Our neighbours of several years have moved abroad. We got on well, had dinner together quite a few times. their house is standing emnpty while they are finalising the sale. We have builders in at the moment and we asked said neighbours if they minded the builders parking on their drive. They said of course not, in fact they liked the idea of the house looking occupied. We told them to make sure they told us when the house sale was completed as we wouldn't want our new neighbours to roll up as the new owners to find someone else on the drive. Just a few days ago old neighbours emailed and said the sale was probably going to be completed end March. Yesterday I came home from work to find a stip of red and white tape stuff across the neighbours' drive. The builders told me that the new people had been, told them they couldn;t park there anymore as they needed access as they were moving a few things in ahead of moving themselves in.
everytime I see this pice of tape it riles me. a. because it's not their house. b. because I suspect they have jumped to the wrong conclusion that the builders were using it without permission. c, because it does actually incovenience the builders and cause us expense in parking permits. d, because if the builders' car is there then the builder is there and they would happily move it in 2 minutes. e. because new owners only need very occasional use hence surely amicably sharing it until the sale is complete would surely work for us all . f. because the tape thing, (I mean - they went to the effort of finding this tape and putting it up) just seems really arsey.
so ladies. am I being unreasonable?