About neighbours guest a parking over my drive?

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My next door neighbour and I have driveways that are next to each other, separated by a fence and share one big long dropped kerb that is wide enough for one car to get up on each drive, although because the houses are both end of terrace the paved areas are actually wide enough for 2 cars.

We do not use the non-dropped kerb side of our drive as IMO it is not a drive, and if we wanted to use it as a drive we would drop the kerb. We do not need to do this as we only have one car.

Anyway, next door’s visitors always park across my drive (dropped kerb side), both when the car is there and when it isn’t. Sometimes completely across it, sometimes just a couple of feet. I have knocked maybe 7-8 times this year to ask them to get visitors to move because I couldn’t get the car in or out, and also a couple of times when I could get in/out but would require me to bump down the kerb on the non-dropped side.

I’ve just knocked again and asked them not to do it because I don’t want to keep bumping my car down the kerb and told them that having to keep asking is really winding me up as them not making sure visitors don’t do it is either bare faced cheek or passive aggression.

I’m so fucking wound up! DH tells me not to cause an issue with the neighbours but I say it’s not me causing the issue it’s them.

AIBU?

YABU not to include a diagram .

Why do we need a diagram? The explanation is clear. They are dicks.

Because it's the law to require a diagram

They are being arseholes, they should block the person they are visiting. I would just keep knocking and making them more every time, whether you need to go out or not. They'll get fed up eventually (hopefully!)

You're not causing the issue. They are by parking like dickheads. You should never block a dropped kerb. It doesn't matter whether there is a car there or not.
Community police might have a word? Do you have their reg number? I would also take a pic.

Of course YANBU and considering it is your neighbours, they are being really inconsiderate so I’m not sure why your DH thinks you saying something will cause an issue.

I would just start asking them to move the car every single time it is there, whether you want to go out or not. Eventually they should get so annoyed with it that they will tell their guests not to park there.

I have the same problem apart from my neighbour doesn't have a drive but I do. She parks on the road and her guests park behind her blocking my drive.
I had enough of it a few weeks ago when I had a few days off work so I parked my car there instead all day and night for 4-5 days so her guest had to park else where.
When I put my car back on my drive my neighbour now parks further up and her guest now has room to park behind her and not block me in.

Could you park yours there for a bit and see what happens?

SORRY I forgot about being the diagram rules! Here you go.

Thing is, round here you get parking tickets for parking across a drive. Fuck knows how their visitors always get away with it.

I’ve just seen that I’ve put my car in the neighbours drive in this diagram! Maybe that’s my solution!

So you're parking in your neighbours driveway?

X post! Haha!

Get then to move every time whether you need to go out or not. Even just to drive round the corner.

We do not use the non-dropped kerb side of our drive as IMO it is not a drive

also an offence ...

Park your car blocking your driveway for a few weeks.

If they park there with your car on the driveway, drive it up to the side of their door so you can't squeeze a bit of paper in between.

Smother their door handles in dog poo.

Get an old banger and scrape their car with it.

Get an old banger and push their car over their driveway.

Why is your car in their driveway?

Phone the council parking office next time! They’ll come out and issue a ticket very quickly. You don’t even have to admit to the neighbour that you’ve done it.

@lurkingnotlurkin

Have you read the thread ?

That is some very twatty parking from the visitor.

What was their response when you spoke to neighbour?

Leave a note on the car and tell them to move it every time

I am telling them to move it most times I see it. I get the impression that it happen ALOT more than we realise because if im every unexpectedly home on a weekday it always happens.

When I speak to them they do always move, but the few times I’ve pushed it past ‘can you ask them to move’ and asked them to make sure it doesn’t happen in the first place because I shouldn’t have to keep asking they don’t really engage and I just get an ‘OK’, it’s so dismissive and bloody annoying!

I have toyed with getting some plant pots to cover the other side of my drive so it’s clear I’m not going to use it to get on/off the drive but I don’t really see why I should (and it will look crap).

LOADS of typos in that!

OP, could you call whoever issues the fines when they do this?

cantuccit I’d rather not resort to that if I’m honest, but I suppose that’s because I’m more considerate than my neighbours are!

Can you not ask to speak to the visitors rather than the owners, as they clearly aren't getting the message? These people must be a special kind of stupid, especially as they move each time...

I think your jealous of your neighbours car which looks like a car whilst yours -parked in your neighbour’sgarden- is just a box!

I think I would report it to the parking warden and let them deal with it. How often do these people visit your neighbours?

yes I am jealous of their car shaped car I must admit.

It’s lots of different visitors, not just one. They all do it, I have spoken directly to the ones I’ve caught getting out of their cars. They all move when I ask, usually without moaning.