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AIBU?

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AIBU re passive aggressive parking!

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WyldChyld · 27/10/2014 22:38

I currently live in a mid - terrace house. Our NDN is a bit of a twit - likes to try and make me jump etc. NDN has now moved in his GF.

All parking is on street so not loads of room. We are a 2 car household and the lady on other side is elderly and happy for us to park there so she feels secure. Therefore, simple move is one in front of our house, one between ours and hers.

No.

Idiot NDN drives a humongous van thing which is high enough to cast a big shadow over our living room which he insists on parking in front of our house at every opportunity. Idiot GF cannot park her Corsa so takes up 2 "spaces" as it were.

AIBU to park as close as I can to NDN by creeping my car forward and hanging out the window until there are mere millimetres, thereby blocking him in? He goes to work far earlier than I and I won't answer the door, meaning he would have to work GF up to move her car to get out. He seems to be getting the hint and not parking in front of my house...

Before you ask, can't ask him not to as he frightens me. We're hopefully moving 2015!!

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wobblyweebles · 28/10/2014 12:38

Buy an ancient caravan and stick it outside his house then forget about it.

angelos02 · 28/10/2014 13:07

Buy an ancient caravan and stick it outside his house then forget about it YY to this.

I also agree with whoever said just because something isn't illegal that you can't be annoyed about it.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 28/10/2014 13:13

I have a neighbour with many vehicles , our road is narrow and though most houses has Off Street Parking, there are limited spaces at the ends of the road.
I'm dreading winter because when I move off my drive, the huge van is right opposite me, the road is like glass (we never see a hint of grit here) so it's a bit like when one of those crocodiles slides into the water......but without the benefit of brakes.
Usually when I leave home there are cars parked either side of my drive, so it limits the space even more.
But, nothing illegal, so nothing I can do except bulk buy road salt.

A collegue at work had a DynoRod van parked outside her house because the driver "didn't want it outside theirs".
Even with the curtains closed it was eye searing, pulsatingly orange , like having Peter Andre outside your window I presume.

londonrach · 28/10/2014 13:20

Yanbu to upset by this but if a public road with anyone can park outside your house. Do love another posters suggestion re a caravan but suspect their might be planning rules over that. Although could be fun!

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WyldChyld · 28/10/2014 14:01

I'm so tempted to stage a protest and build a shed in front of his house now! I'm quite good when it comes to actually being in conflict - if he came banging on the door etc - but formulating a reasonable argument for him not to is more difficult as he is, by all intents and purposes, unreasonable. Any suggestions for wording of a request?

Thanks for the support guys =D glad to know I'm not the only one with irritating neighbours!!!!

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Voodoobooboo · 28/10/2014 14:31

I have so much sympathy. Used to have a v similar situation (down to the feisty 80year old neighbour). NDN kept parking right up my arse and leaving 3/4 of a car space behind her. No reasson at all, except that she is a slightly batty cow and her partner is an aggressive piss artist. So, in a childishly PA manner, i parked a few inches further forward every day until one day she was so far forward I nipped round behind her and parked outside her house. I admit this was childish and only for my own amusement. I didn't realise the whole village were watching and cheering me on (as I'm not the only one they are abusive to). The storm of pointing and sniggering meant she has been very respectful of normal parking etiquette ever since.

effinandjeffin · 28/10/2014 16:03

I too sympathise OP. We have a similar situation here and I don't want to move because in general I love it here but the parking thing can get very annoying (not enough to keep me awake at night but still...)

Our next door but one neighbour has two cars (plus one in the back garden even though there's only two of them) and they never ever park outside of their house for reasons known only to themselves. It's not a major issue, until you need something delivering or you have heavy shopping bags and you can't get anywhere near your house. They recently went away for two weeks and left their cars parked outside my other neighbours house. Again, it's not a huge issue more of a niggle. And I know it's perfectly legal. But it just shows a lack of consideration for others and they're usually the kind of people who are the first to kick off when it's the other way round.

wobblyweebles · 29/10/2014 00:51

BTW you know you can bounce cars into another location if there are a few of you? We did that when people blocked our car in. We'd bounce them into the middle of the road and leave them there.

MrsTerrorPratchett · 29/10/2014 01:05

Ryan Reynolds got done for car theft for doing that wobbly.

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WyldChyld · 29/10/2014 08:54

I'm really glad I'm not the only one!! I suffer from a long term health condition which means I'm on high strength opiods for life and it means I have huge problems carrying things! Not enough for a blue badge but enough to make carrying shopping extremely painful and highly likely to be dropped over any distance

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RedPony · 29/10/2014 08:55

Yanbu. One of my neighbours who is parked next to me is parked like a twat. We have limited parking and she has left a gap in between my car and his that's big enough to just about squeeze a mini in and has left her car there for nearly two weeks! I can't move my car up as i'm parked next to a wall and it's starting to piss the other neighbours off too as it's wasting a space! The council are planning on putting marked parking bays in soon and I can't wait :)

Jolleigh · 29/10/2014 10:05

YANBU at all. What I don't quite understand though is why if you parked up close to his van and he had the choice of getting his GF to move to let him out, why he'd come and knock on your door instead?

That said, if he does, answer it. Either in your pyjamas or behaving in such a way that he'd question your sobriety. If in your pyjamas, flat out refuse to move it stating that you've just started your period suddenly and have no intention of bleeding on your car seat, or saying you actually quite like your living room being plunged into darkness. If acting drunk, burp while you're agreeing to move, then walk into the door frame when turning to get your keys.

wobblyweebles · 29/10/2014 12:51

Ryan Reynolds got done for car theft for doing that wobbly

...in Canada.

Honeezreturnofthelivingdead · 29/10/2014 13:09

YANBU, I've had a neighbour from hell like that, had a camper van that he preferred to park outside my house instead of his own. Used to piss me off and I would park right up to his bumper,
He then used to moan if any of our visitors parked outside his house,
Oh I was so glad when they did a moonlight flit (but that's a whole other thread!)

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WyldChyld · 29/10/2014 15:18

xD Jolleigh, that's quite possibly the funniest thing ever! I'm hoping he will get his GF out of bed but she's a bit lot of a diva so will probably give him seriously hell about having to get up!

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Honeezreturnofthelivingdead · 29/10/2014 18:26

Our NDN from hell used to stand out in the road when his wife was due home(sometimes wearing very little) so that he could stop anyone parking in her space, but at the same time parking his own heap of shit camper van right outside my house

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