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My neighbours awkward parking

149 replies

Thelonewolf · 17/02/2020 18:46

New neighbours moved in second half of last year.
I don’t know if they’re being CF or entitled millennials.
They have 2 cars and a drive, I also have 2 cars and a drive. However they don’t use their drive and park on the street which they’re perfectly entitled to do, I don’t own the street in front of my house however they park in such away that I am unable to park in front of my house without blocking my drive and then I can’t get the other car out. We also pay for residents parking permits so I would at least like to be able to park in front of my house lols.
I’ve mentioned it to them but it’s fallen on deaf ears. Jokingly asked if I could use their drive seeing as they don’t use it.
I’ve got 2 small children and have to park opposite as that’s the only space left on the street. The road is very busy at rush hour and cars fly down the street as it’s used as a cut through.
First world problems eh 🤪

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Thelonewolf · 17/02/2020 19:01

Those who say that I am being unreasonable for wanting to park in front of my house please explain your reasoning.

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TheQueef · 17/02/2020 19:03

Just park on their drive.

adaline · 17/02/2020 19:06

It's a public road - you have no rights to the space outside your house.

Stressedout10 · 17/02/2020 19:07

You don't own the road

HugoSpritz · 17/02/2020 19:07

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user1471517900 · 17/02/2020 19:07

Are they blocking their own drive when they park? Is there no way you can block your drive and just move car as and when you need other one out?

JassyRadlett · 17/02/2020 19:12

Why does it really matter if you block your own drive? Can’t you wait until both their cars are out, then move the one of yours that is usually in your drive to on the street so that the one you take the kids out in can go on the drive?

Being able to park on a public road in front of your house is a bloody luxury. I have no drive and I’m just always grateful if I can park on the same street as the house, sometimes it’s round the corner or a block away!

Itwasntme1 · 17/02/2020 19:30

Yes as long as they legally then they are entitled to park there.

But it’s not very neighbourly. I think some people get so caught up in what they can do legally, they forget good manners.

One of my parents neighbours owns a large, battered, ugly van. He won’t park it outside his house, so parks it several houses down outside my parents. My mum can’t see round it to reverse the car out. She politely asked him not to park there and explained the difficulty it causes her. He told her to fuck off. She cried. She is 75. She used to sponsor his kids for school events and even took his bin in for him a few times when he was on holiday. What happened to being kind to your neighbours?

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Thelonewolf · 17/02/2020 19:31

We’re residents only parking in my area, we have to pay an annual fee for the privilege of parking on our street, I haven’t got a permit for the car on the drive anyhow.
At the moment it’s the inconvenience of having to shift the cars around and leaving 2 small children in the house on their own whilst I’m doing so.

Once their older it won’t be so much of an inconvenience.

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Thelonewolf · 17/02/2020 19:33

I was parking opposite, but I’ve noticed the owner of that house has started parking in front of his house rather than his drive.

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Whynosnowyet · 17/02/2020 19:36

Diagram. If you have a drive surely a dropped kerb you yourself couldd park over?

Lucked · 17/02/2020 19:37

I agree if they have a permit they can park but it is very unneighbourly not to use the drive. Can you park in front of their house - return the favour?

T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 17/02/2020 19:38

Have they definitely got parking permits for both cars? If not, you could report them. You don’t have an automatic right to park in front of your house, but if they’re being deliberately selfish,I’d be fucked off too.

Cherrysoup · 17/02/2020 19:38

Why don’t they use their drive? Is it too narrow for them to get out of the car or something?

DontTouchTheMoustache · 17/02/2020 19:38

You lost me at "entitled millennials" 🙄🙄🙄🙄

AuditAngel · 17/02/2020 19:40

Even a paid for parking permit does not guarantee you a space outside your house. Anyone with the relevant permit can park in the permit zone.

YABU. They are being selfish, but unfortunately that isn’t illegal

crimsonlake · 17/02/2020 19:42

I am confused...why can you not park on your own drive rather than the road?

donquixotedelamancha · 17/02/2020 19:43

If you have a drive surely a dropped kerb you yourself couldd park over?

That is where OP is parking. OP doesn't like it.

No diagram needed really: neighbours park legally on the road in front of OPs house.

I’ve mentioned it to them but it’s fallen on deaf ears. Jokingly asked if I could use their drive seeing as they don’t use it.

OP, did you ask them nicely but clearly to do you a favour and not park in front of your house, or did you make 'jokey' passive aggressive comments?

namechangetheworld · 17/02/2020 19:44

Yeah, I kind of get it OP.

Both our house and next door both have drives behind our houses. Two cars in both households. Room for two cars on the drives. They always park t
both cars on the street - one outside their house and one outside ours. I actually prefer to have both cars on our drive anyway but would occasionally like to be able to stop outside my house to unload shopping and/or small children before driving round to the back, especially in bad weather. It's incredibly inconsiderate. I would never say anything though, as like other PPs have stated, we don't own the road outside of our house.

sunshinesupermum · 17/02/2020 19:46

We do really need a diagram OP - thems there the rules on parking threads. BTW I don't think YABU when CF neighbours have their own drive to park on.

damnthatanxiety · 17/02/2020 19:51

Itwasntme1 I'm so sorry your mother has a fucking arsehole for a neighbour. Harsh language? He tells a 75 year old to fuck off....Seriously.

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Thelonewolf · 17/02/2020 19:52

@crimsonlake I’ve got 2 cars, one parked on drive the other I park on the road

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JassyRadlett · 17/02/2020 19:58

Well, you have a choice - either pay for a permit or have to cross the street.

But I don’t quite understand. How much shifting around of cars is there if the one you’re not using is on the drive and the one you are using is on the street? Why would it be different parking across your drive v parking on the other side of the road?

ThatLibraryMiss · 17/02/2020 20:01

People who say the OP is BU because it's a public road and anyone can park on it: anyone can walk three abreast down a path but it doesn't mean it's courteous to make someone else step into the road to make way for them. Stop at the top of stairs while you debate which shop to go into first? Park in the middle of an unmarked two-car-long gap? So what if it inconveniences other people? They can wait! You have the right!

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. The world would be a nicer place, and everyone would be happier, if people had a little more consideration for others.

Good grief, I sound like my Gran. Get off my lawn!

Microwavedtea · 17/02/2020 20:04

But they ARE allowed to park there, arent they? So they arent being unresaonable in doing so.