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People parking outside our house

221 replies

ReeRi · 28/12/2019 12:07

I find that people always tend to park outside our house when visiting the neighbours. I’m not sure why at all. This is quite a wide road. There is lots of parking as the houses are decent sized semis and detached with big gardens and most have two parking spaces or more. There are not many cars on the road at all so it is not a case of parking wherever you have space. There is nothing outside the neighbours’ houses and yet, when people visit, they park outside our house.

It is particularly annoying because we only recently moved and are decorating so don’t have curtains or blinds downstairs. There is a massive car parked in front of my living room.

I know I don’t own the road and people can park wherever they like but I’m just wondering why the neighbours’ friends and relatives park outside our house and leave the front or their houses clear?!

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FudgeBrownie2019 · 28/12/2019 12:41

Our neighbours share our drive (which can fit about 12 cars for each house, so plenty big enough) and go off their nut when people park on the road outside their house. I mean honestly off their nuts, shouting at anyone who dares.

Our house is set further back, but even if it wasn't I couldn't find it in me to shout at someone for where they've legally parked.

GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 28/12/2019 12:45

The clue about 'the public highway' is in the name.

That vehicle is parked on the public highway. Provided it's not causing an obstruction, or blocking someone's light, it's absolutely fine.

paranoidmum2 · 28/12/2019 12:45

@FudgeBrownie2019 why don't they use their own drive?

TigerOnATrain · 28/12/2019 12:46

@ReeRi YANBU, and most people would find it irksome.

Most people on here will tell you that you're being entitled and bratty though, and people can park where the hell they want on a public road.

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ReeRi · 28/12/2019 12:46

This car is opposite the drive across the road too!

Well done those of you who understand this is a fairly lighthearted gripe that I just wished to get an opinion on.

I do just ignore the comments that are not constructive at all.

Where we lived before was a street of terraced houses without a drive so everyone parked on the road and sometimes it was hard to even park anywhere near your house. I can understand in that situation there is going to be a car outside your house, whether or not it is yours. Here is different obviously as everyone has a drive and there is space for 1-2 cars outside each house as well.

To clarify, we are not actively decorating right now. We have started by having the house required and heating and radiators replaced so the curtain poles had to come down, hence no curtains, but we plan to start again in the new year.

And DH fully intends to plant a hedge! He doesn’t like being overlooked at all but the house

Sorry to those of you dealing with inconsiderate people too

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RingtheBells · 28/12/2019 12:48

Maybe they thought your house was empty as you don’t have any curtains or blinds and have just moved in. I must admit if I can’t get in outside our house I park in front of the empty house over the road so as not to annoy neighbours by using spaces outside their houses

Sparklfairy · 28/12/2019 12:48

I’m probably irrationally annoyed by this

Yes. Yes you are.

Melroses · 28/12/2019 12:49

This happens to our house. TBH I think it is just an inviting straight bit of road away from sidestreets. It is annoying that most of the cars belong over the road, and they have a spare drive.

But otherwise, if they all parked on the opposite side, it would force traffic onto the other side of the road, towards the entrance of our drive and they would also get in the way of us reversing into our drive, so I would rather put up with it.

FraglesRock · 28/12/2019 12:49

Where did the truck move to when the Range Rover appeared

WhereYouLeftIt · 28/12/2019 12:50

I would assume there's a reason to NOT park in front of next door, rather than a reason to park in front of yours. Something about being parked outside their that is off-putting.

From your second picture, I can see a tree. I wouldn't park under that, as birds could perch on it and shit on my car - birdshit can damage the paint, so I'd have to clean it off quickly, so I'd not park under that tree.

Also, there looks to be the entrance of a drive across the street, on an empty street I'd choose not to be opposite that as it would make getting in/out of that drive a bit of a squeeze.

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ReeRi · 28/12/2019 12:51

@Notthecarwashagain Erm no that’s not it. I have a week off for the first time in ages but was cleaning / putting laundry to dry when I noticed it. I think I might be coming on with PMT though 😂

@MrsScrubbithatescleaning The house he has gone to is just a bit further down the road so he would still be facing the same way

@FudgeBrownie2019 I wouldn’t shout at anyone. People get annoyed by different things I suppose

@TigerOnATrain Yes exactly but I said to start with I know they can park where they like just not sure why here!

@paranoidmum2 Good idea

@hellnooooo Well a lot of people seem to have difficulty working out the house numbers for our house and next door so that could actually be it!! For the people who don’t know which house it is...

@MrsScrubbithatescleaning The house he has gone to is just a bit further down the road so he would still be facing the same way

@FudgeBrownie2019 I wouldn’t shout at anyone. People get annoyed by different things I suppose

@TigerOnATrain Yes exactly but I said to start with I know they can park where they like just not sure why here!

@Radardodgingninga nothing to do with the boundary but if I’m visiting a friend or relative I park outside their house unless I can’t for some teadon

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MintyMabel · 28/12/2019 12:51

It’s just ugly to look at right outside the window and right in the middle, too, not even further down towards next door’s drive

Why live in an urban area of you don’t like looking at cars.

itsgettingweird · 28/12/2019 12:52

I know what you mean.

It's very odd to go into a street and park down the road from the house your visiting and outside their neighbours house.

People just like to miss the emotional points and go straight for the non empathetic rules answer on here!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 28/12/2019 12:52

Maybe they're 'saving' the space outside of your neighbours ( ie leaving it free) because someone else is coming aong who has limted mobility

Maybe they don't even know your house is occupied , if there's no window dressings or if it has been empty a while . (There are 2 empty houses in my road , they are always parked in front of)

On Christmas Eve , a car parked outside my NDN, ( both houses have OSP for 2 cars ) there was plenty of room for the on road parked but the bonnet of the car blocking my motor ( over my dropped kerb) even though the front wheel was on a raised kerb.

I could've got out (if I needed to ) it would've involved some back/forth driving and I'd have muttered darkly .
MN would tell me to knock them up and make them move now even if I didn't need to move myself .

heartsonacake · 28/12/2019 12:53

YABU. They are not being inconsiderate and there is not “a car parked in front of your living room”.

It is nothing more than a car legally parked on the road. A complete non-issue. I wouldn’t even notice Confused

If you want a completely unobstructed view you need to move to the middle of nowhere.

BellyButton85 · 28/12/2019 12:54

@ReeRi I feel your pain. Over the road from my house they have a driveway space for two cars each and two car spaces outside their houses yet park outside mine when we don't have a drive. We are also straight onto the street so they may as well park in my front room. I've put a giant red sign asking for people to leave us just one space of the two outside our home yet we 90% of the time have to park up the road!

WorraLiberty · 28/12/2019 12:54

@ReeRi YANBU, and most people would find it irksome.

How do you know that? Confused

My guess is that most people I know wouldn't even notice.

Seriously, they actually wouldn't.

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ReeRi · 28/12/2019 12:55

Yes I think it is just to avoid trees etc but I think PP had it spot on in saying it might be to do with sat nav etc as I know street numbers are not clear!

The Range Rover was at the neighbour’s house

Anyway thanks for replies

Car owner just walked to his car again and looked straight in our front window again! I’m not standing by the window by the way. I was putting washing n the radiator before and now I’m sitting on the sofa.

I’m going shopping as I think I need to get out of the house.

I’m pretty sure I’m tired and hormonal

🤔🙄😬😂 and maybe hungry

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BrokenWing · 28/12/2019 12:59

it looks like there is a corner further along and a car parked on the opposite side of the road, maybe he was parking considerately for other drivers coming round the corner?

Hagbeth · 28/12/2019 13:00

I think you should make a conscious effort to stop being irritated by this. You’re the problem, not the car. If you let this bother you it’s only going to get worse. I say this because I’ve been in a similar situation and i had to take control of my self to stop it.
It’ll add stress to your life and for what? A parked car? Think about it. It’s really not worth it.

OlaEliza · 28/12/2019 13:01

This would annoy me. Yanbu op.

Oneborneverydecade · 28/12/2019 13:02

YANBU this would annoy me too

I like the look of your street fwiw

Iwasneveragoddess · 28/12/2019 13:04

We live in a road with no ORP so when people park outside our house we can’t.

Esp annoying when you have a weeks worth of shopping.

Our house is much closer to the road than yours too so YABU.

Isleepinahedgefund · 28/12/2019 13:04

Is that you, Dad?

We've been through this.

The
Road
Is
Public.

Anyone
Can
Park
There.

BillHadersNewWife · 28/12/2019 13:04

OP I feel you. I have the same. Massive empty road...various detached houses AND A PUB WITH A MASSIVE FREE CAR PARK and still the fuckers park outside my front window.

I hate them all. I hate their ugly cars, I hate their slamming doors and inane chatter and I hate that they are attracted to MY HOUSE instead of one of the others occasionally.

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