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?

Park on the corner yourself OP. They’re bonkers.

Her husband is a police officer

Go to your nearest Police station, take the car's registration and the photos of them blocking you in, and ask to speak to their superior officer to make a complaint.

If she's fibbing, then impersonating a Police Officer isn't the most intelligent thing to do and they may well 'have words'

Go round to ask him to move because you want to leave your drive and then park your car where wankers car currently is, leaving your drive clear.

Literally the only thing you can do is park your car where they are parking theres.

She’s sending her husband round to speak to us when he gets home from work.

She was really clutching at straws when she tried questioning if our drive was our land and telling us we need to park closer to the neighbours car. Okay, love... we’ll park on their drive so you can block ours.

She then went and complained to her neighbours about us.

Sheshootssheimplores

Literally the only thing you can do is park your car where they are parking theres.

If the op does that they'll park on her drive :o

can’t what to hear what PC parks-where-he-likes has to say. No doubt intimidation and threatening will come into play. OP try and record him on your phone. It might be useful if he is indeed a police officer.

If the op does that they'll park on her drive

If OP can’t get out with them parked there, how will they get in? And if they park on the drive before OP, she can park as they’ve been parking and tell them there’s plenty of room to get out

What's in the dropped curb area?n (pink) Can't people park there?

And by parking across your drive, is she also illegally parked on a corner? (yellow)

Can you block them in when they park there at all? Then ignore them when they need to go out to work.

Well, if he does turn up after work, I'd be asking for his PC number and asking what the laws are on intimidating your neighbours by pulling the "My husband's a copper" card.

Not much to add but you have my sympathies OP. I have a batshit family living next to me with 4 cars and when the adult children bring their partners home for the weekend it goes up to 6.
Tuesday morning I had to manoeuvre my tiny little car out past the arse of their new Nissan Juke while avoiding the gates on my drive rather than them block in another of their own cars. I drive a smart car and I barely made it.
To add insult to injury I once got a taxi home and it stopped over their drive for less than a minute while I got our. One of their offspring arrived home at that time and went through me for blocking her out of her driveway. For less than a minute.

Next time it happens knock. Preferably at 2, 3, 4 in the morning. If they refuse to answer bounce the car until the alarm goes off.

Repeat until they get the message.

Oh, and when he comes round to 'have a word' ask for his shoulder number.

They sound completely and utterly unreasonable. When he comes round later ask which station he works at and then go round there with images. If nothing else it will embarrass him and hopefully make them think twice. The entitlement of some people is unbelievable!

That's a piss take id be fuming!

Def visit his station.
Put pots around the edge on their side. You access from the other side.
Few scratches on their car will sort them out if they get too close.

I think it is possible that the police would respond to someone blocking your driveway. At the very least they might give them a ticket. I know in some places, police officers (in the US anyway) are supposed to meet a quota of writing tickets, so if you can point a lawbreaking wanker out to them, you're probably doing them a favor. I think it's worth a shot, especially since it's consistent behavior.

When he comes round, ask for his shoulder number. I would point out that as a police officer, he should know that he is parking illegally.

If he’s not a police officer, then I’d point out that impersonating a police officer is a bigger deal than shitty parking.

Call the estate agent EVERY TIME they block you in. They will get themselves a reputation as difficult tenants.

You could always park where the ‘daughter’ parks, and leave your driveway clear

@elizadee it is a corner, presumably shaped that way so there’s enough room for cars to turn down to those houses, it’s quite tight. The pink area is just the middle of the cul de sac, I think they call it a turning circle from what google tells me. It’s a very weird lay out, there’s a row of houses facing the side of our house that run quite far down, which is where said wankers have moved in the road leads to their drive and garage. So, technically, they could park down the side of our house, he said he didn’t want to block his neighbours drive though because they’d already told him off for parking there. I feel like this is another excuse for a diagram haha.

If we blocked them in I think we’d be blocking next doors drive, especially if they parked the same way as last night. And I think the corner gives them a cheeky advantage to escape.

Mr Plod is back home but hasn’t called round yet. Maybe his wife’s threat of ringing our doorbell at 6 in the morning might be more than empty (I mean... we have a 12 week old baby, we’re up at that time anyway.)

Could you speak to all the neighbours around you and work out some way of parking so the neighbour can't? I.e you all park on the street for a bit?

Tough luck is all I would say to them. They should have thought about parking before they moved in.

just seen where you said he's a policeman deffo report it to 101

Definitely ask for his shoulder number.

He should be very careful of attempting to intimidate your husband and yourself when he knows he is in the wrong.

Tell him you are going to record this conversation as his wife was aggressive and threatening.

Do not be bullied.

Keep a photographic log of each time they park and block you despite being asked not to.