On street parking wars

[mamamilkmachine]

So I'm fully prepared to be told IABU but.... I have no off street parking, neither does the house opposite me, I have parked outside my house with no problems since the day I moved in 2 years ago. A lady has moved in opposite me and she keeps parking directly outside my house even though there are spaces outside her house on her side of the street, this means I have to park on the opposite side of my house and it's a busy main road, I then have to cross the road with my toddler in tow. Literally every time I leave the space, even for 15 minutes when I come back she is in it. I cannot fathom why she would do this but it's driving me insane, I also know it's totally inappropriate to say anything

Is her car facing the direction of travel? Maybe she comes home and drives down the road on your side of the street and she doesn’t want to cross a lane of traffic to park??? (iyswim)

Ah I didn’t read the last bit so probably not that then!

Well if she parks infront of you and you park infront of her. it may be annoying but your still parking by your house. I would let it go.

I feel your pain. At the moment a car had been parked for days outside my house. But unfortunately it’s on road parking and if they pay their road tax they can park anywhere.

Partly I do get the rage but ultimately that only affects me negatively, so I try not to. I have no idea why she would move into the space outside your house deliberately. There must be a reason though - although I can’t think of one.

[fowers]

She's parking facing the oncoming traffic, which is illegal, but that's not what bothers me 😂 so she is crossing the road to park on my side and would have to cross the traffic again to pull off

The only thing I can think is that it's so that she isn't opening her drivers door onto the road

Just park really close to her so she struggles to get out.

Maybe go talk to her?

Start off by saying you are fully aware that she has every legal right to park there and she is fully entitled to park there, but would she consider parking on her side when she is able to, so that you don't have to cross the busy road with your toddler.

Finish it by saying you appreciate she is under no obligation to and you are aware what you're asking is a favour and you will understand if she does not want to do this favour for you.

But I see no harm in asking.

@Iminaglasscaseofemotion I did debate parking really close to her but what if she bumps into my car

@44PumpLane this is similar to the dialogue I had in my head if I were to say something but not sure I can face going to ask that when I know I have no right to tell her where to park

I think it makes it worse for me as I had an incident when my daughter was about 2. I had parked on the other side of the street as the space outside my house was taken, I got her out and then leant into the car to pick up her nursery bag, when I looked back up she was running across the road, I just saw her little head bobbing across the road, and I have never felt a fear like it , I learnt from my mistake and I never let her out until I am ready to cross holding her hand now but it really was the scariest moment of my life!

Normally I'd say that if you live somewhere without parking then it's tough, you moved there, but parking in front of your house when the space in front of her is empty and moving it when you go out is really odd!

Can you park in front of next door to you? If not, if just have the chat as suggested about safety and your toddler, recognising you can't stop her, but just enquiring if it would be possible.

That would really annoy me to Op. no advice other than to speak to her but you're not being unreasonable to be annoyed by it.

Well at least I haven't been told IABU as I suspected, I'm just not sure I can face her thinking I'm psychotic and think I own the street 😂

If you tell her about the incident you had with you toddler she might be more understanding. There is no harm at all in asking

Ime (old bint neighbour) parking in front of her own house blocks her light....