To get angry about visitors parking on my drive?

[pinkcandyflossy]

I live on a main road and my drive way is right off the main road. The main road is a 30 and there are no double or single yellow lines so you can park there.

But when people visit my house they always park on the drive. The drive is not massive, a short peice of driveway that leads to 2 parking spaces. So when people visit they park on that short peice of drive that leads to the 2 parking spaces. This includes my hairdresser, my parents, the window cleaner, the pizza delivery man etc.

I don't ever park on what I consider to be anyone's drive way. I would always park on the road. Aibu?

The problem with people parking there is that this blocks in our cars and say my hairdresser is here and my fiancé wants to drive somewhere - she has to go back out and move her car into the road... and then she automatically will take his parking space leaving my fiancé without one when he returns!

I think I've heard it all now

I should add we also share this access road to the parking spaces with our next door neighbours so I do feel bad about my visitors blocking them in too.

PMSL, nice to drop that one in after you are voted unanimously YABU

If someone is welcome in my home, they'd be welcome in my driveway. If any of my neighbours' visitors parked in their driveways, I'd be able to get parked in my own street!!

Maybe you could suggest they don't park on your drive if you need to go out?

When we're expecting guests, visitors or tradesmen, we move our cars out of our driveway so they've got somewhere to park. Always thought that was showing respect for guests. Forgot once and my mum was highly put out.

I really don't like the hired help parking on my land-- they need to use the servant's door and leave their horse and cart in the stables.

You need bollards. Penguin bollards

YANBEntirelyU, though it does seem a little on the small frustrations side of things . And I'm a bit surprised that so many MNers would routinely block in cars when there is easy parking on the street. If there is space on the road I think I would always park there. If there isn't space I'd park on the drive and pretty much the first thing I'd say is "Is it alright to park on your drive?" Is your house a long way from the road or is the driveway really steep or something?

Everyone parks on my drive, if someone is visiting and it's a planned visit and either me or my partner were planing to go out during their visit we pull one of the cars out ready. If there is room on the drive and I didn't allow a friend to park on it I would look like a bit of a twat to be honest!

Ok if this blocks your neighbours then yes you need to tell your visitors not to do it..

However if you have someone visiting for a planned and lengthy visit such as hair dresser, parents...

The polite thing for YOU to do would be to put one of YOUR cars out on the road leaving a space for your visitor to park in!

So you are STILL BU.

Bad manners to park on someone's driveway whom you're visiting?
Seriously?

Parking on a drive is safer. And if they aren't bothered about moving their car for someone else getting out, then I can't see your issue.

I do know what you mean a little bit…I do sometimes feel uncomfortable about parking on other people's drives. So I tend to say "do you mind me being on the drive?" when I arrive, giving them an opportunity to ask me to move! People never do. But I generally only park on the drive if I am not blocking another car in.

I wouldn't let it bother you, tbh!

If they are blocking your neighbour's access, like us, you have a shared entrance to your drive? Then YANBU, the inconsiderate gits parking there are being VU. I hate being blocked in by the neighbour's visitors. It's just rude and no, they shouldn't have to ask people to move. Pizza delivery, I could cope with, any longer and that is U.

OP, YANBU, but unfortunately you failed to describe how your drive works until about your 3rd or 4th post , and built up the relevant info across several posts.

I would never park in a shared entrance drive that led to the single drives of 2 houses or parking spaces, no! It is just bad space use.

I move my car so people can park on my drive too.

Haha! I park on the driveway of the house I am visiting, obviously!

I have never known anyone visiting anyone not to use the drive for parking, if there is one. Why block up the road for everyone else? There are all sorts who need to park on the road, so leave the spaces for them if you have an alternative.

We live in a road where a lot of people have turned their front gardens into drives. They are the whole width of the house so each one removes 2 public parking spaces from the road.

NDN but 2 had hers done 2 years ago, but parks across it. She has basically just done it to reserve a space on the road. Fair enough. Except she has visitors every week who then park on the road in front of a house with no alternative parking. Legally they aren't doing anything wrong but it isn't a neighbourly way to behave on a road with really limited parking.

I don't have any issue with telling my visitors where to park so as not to cause a nuisance. I suggest OP that you could do the same.

Sorry but i have to ask this crucial question:

Why do you order pizza just when your fiance is about to go out???!!

The delivery man wilk be there for ONE minute!! You are worrying that your fiance will NEED to get out immediately at that same minute??

Why? Is your fiance scared of pizza?

Does pizzaphobia exist?

See I have the opposite problem. We have no road space for people to drive as we are in a corner so visitors were always parking in front of the neighbours houses. For the sake of good relations we extended into our fron garden a bit so there is enough space for three cars. I can't get anyone to park in the space though. Even if there is only one car they won't park. I have to run up and usher them on when I see them approaching. Everyone thinks it's bad manners. I am in the north. Could it be a northern thing?

If visitors did NOT park in our drive, I would think they were nuts.

I thought this was going to be about strangers outselling on your drive too!

Dh gets a little annoyed when visitors don't park on or drive and park on the road instead. I am a bit that anyone can be bothered to get wound up either way to be honest!

Of course my visitors park on my drive. I even move my own car down into the lay by (you cannot park on the road here) if I am expecting more than one and need more room. Or the neighbours and I make space on each other's drives if someone is having a party.

I was with the magirity... that youre quite simply unreasonable bonkers. then i remembered that my MIL always parks on our drive and it annoys me. We have a driveway that will fit three cars easily, but behind each other. That means if someone is on the drive and another car parks on the drive the first person cant get off. My MIL picks the children up from school once a week and brings them home. She parks on the drive. When with myself or husband get home we have to park on the road and move the car when she leaves. Sometimes thats both of us finding a space on the road then moving both cars. Theres a space in front of the house as well As the drive and we live on a Cul de sac so no issues with fast cars etc.

So im half with you op as i Wouldn't object to the delivery man parking there for a minute as that wouldnt inconvienience me at all.

Surely if a visitor is parked on your drive and you need to get in or out then you have a huge advantage of knowing exactly where they are so you can ask them if they wouldn't mind just letting you through. I think something along the lines of 'terribly sorry MIL/hairdresser/friend, I really to pop out, but can't fit past your car. Could you possibly just let me out?'.

Another problem solved through the power of speech!