Parking thread with diagram

[RubyReigns]

Bit of background. New build houses. We moved in about 6 weeks after the neighbours. Our house is has driveway parking for 2 cars, theirs only has one space. We only have one car and only use the extra space for visitors.
We get on ok with the neighbours, not overly friendly but say hi, take in each other’s parcels etc if needed.
When we first moved in their visitors would block our drive whether we were on it or not. DH is very calm and amenable and he didn’t mind knocking on their door daily to ask to be let out. Meanwhile I decided we could get round this by parking sticking out on to the pavement for a few days to stop them fitting over our drive iyswim? DH agreed to do this to appease me haha.
This seemed to work and they stopped parking over the drive even when we went back to parking on it normally.
For the last week they’ve been parking over our empty drive space as in the diagram. It means when we have visitors they have to park elsewhere (no parking spaces anywhere near by apart from driveways or blocking your own cars in). If our visitor parks over our other driveway space it blocks the junction for anyone coming on to or out of the street.
How can I sort this without speaking to them directly? There’s quite a few of them there at all times and they are quite loud so I don’t want to approach this on my own and DH doesn’t think they’re being unreasonable.
I think they should be blocking in their own car with their own visitors because that’s just the done thing isn’t it?
Am I being unreasonable? Do I just need to calm down and be more DH?

Do you have a dropped kerb across both of your parking spaces?

@RubyReigns

DH is coming round to idea of parking on the other side but he doesn’t want to look like a passive aggressive idiot so has said he’s going to park dead centre. Who have I married! Hah

You’ve married someone with a cracking sense of humour.

And kudos for admitting to being unreasonable, that’s unheard of round here.

10/10 and a smiley sticker for the diagram 😁

@bestbefore

Do you have a dropped kerb across both of your parking spaces?

The whole pavement is level with the road. So no dropped or raised it’s just all level.

Move your car so it's obvious your drive isn't empty/available to all and sundry, then move your car when YOU have guests. Great diagram btw!

@skodadoda

10/10 and a smiley sticker for the diagram 😁

Thanks I am rather proud of it

Just park the other side, then he can’t park there

We had a similar problem, till my DP came home one day to find he couldn’t get on the drive. Visitor across the road.
Luckily our neighbour had parked on the road and the visiting car had parked behind him, my DP parked right up to his bumper, and came into the house. We watched the visitor (young lad) come out of the house opposite looking puzzled and then just sat in his car. 30 minutes later my DP went out and moved his car back to allow the other car to get out. Never had a problem since.

Nip it in the bud.

Start parking in the ‘other’ parking space on your drive, knock their door every time they block your drive. Whether you are on your drive or not is irrelevant, they should not be blocking access to or from your drive.

Superb diagram @RubyReigns - I would be irked by this, but my DP would be livid & because he’s PA, I’d have to rein him in from doing comedy OTT arm flaying outside the neighbours. I’d go round if I was expecting visitors & it their inconsiderate parking would prevent my visitors from parking, no doubt.

Throw bird seed over the cars parked anti-socially.

We have a double driveway but our neighbours have single as they close to build a rockery on their other half. They park their second car (and their visitors cars) across our drive whether we’re in or not rather than blocking their own 2nd car in. We’ve asked time and time again for them to park over their own drive. They apologise but continue do do it as if we’ve never even asked!!!

• chose not close
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Great diagram @RubyReigns

I had a similar experience in our estate except that both DH and I drive and have our own cars so we had two cars parked in our driveway. Our NDN or their guests kept parking across my space, never across their driveway which meant that my DH could drive out of our driveway but if I wanted to leave or return to my space, I had to ask permission. So, I will admit I was passive aggressive as I was tired of having to ask permission to leave my own driveway, and I parked across my side of the driveway but out on the roadway and never blocking their access to their driveway.
This had the desired effect and drove them to frustration (well I was frustrated by their lack of consideration for me).
Anyway, the man of their house thought it was acceptable to tackle me on where I was parking (again not impacting on their driveway or access to it), I wasn't having any of his shit at this point, told him so
and I haven't spoken to them since!

YANBU. Park in the space nearest their house.
PS. Loving the diagram!

Park in the other space, parking in the middle wont solve anything as your visitor still can't fit on your drive.

You have very neat handwriting!

I agree, park in front of the empty driveway space.

A polite 'can I ask you to tell your visitors not to block our driveway as our visitors are having to park on the street, thank you'.

I wouldn't bother speaking to them - give DH's head a wobble and explain that he has to park in the other space. End of. Lovely diagram (hanging baskets? Hollyhocks?).

Ah I’m feeling very flattered at all the compliments on my diagram. I confess it took me quite a while to draw, I wanted it to be perfect for my parking thread.
I can’t believe the amount of people with neighbours who think this is acceptable - I’m feeling vindicated and reasonable now the majority agree with me.
DH nipped out to Tesco and has parked about 6” further over. He came in all proud of himself telling me about it. Honestly! If I could drive I’d be moving that car into the spot their visitors park in.
Did I mention they always have visitors? From 8am-11pm there is someone parked there (apart from right now when it’s empty). Dh has had to shuffle the car in and said he didn’t want to draw too much attention to his (I quote) “aggressive parking”
Poor lovely DH thinks moving 6” over is aggressive.

Lovely diagram, OP. I especially like the cute, chubby cars. They look like they've got round bottoms.

The standard of diagrams on here has been exceptionally good over the past couple of weeks.

I don't understand why their visitors park in front of your property and not the people they're visiting!

I think they only park in front of your space because it's empty

Block them in when they do it, you and any visitors. Buy an inflatable Olaf, and a hazmat suit. Prepare for siege.

Yes I do love a parking thread.

Oh, and hire a Ford Ranger and park it over their drive for 3 days.

You could ask your council to paint a H bar in front of your driveway.