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AIBU?

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Parking outside someone else's house for a week

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Aliceinunderland · 20/08/2023 19:59

Most of our street have driveways and there is only a small section of public road that has parking for three cars at our end of the street. Recently a random car was parked directly outside our house for a week. I have no idea whose car it was and I've never seen it before. We are not nosey neighbours at all but we've all lived here for a while and know each others cars. I assume they went on holiday because I saw a young couple with suitcases return to the car and drive off.

I know it's a public road. I know as long as the car is taxed they can park there for as long as they want and I would never be a CF and say anything but surely people try to be considerate when parking? I don't even park my own car outside my house when I'm going away and will park on the side road where I'm not outside anyone's property so that my neighbours still have use of the actual parking spaces on our street whilst I am away.

My partner thinks I'm overthinking but it genuinely wouldn't occur to me to park outside someone's house and leave my car there for a week. I would have no idea if the occupants of the house had health needs or young children or any kind of additional need where they would benefit from parking outside their home. It just annoyed me because like I said, we only have 3 spaces on the public road on our end of the street so parking is difficult enough as it is sometimes.

So my AIBU is not from a legal perspective but more of a moral one. Am I being too considerate?

OP posts:
ItsNotRocketSalad · 20/08/2023 23:43

I know it's a public road. I know as long as the car is taxed they can park there for as long as they want and I would never be a CF and say anything but surely people try to be considerate when parking?

What's inconsiderate about it though? I don't understand this mentality.

ZenNudist · 20/08/2023 23:50

That is a strange way of thinking. Why does parking on a side road to give your neighbours your space make you any better than the person who parked in front of your house?

I always find people getting territorial about the road outside their house utterly bonkers.

AIBot · 20/08/2023 23:54

YANBU to be considerate OP. I would like you, be mindful of carers of elderly neighbours needing to park nearby etc.

Lucky for the couple that there were no consequences for them. A former colleague parked (legally) in a street near a station and their leased car was keyed on both sides when they returned.

LivStanshall · 20/08/2023 23:55

I was once parked outside my house and my neighbours asked me if I would move my car down the road so her daughter and SiL, with their new baby, could park there. I told them they could park there and walk up the road. We are talking about 5 car spaces. Bonkers.

FeigningConcern · 21/08/2023 00:09

DinnaeFashYersel · 20/08/2023 20:16

I've never knew how funny people are about parking till Mumsnet.

Public road, not blocking anyone. Not doing anything wrong.

This.

Public road is a public road. If there's so little parking as you describe then people will park where there is space.

FeigningConcern · 21/08/2023 00:10

Aliceinunderland · 20/08/2023 20:21

The way I see it is that there are three spaces. If I park there for a week then I've taken a third of the spaces away from my neighbours. But I agree I might be OTT because it wouldn't necessarily bother me if my neighbours parked there and went away. It just seems off that they were random people.

If we lived somewhere that had ample parking up and down the street then maybe it wouldn't be so bad but I still don't think I'd want to park outside someone else's house and leave my car there for a week.

You and the neighbours don't own your road. They have as much right to park there as you and your neighbours.

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