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AIBU?

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Original poster

A parking one!

94 replies

bloodyplanes · 01/09/2022 18:20

I will start this by saying I probably am being unreasonable and peri menopause may be contributing to it.

So i live in a close with on road parking and parking bays. The bays are for visitors and also my close has an alleyway off of it that has about 8 houses down it. The bays are also parking for these houses. I have a driveway but it contains a caravan so i am unable to use it to park. Whenever i have visitors I always ask them to park in the bays so they don't block the parking outside any of the residents homes. There are two particular houses from the alleyway ( which is two doors away from my house) that constantly dump their cars outside my house sometimes for days on end therefore meaning I can't park there. I can't say anything because they aren't doing anything illegal but in my mind its not neighbourly or polite and it makes me seethe silently! AIBU?

OP posts:
Gazelda · 01/09/2022 18:40

So you're annoyed because someone is parking on the street because it's the most convenient public space for them.

Whereas you'd like to park on the street because it's the most convenient public space for you as your own driveway is unavailable due to,your caravan being on it. So you're taking a space that is really meant for those without a driveway.

Hmmmmm. Who is being most unreasonable?

LordEmsworth · 01/09/2022 18:40

YABU.

Park outside their houses. Easy.

Hesma · 01/09/2022 18:53

YABU, your choice to have a caravan you don’t have room for

Whatiswrongwithmyknee · 01/09/2022 18:55

Others should have got a house with enough space for their car but you don't have to. Because......?

19lottie82 · 01/09/2022 18:59

YABU you have a parking space but choose to use it for your caravan. The road is for anyone to park.

DashboardConfessional · 01/09/2022 19:02

YABU. God forbid you walk a few more steps to your front door.

If you're now going to drip feed and say you have arthritis or a walking stick then you need a house with 2 spaces or a bigger drive!

StrikeandRobin · 01/09/2022 19:04

This has to be a reverse?

No one could actually post thinking they ANBU in this scenario.

trevthecat · 01/09/2022 19:08

Just park over your own drive! You say they bought a house without parking, but you bought one without enough! You don't own the space outside your house

Fuuuuuckit · 01/09/2022 19:17

bloodyplanes · 01/09/2022 18:24

In my mind they purchased houses that they knew came with no parking outside them yet they constantly take up the spaces outside mine. Making it impossible for me to park.

In MY mind YOU purchased a house WITH parking but due to your own mad reasoning choose not to use it.

So, 1 - you have parking, but you are choosing to keep a caravan on your drive, thus necessitating you to use street parking. YABmuch much more U than your neigbours.

Pay for van storage then you can park on your drive and your neighbours will still park on the public space outside your house

Bentley123 · 01/09/2022 19:21

YABU you don’t own the road. I genuinely don’t get it when people get annoyed at this! We lived in a similar situation people can park wherever they like!

giveovernate · 01/09/2022 19:24

Seethe silently, no one cares!

Original poster
bloodyplanes · 01/09/2022 19:26

Yes i know im being unreasonable, and I definitely wouldn't say anything. The reason the caravan is on my drive is because my dp lost his job and we can't afford to keep it in storage at the moment. I just try not to inconvenience my neighbours and I thought maybe they would think the same way but obviously not.

OP posts:
Trumpistheworst · 01/09/2022 19:29

Put your caravan in storage

niceaspaella · 01/09/2022 19:32

Are you new to mumsnet?

  1. no parking thread without a diagram
  2. you don’t own the road etc etc
CinnamonJellyBeans · 01/09/2022 19:35

I'll bet your neighbours love looking out of their windows at a caravan.

curlymom · 01/09/2022 19:36

YABU

Mayorquimby2 · 01/09/2022 19:36

"In my mind they purchased houses that they knew came with no parking outside them yet they constantly park in the nearby available public parking spaces. Making it impossible for me to claim domain over a public space that I have decided is actually mine"

Fixed that for you

SarahProblem · 01/09/2022 19:38

YABU ... But you know that OP.

Bluevelvetsofa · 01/09/2022 19:40

I agree that the issue is your caravan uses your parking space. Maybe your neighbours don’t wish to look out at your caravan. If there’s only one space on the drive and it’s public parking elsewhere, then you just have to take your chance.

sundayvibeswig22 · 01/09/2022 20:00

Yabu.

LastWordsOfALiar · 01/09/2022 20:03

By your logic, if your neighbours should buy a house with parking, you should buy a house with more parking for your caravan. You can't have it both ways.

You're unreasonable. You need to either sell the caravan or accept that you may have to park further away.

buzzbuzzybuzz · 01/09/2022 20:05

Is this a reverse? Of course you're being unreasonable. You have a parking space. Get rid of the caravan if it's an issue.

SavoirFlair · 01/09/2022 20:06

I have a driveway but it contains a caravan so i am unable to use it to park.

unless someone has dumped a caravan on your land, your driveway doesn’t “contain” a caravan - you chose to

girlmom21 · 01/09/2022 20:06

Sell the caravan? Or sell the house and go and live in the caravan somewhere with plenty of space for you to park.

worriedatthistime · 01/09/2022 20:06

You also purchased a house with a drive but have stuck a caravan on it , you don't own the road outside your house its that simple