To be furious with neighbour parking on my driveway

[Getorfmyland]

I have NCed for this, as if my neighbour reads this she'll know exactly who I am.

I have a house on a narrow street with limited parking. My house is one of a few that has its own driveway. The rest of the home owners have to park on the street.

I live with my DP but we go to stay at my own house most weekends. When I moved in with DP, I told one of my neighbours that she would be welcome to park her car in my driveway during the week, but that I would be needing it at weekends. (I was trying to be kind. I now know I'm a mug)

On several occasions, I have returned to my house on a Friday evening to find her car in my drive. Each time, I have to go and ask her to move it. Each time, she has run out of the house, moved the car, and run back into her house without saying a word to me. No apology, no thank you, nothing. On one occasion I was sitting right there watching her move the car, and she didn't even look up to acknowledge I was there.

On other occasions, I have returned home to find her car in my drive, and I've just parked on the street to avoid confrontation. I have always assumed she would see my car, and come and move her car and apologise. She never has.

This weekend, I go stay at my house on Friday. On Saturday evening, we went out for dinner. When I returned home HER FUCKING CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I immediately drove up to her front door and repeatedly beeped my horn. She ran out, moved the car, and didn't even acknowledge me!!!

Now, I know I'm not being unreasonable - it's my friggin land that she is parking on and she's taking the piss - but I'm a wimp and don't like confrontation, and I just want to keep the peace with my neighbours, so I really don't want to have a go at her about it. I'm considering a chain across my drive, but I genuinely don't mind other neighbours parking there in the week, as space is limited. So help me grow some balls MNers - what would you do?

I would seriously consider actually renting it out and getting real cash through one of the parkatmyhouse.com type websites.

If you don't want to do that, then just tell her it is inconvenient and you have had to ask her to move too many times so you'll have to cancel the agreement.

wtf is it with people like this??

Not even acknowledging you, like you're a service, an inanimate thing there for her convenience??

Unbelievably rude and graceless imo. Tell her it isn't working and you are cancelling the agreement. Not nice, not nasty: statement.

You've said the neighbours know exactly what this is about, and I'm sure they're all on your side, so nothing to worry about there.

rude cow!

that's so rude! why should you be inconvenienced?
I agree that you need to cancel the agreement

Thanks everyone - I just need to pluck up the courage to go and tell her that it's no longer convenient to park in my drive. Or leave her a note if I'm feeling gutless... after all, she's unlikely to confront me about it given her recent behaviour!

Of course, I knew this was the answer all along, but I'm a bit of a wimp and just needed you lot to give me a kick up the arse to do it!

You try and do something nice for someone, and they just take advantage eh. Hmmph. Going to go looking for homeless unicorns that need a parking space right now....

Did you sort this op?

NC fail I'm afraid OP! But hopefully 3 car neighbour will help you out & block rude neighbour from blocking you.

How is it that you were friendly enough at one point to offer her your driveway but now she won't even look at you?

Just put a note through her door explaining it's too inconvenient now and can she stop parking there. Do it now :)