To want to have a word with my next door neighbour?

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MilkandWine · 23/05/2011 00:06

DP and I live in a street of terraced cottages with no off street parking. It can become a bit of a free for all and you can't always get parked outside your house if someone else is there first etc. We have a car and DP also has a work van.

Anyway this morning DP goes out to van to find a note left under wind screen whiper from our new next door neighbour who moved in 2 months ago. In the note it says can he stop parking his van closer and closer to her house! Says her friend cannot get her buggy in and out of the house properly as van is blocking the path. I have no idea what she is talking about as DP never parks van up on path! Also just to get my back up a bit more she also added a comment about how DP should be parking his van in next street!!!

At this point I should also add that this new neighbour frequently has her tv turned up to an insane volume until early hours of morning so is hardly blameless in the annoying neighbour stakes.

I wouldn't have minded so much if she had had the guts to speak to us about it but to leave a note on DPs van has really annoyed me. AIBU in wanting to go round and have a word with her? what would others do, suggestions greatly appreciated.

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pingu2209 · 23/05/2011 00:10

I would ignore it and carry on as normal. When it gets to the stage she feels she needs to speak to either of you directly you can calmly and politely ask her what she means as the van is never on the path (unless you dh is telling you porkies).

takethisonehereforastart · 23/05/2011 00:14

Are you sure it was her? Did she sign it?

YANBU but I might wait until I saw her in the street rather than go round and then ask her if she has made a mistake about which van she meant to leave the note on.

FabbyChic · 23/05/2011 00:15

I'd knock and advise that he is not parking on the pavement and therefore not blocking access to her front door, whilst you are there say, whilst I am here can I just say your TV is insanely loud at cock o'clock.

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 00:16

Leave a note on her windscreen saying "Your bum smells"

Bohica · 23/05/2011 00:20

I leave notes on cars that park up on the kerb leaving no room for children & buggy to use the pavement.

It would be strange to leave a note on a vann that was not parked on the pavement so it makes me wonder if parking restrictions force your dh to park on the pavement o/s her house that forced your neighbour to leave a note.

I wouldn't knock on your door, I would leave a note.

Stickwithit · 23/05/2011 00:24

We have a similar set up in our street. Everyone would like to park outside their own house but if there's no room its just first come first served. I have had to park quite a way from our door and carry a sleeping child up the street many times- it is frustrating but a 'fact of life' on streets like ours.

Your neighbour seems not to have grasped the fact that she has no more right to part outside her house than anyone else. That is just how ity is- you could tell her that if you are feeling brave- I would!

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