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Neighbour using my drop kerb!

919 replies

mykerb · 12/03/2024 20:54

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!

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Feelingstrange2 · 12/03/2024 21:14

You may have paid for it but I'd be surprised if its yours. The road isn't yours. The pavement isn't either, surely? You just paid as the council wouldn't but I suspect its still council ownership.

Just let her use it to get onto her parking area.

Estellaa · 12/03/2024 21:15

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:04

Yes you are right, I could report them technically for that!

Why would you want to? Confused

Get a life, ffs!

ThatDamnedDog · 12/03/2024 21:15

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Nevermindtheteacaps · 12/03/2024 21:15

OMG this is clearly a reverse or a made up thread, mumsnet WTF is wrong with you tonight, no one is this much of a dick and admits to it! 😂

NamelessGhoul · 12/03/2024 21:15

SpringleDingle · 12/03/2024 21:14

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!!

Please educate your nephew on why that term isn’t acceptable.

PumpkinSly · 12/03/2024 21:15

I'm so happy you did us a diagram to confirm your batshittery 😆

RosaBaby2 · 12/03/2024 21:16

FiveShelties · 12/03/2024 21:12

Perhaps you could charge her a fee OP?

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

Why stop there? How about an honesty box for all users of the kerb. Wheelchairs, mobility scooters, bikes, prams to name but a few.

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:16

Nevermindtheteacaps · 12/03/2024 21:15

OMG this is clearly a reverse or a made up thread, mumsnet WTF is wrong with you tonight, no one is this much of a dick and admits to it! 😂

I wish it was, but no I'm real.

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DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 12/03/2024 21:16

DelilahsHaven · 12/03/2024 21:13

You are mistaken. Bud.

You are and that is a fact. It may be different in different cities etc and you don't know what town etc op is from. Therefore, you are wrong.

Google dropped kerb

EarringsandLipstick · 12/03/2024 21:17

This must be a reverse!

Londonscallingme · 12/03/2024 21:17

itsalwaysthesame · 12/03/2024 21:05

I think it would have been polite for her to have dropped you a note or knocked to say she's planning to get her kerb dropped and would you mind if she uses yours in the meantime, it's basic politeness

It’s not OP’s kerb.

JubileeJumps · 12/03/2024 21:17

This is funny. You didn’t actually tell her that really?! You told her not to use your drop curb? What really?
That is properly hilarious.

VisitationRights · 12/03/2024 21:17

Having seen the diagram, this is batshit. YABVU.

kitsuneghost · 12/03/2024 21:18

I agree with other posters. That is really petty and miserable

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 12/03/2024 21:18

I know what you mean but honestly I would just let her use it. Our neighbours have made their driveway bigger for three cars and have now started putting a cone on the bit between their driveway and ours as if to reserve it. It really pissed me off at first then I realised I was getting petty

Gluggity · 12/03/2024 21:18

OP wtf. You don’t own the kerb. She is waiting for hers to be dropped, it won’t be forever, she isn’t blocking you in or inconveniencing you in any way. You are being ridiculous and a shit neighbour

Orangetattoo · 12/03/2024 21:19

Stop being so weird and possessive

Zingy123 · 12/03/2024 21:19

It's not your dropped kerb it belongs to the council. You could get yourself a parking ticket parking over your dropped kerb.

K0OLA1D · 12/03/2024 21:19

I wish more than anything in the world I could have this as a problem in my life. Jesus christ.

FiveShelties · 12/03/2024 21:19

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:16

I wish it was, but no I'm real.

You really are!

😂

Vistada · 12/03/2024 21:20

Wow.

You're THAT neighbour.

The dropped kerb doesn't belong to you.

This must be a reverse surely.

AngelQuartz · 12/03/2024 21:20

Sorry OP but this is nuts.

As long as they don’t block you in why are you bothered about them driving OVER a kerb to park their cars close to their home????

Exasperatednow · 12/03/2024 21:22

OP, I think you are being very petty.

everythinglooksbetterpaintedblack · 12/03/2024 21:22

I'm sorry that your life is so shit and your only pleasure is being exceptionally petty towards the new neighbour.
If being possessive over a kerb gives you a joyful buzz then you crack on 🙄

IsadoraQuill · 12/03/2024 21:22

Do you get annoyed at wheelchair users using your dropped kerb to cross the road as well? Or what about pushchair users?

It's not your kerb.

You are a mean person who needs to get a life if this is all you have to worry about.

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