Parking!!

[firenze86]

So petty but I don’t know if iabu?!
We live in a semi detached house, our neighbours are three girls who have a car each. My husband and I have a car each. We have a front garden with a path (yellow house) so no drive to park on. There’s also an alley (red) running down the side of our house which isn’t a massive problem but I’d rather not park in front of it as my car has been scratched a few times by people on bikes/idiots coming through the alley. We both fit our cars on the street outside our house. The girls next door have a drive big enough for 2 cars (blue house & blue cars) they have just got a 3rd car and instead of parking on the street in front of their drive way or further up, they have chosen to park one car directly outside our house, meaning we have to park further away or across the street which is obviously not a huge problem but means our 3 kids have to cross a road to get to the car. It’s more the cheeky-ness of the situation that’s grating on me. They know we have always parked there and we’re in and out a lot throughout the day (I work part time/school runs/husband works shifts) I’ve started parking in front of their house but all three of them just knocked on my door together and asked me to move my car. so I guess my question is aibu to be pissed off they have taken the parking space? Or should I get over it and let them inconvenience us all?

Having to move one car to let the other out is common (all the houses round here would) otherwise it would be continuous dropped kerb and no on street parking for anyone

Ok - so you didn't actually park across the dropped kerb?

You were fine then, I wouldn't have moved. Tough titties to them.

are they driving over the non dropped kerb to get out?

I think the bigger issue is there's three girls living on there own driving!! Someone call social services.

OP it's women

* So they can either drive over the non-dropped kerb*

They can’t, you’re not allowed to.

I’d not have moved my car.

I think the bigger issue is there's three girls living on there own driving!!

If you're going to be pedantic about the OP's wording, you might want to check your own.

I still think YABU. You have no right to park outside your house on a public road. And you knew that parking where you did would antagonise them.

I don’t think you’re being U.
They know fine well where you usually park and have decided that their need trumps yours. Yes technically they didn’t do anything wrong but it’s basic neighbour etiquette.
I would continue to either park in front of their block kerb or in front of your house, whichever is available.
Oh and if they come around again to argue, just inform them that you’re not going to discuss it with them until they calm down/stop talking over you and close the door.

Ok Auspiciouspanda - women, not girls. They are all students in their first year at uni, so must be 18/19. Pretty sure i didn’t give a shit at that age if I was referred to as a girl but whatever makes you happy!

Thanks for all the replies, I suppose it’s just another annoying little situation in a life filled with annoying little situations and I should probably take it less seriously!

You have no right to park outside your house on a public road. And you knew that parking where you did would antagonise them.

So, the OP doesn't have a right to park outside her own house but also does not have the right to park perfectly legally outside her neighbour's because it means they can't drive illegally over a non dropped kerb...?

TBH, as they are uni students I would assume they dont realise they can't drive over the non dropped kerb. They probably think they are inthe right and should be able to drive off the driveway if it has been set up with no wall or other impediment over the non dropped kerb park. The homeowner has had the drive installed in a misleading manner and is too much of a cheapskate to pay for the extension to the dropped kerb.

Keep parking there and don’t move if they ask you again. If you are not obstructing a dropped kerb they have no right to ask you to move. If they call again asking you to move just say no and shut the door.

YANBU. It's a public road so everyone has a right to park where they damn well please, but it's very petty of them to park outside your house but insist that you move your car from in front of theirs!

Next time they park outside your house, knock on the door and ask them to move. If they refuse then I'd park in front of their house if the space outside yours is taken. And if they knock to tell you to move, then politely decline on the basis that they won't do it when you ask - so why should you?

As a longer term solution I would definitely look into getting a dropped kerb and converting your front garden to a driveway.

I think you’re right, SoupDragon

And it might not be as simple as them needing to drop the kerb. If the footpath isn’t suitable to have vehicles driving over it the council might insist that is replaced at the owner’s cost, too.

The fairest/most neighbourly solution would be for them to park their third car somewhere else.

OP has two cars and space to park them outside her house. They have three cars and two spaces so it's them that needs to compromise and suffer the inconvenience of not parking exactly where they like and not expect the OP to run round after them because they can't be arsed to do the car shifting game themselves.

I would not hear the doorbell and be drunk a lot of the time if it was me.

You are being unreasonable. Public road = first come first served.

Another time you'll park there and they'll park up the road.

If there is no dropped curb then I would park outside their house and not move. No discussion.

Obviously they also have the right to park in front of your house, nothing either of you can do about that.

YABU. You do not have a right to park in front of your house. And you are not allowed to park in front of a dropped kerb (which I assume their house has). Park elsewhere or look into getting your own dropped kerb and off-street parking.

Okay, just seen that it wasn't a dropped kerb. In which case, you're fine to park there and they need to work out their own system for getting in and out of their parking spaces.

My neighbours have 7 vehicles between them (3 big vans and 4 cars), we live on an avenue of 6 houses. They take up every space on the avenue so any houses with 2nd vehicles have to park round the corner as do visitors. God forbid any one parks in front of their house, they knock on every house until someone answers and tell them to move

Kinky, please tell me your neighbours don't actually move their cars for them!

You are being unreasonable. Public road = first come first served.

You are being unreasonable for not RTFT. In fact to not even read the OP.

Yabu.....the quality of your diagram is shocking. Sorry, it just is.

They seem to be parking like this as it easiest for them as they then don't need to move cars around if one wants to leave. You have no right to the space outside your house! But neither do they if you are not on the dropped kerb then they are able to move cars around and all leave it's not your problem if that is a bit of a hassle! Park where you want to (legally) and don't move I imagine pretty quickly they will realise it is easier for you both to park in front of your own houses