1 and 2 are the cars.
We could park directly Opposite his house which I think he would prefer as he has a garage that he parks in. But then we have to cross a road with our toddler.
Not worth it for his view!

Do you have a garage?

Park where you do x naff all he can do

wouldn't someone else park there if you didn't?