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AIBU?

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It's a parking one - with diagram!

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eatmytoast · 12/04/2018 17:07

It's a good old parking one!

Il start by saying we live on a very narrow road, with NO pavements.

We have a driveway and the houses opposite us do not.

The house opposite to the right parks her car on the road outside her house, this is fine, I can reverse my car onto my drive.

However - new neighbour has moved into the house opposite and to the right. They have also started parking their car outside their house (previous owner parked hers down the road)

Now as you can see from the diagram this makes it impossible to reverse onto my drive, I can go in forwards however then I would have to reverse back off and my next door neighbour has an 8ft bush so I literally cannot see a thing whilst reversing off!

New neighbours opposite haven't actually moved in - they're just there doing work on the house but every time they've been there they park outside.

I've just got back and they could clearly see me struggling and ended up having to go on forwards as I was holding up cars.

I should also say my husband will also have to park on the drive and with my car now on there, there is no way he will be able to get on.

Do I politely knock on the door and explain the problem, I really don't want to be THAT neighbour that causes problems before they've even moved in!!

OP posts:

KriticalSoul · 12/04/2018 17:52

if its a quiet road, whats the issue in reversing back off?

I know you cant see anything but I park on my drive, next to a fence and a 12ft pine hedge and our house is the last one before the corner and I can still get in and out of my drive by driving in and reversing off and have never had a problem.

Jux · 12/04/2018 17:52

I don't think parking outside their own house is inconsiderate at all. I also think it's rather unreasonable to expect them not to park outside their own house to make things easier for you (you already have things easier than they do by having a drive).

No idea what the answer is, I'm afraid. You could ask your neighbour to cut their bush down and trim it so you can see on to the road. That would be OK, as I suspect she's not really supposed to obscure that view anyway.

Joinourclub · 12/04/2018 17:55

I agree that it's simply first come first served. You can't ask them to not park outside their house so that you can park outside yours. And you can't ask them to move a few metres as a solution if that is only going to cause problems for your neighbour.

To be honest I always think it's not fair when people are allowed to put in drives that cause parking problems for their neighbours.

Fossie · 12/04/2018 17:55

Do neighbours on your side of the road have drives and not on the other side of the road? Could you then come to an arrangement where cars on your side used your own drives and those on the other side parked outside YOUR houses leaving a clear route for all on the other side of the road?

BiddyPop · 12/04/2018 17:56

20m further? As in, about 3 or 4 car lengths away? People think that's a "long sodding schlep"?

viques · 12/04/2018 18:02

Biddypop, no not far on a one off, but to do it every day , when you are legally allowed to park outside your own house it is a bloody pain, with shopping, in the snow, in the rain, when you are busting for a wee.......

foobio · 12/04/2018 18:06

I'm not sure this is very helpful, but I'm pretty sure that if you can drive off your drive forwards, then you physically can reverse into it backwards (just do exactly the opposite steering wheel movements whilst going backwards!).

Maybe you could practice this forwards and backwards routine when there aren't cars parked in the way so you aren't worried about hitting them.

Also second the suggestion that it might be easier to go into one of the spaces from one direction and the other from the opposite direction.

If it is still a problem then you should probably be the one who parks down the road, not your neighbor (assuming they are parked legally).

Cuppaoftea · 12/04/2018 18:06

Yep and with young children etc. It's not unreasonable the OP or her DH should park one of their cars down the hill occasionally.

TheDailyMailLovesTheEUReally · 12/04/2018 18:13

20m further? As in, about 3 or 4 car lengths away? People think that's a "long sodding schlep"?

I don't think it's a long way, but I do think that it's unreasonable to expect the neighbour to start parking further down outside someone else's house (therefore creating a domino effect, when there is perfectly legal parking available so that the neighbour can park right outside their own home).

Possession of a driveway does not automatically entitle you to be able to get on and off it any way you choose - as long as you can access it then you have to just do your best and get on with it. You also have to work with the space you've got and if access is tight and you want two cars on there, then you need to consider the dimensions of your vehicles accordingly.

Fossie · 12/04/2018 18:25

If it’s first come, first served you will have to park on the road or risk getting blocked in. If you park on the road outside your house, neither neighbour opposite will be able to park outside their house. If would make sense to talk with all the neighbours.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 12/04/2018 18:32

Where would you like them to park? There’s no way I’d park up the road when there’s space outside my house just to make it easier for someone else to get on their drive.

Really? Wow. Let's hope the neighbour doesn't have your attitude.

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