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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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LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 28/12/2019 17:05

Bonkers.

AllergicToAMop · 28/12/2019 17:07

I am SO disappointed no one here actually shouted that it's their car yetBlush

Winter2020 · 28/12/2019 17:16

There is nothing inconsiderate or puzzling about that parking. It is a nice long stretch of wall that is straight so simple to park and not blocking any drives or making life difficult for any other road users.

Piggywaspushed

"I do feel your painOP. Some people have just moved into ex showhomes round the corner and have a gazillion cars. They probably should have thought about this when buying their house with parking for two cars (plus a garage they presumably don't use...)

So they drive round the corner and park in the bay outside my house. There's no law that says they can't but it grates.

It means no delivery drivers or visitors can ever park outside my house . I would say in my case, thought, this is literally right outside my window and has also caused annoying door slamming and car shuggling at fairly anti social times. And there are at least six places 10 yards further on and much further from people's windows!"

Perhaps they did think about this and thought not much parking on our street but perfectly legal on road parking nearby. Perhaps you should have thought about the lack of private parking and the fact delivery drivers/visitors would struggle if someone else was using the public parking when you bought yours.

OP as you seem to think people target your house to park/look in windows I think your mental health would benefit from getting some privacy screens up ASAP e.g. www.blinds-2go.co.uk/roller-blinds/1868/cloud-white.html you would possibly be surprised how much more relaxed you feel with your privacy.

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ReeRi · 28/12/2019 17:25

@AllergicToAMop I misread an earlier post and actually thought they’d said “This is o it house...” 😂

@Winter2020 Yes having blinds / curtains again will definitely help! We have quite bit, low windows and people look in, so it is annoying now because we don’t have anything covering the windows but That should be sorted in the New Year

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ShoesandmoreShoes · 28/12/2019 17:37

I think the people on here who think parking on the road, opposite peoples drives is OK because it's a public road are the ones who do it themselves. But you can bet they'd kick off if someone kept doing it to them.

^This

spingly · 28/12/2019 17:57

I think the people on here who think parking on the road, opposite peoples drives is OK because it's a public road are the ones who do it themselves. But you can bet they'd kick off if someone kept doing it to them.

Total utter bullshit! It's a public road and yes I'd park on the road but no in would t complain about people doing the same!

I think the ones complaining are irritating curtain twitching nosy neighbours with too much time in n their hands! They don't understand basic rules of the road and need to get a life!

koshkat · 28/12/2019 17:59

Seriously OP? Grin

ivykaty44 · 28/12/2019 18:01

I think the people on here who think parking on the road, opposite peoples drives is OK because it's a public road are the ones who do it themselves. But you can bet they'd kick off if someone kept doing it to them.

I have no idea who the cars outside my house belong to, neither do I care - it’s a public road. Fair play if someone parks and does it regularly, they have a right to do so by licence

poppy1973 · 28/12/2019 18:02

When we used to live in a town, I used to get really annoyed with parked neighbours car outside my house and would put my bins out as close as I could to the kerb. I would leave the recycling and refuse bins etc. out and the neighbours cars would soon go and get fed up and move to different spots. I did this for a few weeks and then stopped as they realised I was pretty annoyed about it.

ivykaty44 · 28/12/2019 18:03

I am SO disappointed no one here actually shouted that it's their car yet

Would anyone actually want to own up to driving that vehicle

spingly · 28/12/2019 18:05

@poppy1973 good job you didn't do that to me, your bins would've been pushed to the floor, I really don't deal with that PA aggressive bin putting out shit.

Iwasneveragoddess · 28/12/2019 18:06

I am enjoying this thread way too much Grin

millimollimandi · 28/12/2019 18:07

I feel your pain OP. In fact I was about to post a similar whinge as yesterday the DS of the CF neighbours (I have posted about them before and had confirmed they are VCF) visited them. He parked across our DROPPED KERB DRIVE. Not across THEIRS. I was working at home and it was the middle of the day so DH was at work, but they are so f*cking entitled. I know he gets it from his parents! They have visitors and they park right up to the 1/2 kerb stone that we didn't have dropped, which makes it almost impossible to my DH to get his car out because of the angle of the drive. WHY???? Thank you OP for letting me get that off my chest and sorry for hijacking your post!

Walnutwhipster · 28/12/2019 18:07

I think this might be the most pathetic post I've ever seen on here. Seriously, I have blue badges and really struggle at times but still can't get worked up at cars legally parked outside my home. You need to get out more if this is actually bothering you.

spingly · 28/12/2019 18:08

@millimollimandi totally different situation, your irritation is justified OPs is ridiculous!

HugoSpritz · 28/12/2019 18:09

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KareyHunt · 28/12/2019 18:15

Ludicrous!

And I love the photo! If someone had parked their car in front of the great pyramid of Giza I could understand the problem. But that's a view of a (frankly very dull) suburban street. How very shocking to see a parked car obstructing your view of otherwise unparalleled beauty Grin

PostNotInHaste · 28/12/2019 18:17

Appreciate this totally misses the but you have a good sized front garden and will look lovely when planted up.

alexdgr8 · 28/12/2019 18:18

I think you sound like you might become one of those neighbours from hell. you object to the sight of someone else's vehicle parked in your line of view. how very dare they !
sooner you move off grid the better. behind the moat and pull up the drawerbridge.

Waveysnail · 28/12/2019 18:20

You have way too much time on your hands. Put up a fence or a hedge if your so annoyed

littlekerry8 · 28/12/2019 18:41

I think your nit picking

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ReeRi · 28/12/2019 18:42

Oh now annoying @millimollimandi! Our previous neighbours were a bit like that. They even removed the fencing which was on the shared wall without saying anything. I think they needed to move it to knock down their garage or something but who wouldn’t knock on the neighbours’ door and explain where our fencing had gone?! It was when we were due to move, too, and we’re having viewIngs. They also used to park on a bit of land next to our garden, which belonged to us. It go to a point where, if they couldn’t park their second car outside our house (first was outside their house), they would just park on our land! It was drive sized but we didn’t always park on it as the neighbours had access over it for bins etc

@HugoSpritz Yes I think the numbering might have had something to do with today as it seemed like someone who was there doing work or something

That’s a bit harsh @alexdgr8 Getting a bit annoyed about something and not doing anything about it (except posting on mumsnet) hardly makes me a neighbour from hell!

@Waveysnail You have no idea how much time I have on my hands! I could make the assumption that you have too much time on your hands because your are commenting on something you think it’s trivial but I won’t because I don’t care how much time you do or don’t have on your hands 🤷🏻‍♀️

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spingly · 28/12/2019 18:56

@ReeRi so your previous neighbour also irritated you???

You're the common denominator aren't you?

huggybear · 28/12/2019 18:57

I can't believe this is a thing. People park outside (no drives) my house all the time, on the pavement. Never crossed my mind that anyone would be annoyed about it.

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ReeRi · 28/12/2019 19:01

@spingly You could say that about so many things so no need to be rude. I think any reasonable person would think it is not right to remove someone else’s property without any acknowledgement or to park on their land without asking. And today I’m not super annoyed, more curious as it seems strange to me. You sound very negative.

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