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To want to approach our neighbours

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Peony26 · 03/12/2022 15:11

They’re absolutely taking the p**s, they have 2 drives of their own, and they use my next door neighbours and my neighbour opposites drive, so they have use of 4 drives, that’s 8 parking spaces, and yet they constantly park on the Road opposite my drive! Which means I can’t actually get my camper on my front drive and have to use the back one, and they cause a nuisance with parking our car and for our visitors, my mom nearly reversed straight into the side of one of their cars the other night as she just couldn’t see it on the dark street, and I looked around and every drive was empty!

I don’t want to cause issues as they’re a nice family! And I don’t want to be petty, but it’s driving me mad! They’re just so inconsiderate! But even if I do go over how do I ask them to stop without causing issues

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Oysterbabe · 03/12/2022 15:14

Presumably they are parked legally?

Bluevelvetsofa · 03/12/2022 15:15

I imagine your camper takes up quite a lot of space. Does that restrict where you can park a car?

CleopatrasBeautifulNose · 03/12/2022 15:20

That all sounds really thoughtless. If a conversation could get them to change to their ways it would be worth it. The tricky bit is predicting if they'll respond best to a firm 'you're pissing all your neighbours off' or a 'excuse me would you mind awfully' or they'd ignore it whatever you said.
No one here can know which it is. There'll be examples of everything. If you and the other neighbours could all have a word in close succession to one another (or something) that might be safer/more successful than going it alone.

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Peony26 · 03/12/2022 19:10

I have enough parking for our vehicles without encroaching on anyone, it’s one of the reasons we brought this house, but if I want my own van on my own front drive it’s a nightmare, trying to swing on with them parked on the road, and as you have to do it in a few turns, you block the road, which is busy, it’s tight enough for the cars. And sometimes I need it on there to charge the leisure battery.

Yeah, that’s the thing isn’t it I was just wondering how the majority would feel, I personally would be really apologetic if one of my neighbours mentioned something to me and I didn’t realise that I was upsetting them, but I risk them not responding well, and I don’t want to live with the grief of a fall out

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Peony26 · 03/12/2022 19:12

Oysterbabe · 03/12/2022 15:14

Presumably they are parked legally?

No not if they’re on the path, and that restricts a disabled neighbour when they do that

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Peony26 · 03/12/2022 19:15

Bluevelvetsofa · 03/12/2022 15:15

I imagine your camper takes up quite a lot of space. Does that restrict where you can park a car?

No not a car of ours or theirs we have completely separate drives, I have 2 drives that I can park 5/6 vehicles on and so we use them not to enroach on anyone else. But they have 2 drive and use 2 of our elderly neighbours drives and they still park on the road, I’m assuming out of sheer laziness

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Olive19741205 · 03/12/2022 19:33

I would knock on their door every time you can't get one of your own vehicles in/out. Just be really friendly and smiley all the time when you ask them to move to let you out/in. They'll soon get fed up and park more thoughtfully, hopefully.

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Peony26 · 03/12/2022 19:40

That’s a really good idea thank you! I can point out the issue but not be confrontational

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Bahhhhhumbug · 03/12/2022 19:41

You said they parked on the road though opposite your house though not the pavement?

imaterribleterribleshithead · 03/12/2022 21:21

Our neighbours do the same thing. It's infuriating. Have almost smashed into them numerous times because of their awkward inconsiderate parking

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Peony26 · 04/12/2022 07:15

They sometimes pull onto the pavement not always, but they are still on the road opposite my driveway with plenty of free driveway spaces. The stop traffic flow also, and are just before a junction which blocks view

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Peony26 · 04/12/2022 07:20

imaterribleterribleshithead · 03/12/2022 21:21

Our neighbours do the same thing. It's infuriating. Have almost smashed into them numerous times because of their awkward inconsiderate parking

It’s so frustrating isn’t it! They’re a family of 5 like us so have lots of vehicles and I could understand if they struggled for spaces. But they have 2 drives, and they’re using 2 of our neighbours! A few years ago when chatting they said they were going to gravel another portion of their front garden as well so they had more parking spaces but they haven’t bothered with that either and the drives sit empty whilst they park on the road 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Zanatdy · 04/12/2022 07:25

How many cars do they have? Just go and knock if you can’t get your camper van in / out. If they are a nice family I’m sure they will move it and hopefully realise it is impacting on other people

Nothingbuttheglory · 26/12/2022 15:17

Going to need a comprehensive diagram I'm afraid...

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