neighbour using my drive when I'm out.

[birdladyfromhomealone]

I came home early this morning just after 11am as i have had a chest infection since before Xmas and was struggling at work.
When I got home there were two cars on my drive, one park almost touching my front window and the other one at an angle beside it.
This is the only way to get two cars on the driveway so whoever it was parking there must know the driveway well and how to get two cars on it.
Outside on the road is permit parking and no parking between 10 and 12am.
This is to stop commuters and shoppers parking as we are five minutes from a huge indoor shopping centre.
I had to park behind them blocking them in and blocking the pavement also.
I left a note on my car for the traffic warden
Please knock on door as I have to obstruct the pavement due to two illegally parked cars on my drive.
half an hour later my next door neighbour in his 70's who we NEVER see knocks on my door.
Totally unapologetic and says one car belongs to his wife's carer as she cant park on the road due to restrictions and the other is a neighbour from up the road who uses our driveway when we are at work as her driveway is not big enough.
Even though I was fuming he still just didnt seen to think it was a problem even saying.
Well when your at work your not using it and at least it makes it look like some one is home.
I told him to get them moved straight away.
The carer came round looking really sheepish and asked would I mind if she parked during the restrictions between 10 and 12 as she has been given a ticket in the past. I said fine if no one is in but why cant my neighbour move his car off his drive to enable his wife's carers to park. He cant afford £40 a year to pay for a permit for his carers?
The other car nearly touching my front window is still there so I have put a not on it.
Caroline, I have reported your car to the police as an abandoned vehicle. Since then Nicholas has told me he gave you permission to park here. Nicholas has no business or authority to use our driveway. It would have been polite and neighbourly to at least have asked permission. If your car is parked on my driveway again I will be reporting you to the police.
Tomorrow if I am feeling better I am off the B&Q to buy a chain and paddlock so they cant use my drive!

I'd buy a wheel clamp on Amazon & not be afraid to use it.

OP you go rest!!!

Classic Caroline!To leave the car there hoping she can retrieve it tomorrow when you are all out.

I would put a massive note on the wind screen like this

She's leaving it there, hoping you go out tomorrow then she can get once you are out.

I'd call in sick for work for this alone

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I love a good parking thread

blatant placemark

Definitely not parking myself on ops thread for an update.

Birdlady, you definitely don't look well. What you need is a day off tomorrow, nice and cosy ,all set to catch Caroline.

Please, please, chain it up if you have to go somewhere! I want to know how long Caroline can last without her car!

I think you should protect the car as it might be frightened on a strange driveway overnight. Clingfilm would probably make it feel safer.

Surely letting four tyres down is criminal damage but letting one down is an unfortunate coincidence??

The police in my area do respond to blocked driveways (just spotted this on fb) either that or they're having a slow night in my city...

Definitely block her in - tell her your battery is flat but you should be able to get a new one by the weekend/next payday!

Can't you ask Nicholas which house Caroline lives in? I'd be knocking on her door!

Love a parking thread!

Call in sick! its just one day. And as for letting her tyres down, well she's on your property so I think legally you'd be fine. And if you let down just one tyre, you could claim no knowledge. However, she might leave her car there even longer.

It seems to be only in England that this problem happens, here in Scotland, there's hardly any shared driveways - you either have your own or no one has one.

not place marking at all!

Blatant place marking. I need to know what happens when Caroline has to get her car haha

There is no Caroline.
Nicolas has a lady friend who comes to visit and that's her car. She's called Amber.

he was too embarrassed to admit it to OP and invented a nice battleaxe neighbour called Caroline.

If you were ill enough to come home early, you definitely shouldn't be going in tomorrow. I would call none emergency number though. Police will prob give her a ring and ask if her car has been nicked. Then she can come round and apologise that someone stole her car and left it on your drive

Perhaps you ought to visit Nicholas tomorrow and ask him where Caroline lives.

What a bloody cheek, yes retractable (locking) bollards are the answer!

Oh my god!! YANBU and I love this thread!
I hope Caroline is a mumsnetter, reading this and shitting herself.

Caroline is camped out in cammo gear & night vision goggles in OP's bush.

DesolateWaist Mon 09-Jan-17 21:31:18
If Caroline uses your driveway when you are at work because hers isn't big enough, where does she park it when you are at home?! Who parks on hers during the day normally? If it's her partner/kids, surely they would be there in the evening and at the weekends too? Where does she park then!?

Caroline parks on the street except between 10 and 12 when the permits are in force and because she is too fucking tight to pony up for a permit then she drives the car over the road to OPs drive for 2 hours, then back to the street.

I think this is right!!!

and I came home after 11 and caught her car in the act!

This story has Janet and Roy potential for next Christmas.