Parking on neighbours' empty drive

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I hope not a TAAT, but DP's car is currently parked on our next door neighbours' driveway without their permission and I'm worried this might have us known as as being CFers!

We share almost an access drive which goes across the front of both our actual drives and we've had a skip delivered to ours this morning. I stupidly told them to put it on the side for easiest access to the backgarden, which is also where DP's electric car needs to be parked to be reach the charger which is on that side of the house!

It just won't reach from 'my' side of the drive, but will from the empty spot on NDN's drive, who we think have gone on holiday (not been around since Weds). We'd move onto the road when it's fully charged, or ask nicely if they come home, and DP sees no issue.

Is this fine or CF territory?

LoL!! There is another thread going right now, where CF's have parked on the OP's drive. Definitely you are a CF

Unless of course you are that OP's CF 'friend' and have changed the details

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4875789-people-using-my-drive

😂😂

I say CF, but it depends how the relationship is. Are you taking their bins out on bin morning or checking for parcels left on doorsteps etc? This is what we do when next door are away so I'd say they wouldn't mind me using their drive

If you don't have their contact details you aren't close enough to be using their property

Do they have a ring doorbell? If u don't know them well enough to have their contact details or for them to let you know they are going away, I think you may be a CF!

Absolutely CFery - move the car off their drive and go and pay to charge the car somewhere

It's your fault, it doesn't mean you get to assume it's OK to use your neighbours drive without asking

Maybe you didn't catch that I had reservations about my DP doing this to make up for the fact that I had inadvertently inconvenienced him.

I'd rather he moved it, but he doesn't see the issue. This has already been an argument because I accepted the skip and allowed it to be put in his space instead of moving my car and having it put there.

CF just for having an electric car.

Very CF!

Do they have a Ring doorbell?

OP will the car be charged by, and so moved, later on this evening?

I have to say I would have no issues with this at all. It’s not like you are parking there all week. I might be a bit miffed if I arrived home from holiday at 11pm and couldn’t get on my drive, but parking there to charge and then moving it wouldn’t bother me at all.

Don't be ridiculous

Well I seem to be alone in thinking that this is just fine! It wouldn’t bother me (or DH) if our neighbours used our drive in an emergency, or indeed just used it when we were out, or on holiday. But then we are all pretty normal
and friendly round here!

If they are away, really, who cares? Charge it up and move it and no harm done.

I'd be majorly annoyed if I came back from a holiday with tons of stuff and couldn't unload it because someone parked in my drive!

Cheky if you haven't asked. Unless you are good friends.

It depends on your relationship with your neighbour. Our old neighbour used to ask us to park one of our cars on her drive when she was away so it looked like there was movement at the property.

As long as they're not there, it's fine. If they were, it'd be CF territory for sure.

It's fastest to charge it at home, so I'd say yes it'll be done this evening, and obviously he can't go out in it while charging, so could move it straight away if needed.

He's pointed most of this out to me like I'm stupid to think they would care very much. From his point of view, he could go and sit in a (shut) supermarket car park while it charges very slowly (because of me) or just do this instead while bothering nobody.

Why can't you use a local charging point rather than using the neighbours drive?

It would take all of a couple of minutes to ask them
to move!

They shouldn't have to ask some cheeky twat to move from their own driveway.

It's much cheaper to use our electricity supply then use the card in a garage, and his boss monitors this. It was the same when they provided diesel company cars, that you were not supposed to use motorway service stations.

I realise these are all his (or our) problems and not the neighbours'.

Yes it's CF territory. Your neighbour could return at any time and you are causing them inconvenience when they have to come and get you and wait for you to move the car. That wont be a few minutes unless someone is sat in the car, seems them coming and unplugs from the charger.

If you were my neighbour I would not be doing anything like taking in parcels for you in future - and I'd dump things in your skip.

and if you have a skip you are probably having work done and that's going to be annoying too. If they dont come back you still owe them a bottle of good wine and an apology.

You are CF.

Well to begin with you have to find somewhere else to park @Pottedpalm so it might be more then a couple of minutes. And if I'm getting back after a holiday I could really do without the extra faff!

What happens if they have a night arrival and get home at 2am to find they can’t park on their own drive? I would be absolutely fuming, and I can’t imagine that CF DH would enjoy my ire while in his dressing gown having been woken from sleep. But it would be what he deserved.

This. You're not really neighbourly enough.