So - next door but one neighbour is having an extension built. We've lived here for 18 months and whilst I wouldn't say we were bosom buddies, we are (were) good neighbours - popped over for a coffee every now and then, I give her my DD's grown out of clothes for her DD who is nine months younger, park playdates and so on.
The problems started when her team of builders started blocking our car into our driveway. At first, it was once in a while and didn't cause too much of an issue. Then it became pretty much a daily occurrence. I told her it was causing us problems and she was very apologetic. All was well for a few weeks but it started up again a couple of weeks back. This time when I complained (and nicely, tried to explain that it's really annoying having to leave the children in the car to clamber through her garden/mud to alert a builder to the fact he needs to move a van) she has pretty much made out like DH and I have a problem and that we're making a big deal out of nothing - despite us being late for a number of appointments etc as we can't get our vehicle out.
I'm so annoyed - firstly, I'd be mortified if a contractor I'd employed was causing so much trouble for a neighbour, particularly one who was a 'friend'. Secondly, all the drives are at the back of the houses and accessed via an alley which is very clearly a no parking zone. She/her builders seem to disregard this on a daily basis. I'm not the first neighbour to complain and this morning was the final straw when I texted her to say we'd had problems again and she just texted back 'Relax' - easy for her to say when we were late again as our car was trapped by her builder's van!
So - I don't think I'm being UR but what to do? It's a pretty small community, I don't want a huge fall out, but I'm insulted to be honest. To add insult to injury, her own car was parked in her driveway this morning and she could have easily moved this so that at least one van could have parked there.