A parking one!

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We have new neighbours. They haven't moved in yet but we have spoken to them and they are renovating before they move in which will take approx 4 weeks. The lady mentioned there would be work men etc.

Parking on our street is a nightmare. All the houses have drives but very few of us choose to use them. It's like slaloms going up and down the road.

We park on our drive. The world and their dog choose to park in front of our house all of the time. We accept there is nothing we can do about it although annoying when we do have guests.

On the day we met the new neighbours I was finding it difficult to swing out enough to park on the drive because they had parked each of their two cars on either side of our drive very close to each side. The lady acknowledged this and said they were looking to widen the drive to fit their cars on.

To be fair to them they have done this over the last week and the largest of their cars is now parked on their drive. The other car they have been parking outside our house. Annoying but nothing we can do.

Earlier today I came home and they had parked their second car outside their own house and a work van outside ours, again very close to either side of our drive. I managed to get on. Just. Our drive is quite narrow and you need to be at a specific angle to get on in one go.

I have just looked out now and there are now two work vans. One in front of their car on the road and one completely blocking our drive. See diagram 😀 the blue house is us and green next door. Purple are the vans.

On the day we met them they asked us about parking and we told them how it can be a bit of a nightmare and that we have had issues with the previous neighbour blocking our drive. On one occasion I missed a very important medical appointment because they had blocked me in and then gone for a walk!They commented at how cheeky that was... and yet here we are. They haven't even moved in yet and already I'm anxious!

I have, unfortunately, no reason to go out tonight. I really want to nip this in the bud but also don't want to start parking wars before they even move in!

I know IANBU but I also know how you lot love a parking thread and a diagram. Happy Friday!

Assuming you have a dropped kerb for your driveway, they are being complete arses. If I were you I would nip this in the bud.

When you say look I really need you to not park across our drive, we go in and out all the time. (and DO NOT say sorry), surely it is a rare person who wouldn't feel bad and embarrassed. They are in the wrong!!

Challenge them!

Go tell them to move it!

Who cares if you don't need to go out? They don't know that.

You need to nip this in the bud now or they'll think it's ok.

It baffles me how people can be so entitled as to think it's totally fine to block someone's drive.

Definitely nip this in the bud.

To answer a question, yes both drives have dropped kerbs. I understand that parking outside their own house for their second car is difficult (the lady directly opposite them parks on the road and refuse to use her three car drive 🙄). The couple opposite us do not have a car so there is rarely anyone outside them for parking outside us to be an issue (though don't get me started on their visitors who have ample room to park but choose to park across the driveway opposite ours making it impossible for us to swing and get on).

I'm summoning up the courage to tell them and hovering near the door to catch them when they try to leave!

Yell at them. Go all hell for leather. No more ms/Dr nice OP

You need to go round there and get them to move the van. If it's less embarrassing, go and drive up the road and sit in your car for 15 minutes.

As for access, get an H bar painted across the drop kerb. They will paint it across the whole thing - from either side of the drop. And a bit further too if you ask them nicely. My drive is at an angle on a narrow road and it's made a huge difference.

You absolutely do need to nip out for 5 minutes.
Go knock on the door NOW. It needs stopping every single time, so it is easier to park elsewhere

Don't wait for them to leave, go and ask them now. Make it clear they have to move the van. It's irrelevant whether you are going out or not.

A very boring update. I went upstairs to put some jeans on to go round. Came down and all vans and cars had gone!

I'm going to be curtain twitching all weekend now, suitable clothing in situ ready for any in appropriate parking!

Put a fake cctv up that is fairly obvious.people tend to think twice when think they are being filmed being idiots.