DP and I are first time homeowners we’ve moved to a small terraced street all of which are townhouses many with multi-generational households. This means that the streets are full of cars with most households having at least two cars. We have one.
Our house and 3 other houses are the only houses with garages with dropped curbs. We’ve moved in to find that none of our neighbours use their garages for their cars, neighbours have converted them to rooms stating that it was impossible to stop people parking in front of the garages. Neighbours want to even build a wall in front of our joined houses to render the garages inaccessible to make a garden area but we’ve already told them that’s not something we wish to pursue. Neighbours are quiet and well neighbourly, sometimes dropping over little gifts etc.
So, AIBU to try and fight for access to my garage or should we just give up and conform to the street norms. It’s a daily battle to park outside our house on the street so not sure if it’s even possible without causing stress and disputes. If so – how do I go about it? Any advice greatly appreciated.