To find this infuriating.

[Burtiebojangles]

New family just moved in to a rented house technically down the side of our house. They have 4 cars, one parking space. The street has space for 5 cars in total, so they deem this a suitable place to park - right across our drive.

Having asked them to move it, I got told they have nowhere to park and he doesn’t want his daughter walking too far to get to her car. Aibu to think we shouldn’t be inconvenienced because these people didn’t think ahead when deciding to rent this house, and what the hell can you do in these circumstances?

OP, this other neighbour - how well do you know them? Are you able to ask them why they're taking photos?

"I was up with the baby and I saw you taking pics - I was wondering why?" non confrontational - don't give this neighbour ANY reason to feel that you're the problem here. They've clearly been fed a lie by your nuisance neighbours.

Is there any chance this neighbour is taking pictures of their awkward parking? Could she be an allie?

@SuperficialSuzie thank you so much! I’ve sent you a PM.

@WelshMoth we don’t know them at all but it’s the same neighbour that was sounding off with the kid the same day he went for my husband.

I think this is the neighbour who apparently told them they can’t park more than one car on their drive for some reason so it’s probably more convenient for her to keep egging them on because you might as well make someone else’s life hell than have to look at their cars.

So much bloody hassle, I might as well just let them park on my drive at this rate.

Let the council lady know that they have now got another neighbour involved.

Report the neighbour to the police for harassment.

I'd also be inclined to report it. What reason can this neighbour have for photographing your drive?

Has she told them to only put 1 car on that enormous drive?

I have no idea. My husband had parked right up the girls arse end but he was on our drive so I’d love to know what exactly they think were doing wrong. Especially when the dickheads had a completely empty drive last night.

It’s a guess but I think so, when I first spoke to the dad he said that someone had said that they couldn’t put the cars there when I pointed out the size of the drive, it might be bullshit and they just can’t be arsed to let each other out but the photographers family are the only people who’d see it and even if they stacked all their cars on the drive they wouldn’t be blocking this woman in. But it’s funny if it was her and they’ve done as she said but we asked them not to actually block our drive and we get all this shit?! It’s bizarre.

Can you afford to move? Just move it’s not worth it

@Burtiebojangles this is actually getting ridiculous now. I agree with pp's you need to keep reporting to the police as well as the council. If you don't report it they will not have a log of all incidents and they will not take it seriously... it will get forgotten about.
I have no idea how you've managed to stay composed, I'd have kicked off the very first time it happened (as I have done with CFs parking in my space in a private car park at home).
& you deffo need to get the landlord involved here because as a pp said it will affect their property in future.

Hoping we hear good news soon 🤞🏻

@Witchinaditch we are moving, I’m back at work this month so we’ve got to give it enough time to get my pay slips reflecting my actual wage not SMP so we can increase the mortgage but we’ve got our eye on some new builds that aren’t released yet so we’re hoping it’s all going to fall into place, we just need some sort of sanity whilst we’re stuck here.

I’m crossing my fingers the woman from the council can pull through. I don’t want to undermine what she’s doing by involving the police again but I’m getting impatient. Monday seems like a lifetime away.

We’ve actually managed to get on our drive properly today so if she parks blocking our car in again we’re calling the police. One of the girls from work is round at her friends across the road tonight and she said she’d block them in if they’re there. The army of people behind me is keeping me going 😂.

Good luck with the move! So sorry you’re being pushed out by inconsiderate people.

Will the parking situation be any better on the new estate? At least you can do part exchange when buying a new build. I know someone who did that due to problem neighbours and struggling to sell.

@chikitiki that’s what I’m thinking with going for a new build, it gives us a back up if all else fails. To be fair I feel like I could buy a desert island and still have someone park across our drive knowing my luck. I’m hoping if we get in there early we should get a good choice of plots, but I think someone could park on our drive and it’ll be less hassle than this haha.

I really think you should report the harassment from last night.

@PollyShelby I reported it to the council last night when I caught her. When I’ve googled it it’s not a crime to take photos of property from public areas so I think the police will just shrug their shoulders again.

To be honest, the more I think about it the more I wonder why they brushed off the assault with a ‘I’ve spoken to him and he’s sorry for his step kid’. Seems like they just protect their own.

Hey Bertie. If you're going to sell, do you realise you have to report any disputes between neighbours? Hopefully they will be long gone by then, but I dunno if you want to consider how far to take this, as if may put off potential buyers?

@blankittyblank yeah, it was the reason we didn’t involve the police from the start. I’ve looked into it and I’ve seen something that said that problems that affect the building such as boundaries etc have to be declared but nuisance such as dogs barking are subjective so might not have to disclose but to run it past a solicitor to make sure. Hoping they’re gone by then or we get a good part ex deal and be rid 🤞🏼

Oh cool, that's good! And obviously won't be a problem if you leave.

Fingers crossed! 🤞

@Burtiebojangles I’m glad you’re in a position to look to move. There is nothing worse than tension with neighbours, especially completely mad ones like these who are involving other neighbours. So strange. Surely other people on your road think ‘wtf’ about their shit parking?

If the husband works in the police, then please report him to his manager! Deserves to lose his job, IMO.

OP we went to see our financial adviser about remortgaging at the start of the year, we wanted to get the deal agreed before I started mat leave for the same reason as you mentioned. He advised us it doesn't matter and the mortgage company will approve based on your usual salary on the basis the SMP is temporary. You might be able to her your mortgage approved earlier.

Just read this entire thread. I have no advice but really feel for you and hope that you're having a better day

Just key the fucking car and have done with it.

Good luck 💐