To wonder why my neighbour parks like this? (With diagram and everything)

[mayaknew]

We have off road parking (really a bit of ground make-shifted into parking)

Two spaces opposite the building, and the space running in front of the building which is long enough for 3 cars if the third car parks perpendicular to the first two.

Everyone seems to have unintentionally acquired preferred spots, with two neighbours always parking in the opposite spaces and myself and another neighbour always parking in front of the building (which suits me as there's more space to get the dcs out of the car)

So if I get there first I always park right up to the step, which leaves space for a third car. But if my neighbour parks first, she leaves a massive space in front of her car so there's no room at the back for a third car.

But the weird thing is if she parks second, she parks right up the arse of my car so close that if I want to get DDs pram in the boot I've got to swing the car round before I can open the boot. So what I mean is its not like she has bad spacial awareness or likes to leave space at her front.

I've tried to say hello to her in the past but she doesn't look at me so I can't drop it into conversation so I just Britishly quietly wonder why she does it.

It doesn't affect me terribly it's not like having to swing the car round to put the pram in is the worst problem in the world, but it really annoys me that she does away with a parking space I find it quite rude and tbh a bit selfish.

How annoying! I think leaving a note on your car asking for space to open your boot might be your best bet.

Or how about using cones?

On a day all cars are parked, make marks between space 1 & 2 (perpendicular and middle) - do it with chalk first - and when you get there first, use your marks to guide you to your middle space. In other words, don't park in "her" space by the stairs if you get there first.

If she doesn't park in her spot, then the posters saying she's shite at parallel park are right and you won't be able to get her to park any other way. I would suggest she takes one of the opposite spaces and switches with another neighbour.

Trolls that's a good idea but I think I'll need to do something other than chalk there's no way I'll get in between her car and mine if I'm at the front. I could maybe just mark the spot where her car ends by putting something in the grass.