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 actually cannot think what sort of thought process people go through to think it is ok to park on someone else's property. I wonder how they would feel if someone did the same to them.

I feel a bit sorry for the carer, it sounds like she was just doing what Nicholas told her to.
Caroline however can do one!

I should be dishing up dinner but im glued to this thread....

I love a parking thread more than anything in the world. I don't even drive.

This is clearly Caroline

I could kind of excuse the carer using the drive, but your neighbour has some brass neck!

Another who is breathlessly awaiting the entrance of Caroline stage left. I imagine her to be rather well-groomed Marks & Spencers type late 49s, lower-middle with aspirations to middle-middle and is now in an agony of apprehension. what does one do when one's been caught out committing such an embarrassing neighbourly gaffe?

And eternal gratitude for the posting of the penguin bollards, your sacrifice is above and beyond the call of my duty.

I'm not a fan of Caroline either. Or Nicholas, even though he fessed up. I think Caroline's car is a VWGolf ( no idea why)

I'd be raging too.
As an aside I love the penguin bollards!! X

If someone can get to Caroline's car by stealthy means, put a note on the windscreen saying you have no idea whose car this is, parked on private land without permission, but you've gone on holiday for two weeks

Dorcas I don't even drive.

:grin: Love that.

This thread is brilliant. Caroline, hurry home!

I'd be very angry.

I do feel sorry for the carer though As he / she does not live there, they cannot apply for a parking permit (or at least you can't in my area). Caroline can fly away!

I think you should unblock Caroline's car and turn off all the lights etc so it looks like no one is home. Hide underneath the windowsill then jump out in a pincer movement as she approaches the vehicle.

Some full beam searchlights and sirens would be good here obviously

An entitled neighbour parking badly. All is right with the world .

Ooh lovely - a parking thread to while away a long train journey What a bloody cheek of the pair of them - and good for you for brooking no nonsense OP.

Caroline is in her late 50s, drives a small car like an i20, and shops in Matalan. She has dyed blond bobbed hair that she straightens and thinks it's ok to park there because a man said so.

noelheadbands am howling at this suggestion!!!

I'd be tempted by a few days sick leave to make sure I caught Caroline red handed!
What kind of car has Caroline got?

Caroline is far too scared to get her car now. She is going to wait until midnight, and then she'll creep round and push it home.

Definately get the penguin bollards. You'll probably only need 5 or 6 of the big ones to frighten everyone.

Caroline is shitting a brick now, cheeky cow. Nicholas is unbelievable. He sounds like the self appointed president of the street.

NoelHeadbands I love the mental image you just gave me

If she was a normal person she'd have called round with flowers or wine and profuse apologies, blaming everything on the other neighbour and saying she thought you'd agreed this with him

Plot twist: Caroline is storing a dead body in the boot and has scarpered to Mexico.

Please don't charge the carer. Just let them do it. They are there for a couple of hours helping someone in need. And if you charge, your 70 year old neighbour will just buy the £40 permit for the year. Think of it as your good deed. But then maybe I'm just a pushover