Neighbour using my drop kerb!

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A new family have moved in next door - not attached we are a row of two semi's each and so on..
I have a driveway and a dropped kerb. So it goes my drive, pavement and then the dropped kerb.

My next door neighbours have a make shift drive (from previous tenants) but NO dropped kerb, it doesn't help that their neighbours have 4 cars and two permanently parked outside their garden so the new neighbours have nowhere to park except down the road because of it but again not my problem!

They have started driving over my drop kerb to park in the make shift drive, I have started parking on my dropped kerb to make a point of it and I did block them in, to which the woman politely asked if I could move my car so she could reverse out, I told her I don't appreciate her using the kerb to park in, to which she replied that she is going to be getting the curb outside hers dropped but it will take a while due to getting planning permission etc and it's hard to walk down the road with 3 kids and a newborn so it's just been more convenient, but she won't do it again if it bothers me.

Tbh she hasn't had a chance to park there again as I have started parking in front of my drive, on my dropped kerb but my sister has said I'm being petty for no reason and making her life harder and it's not a big deal! And it's really irked me because now I don't know if I'm being unreasonable or not!

You do sound petty

Omg that poor woman living next door to you!!

Can we take a moment outside the batshittedness of the OP, to appreciate a thread that finally has the correct spelling of Kerb.
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It's not your kerb. as has already been said, it is part of the public space.

So the only problem is that it annoys you that she uses it but it actually doesn’t have any affect on you other than you get irked.

The dropped curb will not be your land? So you are unreasonable in this case. If she were driving over your drive I'd agree with you but she's not

You paid for the work to drop the kerb. It’s still part of the public highway, therefore you don’t own it.

She should have asked first and explained why. You'd perhaps have been more amenable. Politeness always helps. Dropped kerbs arent free, even more reason why in her shoes Id have asked and explained why first.

Good start with your new neighbours!

It’s not your kerb.
diagram please

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And it's really irked me because now I don't know if I'm being unreasonable or not!

You are. Very.

I think she should cancel her application and just keep using the one outside that doesn't belong to either of you.

Perhaps you could charge her a fee OP?

I am sure you will end up really good neighbours.🙄

Wrong - you pay good money for a dropped kerb we always have them widened if there is already one. The dropped kerb does belong to the resident - trust me bud

Here where we live - we can have our dropped kebs designated as no parking/blacking - we don't need to do that but people living near the station half a mile away have done that and call over the CEO's when their driver is blocked or encroached upon

OP - you are more than petty. She was nice to you, a rare thing these days as so many people feel entitled

Don't be so daft, the kerb is part of the public highway and may be used by anyone.

What’s your postcode? I kind of feel like coming over and using your dropped kerb now! Honestly, read your stuff back, don’t you see how petty you are being? Not saying you are a petty person, but your behaviour over this is petty.

Excuse the state of this drawing!

I wonder if the new neighbour is a Mumsnetter? She'll have reams of stuff to post about soon if this is the way OP behaves.

It simply isn’t “your” dropped kerb.

Very petty.

You don't own the kerb.

You are mistaken. Bud.

I think this is it, because they just assumed it has got my back up

You are THAT neighbour! The bonkers and petty one my nephew would love to refer to as a Karen. Personally I’d just roll my eyes at you.

Yes YABU!!