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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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AstralSpace · 12/03/2024 21:32

Omg literally, life is short. Try not to spend it being so miserable and angry. Your neighbour sounds nice and one day, you may be in a position where you need her help.

Kinneddar · 12/03/2024 21:32

KnickerlessParsons · 12/03/2024 21:31

Where's the diagramme?

Several pages back

Mummame222 · 12/03/2024 21:32

You’re pathetic.

TwentyFirstCenturyFox · 12/03/2024 21:32

I was thinking how petty some people are now before I got to the comment from your sister. Jaysus!

fancyfrogs · 12/03/2024 21:33

Ffs. Comical

bravotango · 12/03/2024 21:33

You sound quite nasty OP. This really should not affect your life like this.

GwinGwyn · 12/03/2024 21:33

JanglingJack · 12/03/2024 21:31

She did.

D'oh!

Snort!! 😂

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:34

@kitsuneghost of course I don't mind buggies and wheelchairs going down my dropped kerb

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ExpertNutritionalistAndBestSellingAuthor · 12/03/2024 21:35

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:34

@kitsuneghost of course I don't mind buggies and wheelchairs going down my dropped kerb

It's not yours!!!

ZingyShaker · 12/03/2024 21:35

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:34

@kitsuneghost of course I don't mind buggies and wheelchairs going down my dropped kerb

But the dropped kerb isn't yours?

Spectre8 · 12/03/2024 21:35

Panicatthegarden · 12/03/2024 21:30

She could report you for blocking a dropped kerb! I'd stop being so petty.

It's legal for the resident who uses the dropped kerb for their driveway to park across it.

So what would she be complaining about exactly? It's not a shared kerb.

ButWhatAboutTheBees · 12/03/2024 21:36

Yes, technically, she should be driving on the pavement...

But you don't own the drop kerb and are being a bellend

I can't wait for you to dig up YOUR kerb when you move house 🤣

fiftysevenorangepumpkins · 12/03/2024 21:36

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:01

But I paid to have the kerb dropped?

It belongs to the council, unless you live on an unadopted road, in which case you may (check with a solicitor) have some ownership over the pavement/dropped kerb

Vistada · 12/03/2024 21:36

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:34

@kitsuneghost of course I don't mind buggies and wheelchairs going down my dropped kerb

OK- so can I ask why your neighbour is any different?

Allofaflutter · 12/03/2024 21:36

It would annoy me too OP. Even though I know I don’t own it, it would still pee me off. Not really sure why but it would.

PaterPower · 12/03/2024 21:36

Thank God you’re not my neighbour OP.

YABVU. Let’s hope you never need a favour / some understanding from them in the future!

Remagirl · 12/03/2024 21:36

Meanwhile there are wars raging, innocent people dying of malnutrition and you've got your knickers in a twist over a kerb. Get a grip and try being nice or 'kind'.

Caerulea · 12/03/2024 21:37

Spectre8 · 12/03/2024 21:35

It's legal for the resident who uses the dropped kerb for their driveway to park across it.

So what would she be complaining about exactly? It's not a shared kerb.

It's not

Zoreos · 12/03/2024 21:37

So you illegally and purposely blocked her in knowing she has no proper drive with young children AND a newborn? She was humble and polite about it and you’re still being petty and combative about it. What an utterly pathetic and selfish individual you are. As others have said, it doesn’t even belong to you, it belongs to the public. I hope you feel nothing but shame but somehow I doubt it. Nothing but rude and ignorant.

sl0th · 12/03/2024 21:37

mykerb · 12/03/2024 21:04

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

Wow, aren't you a delight! 😳

Vistada · 12/03/2024 21:37

Allofaflutter · 12/03/2024 21:36

It would annoy me too OP. Even though I know I don’t own it, it would still pee me off. Not really sure why but it would.

But you admit this is an unpleasant and spiteful stance to take? No more no less

Spectre8 · 12/03/2024 21:37

Whilst you might not own the kerb, it was dropped for your use to drive your car across onto your driveway.

Maybe neighbour can just put up with her situation until it's sorted out for her or just ask and saybhey hope you don't mind before actually doing it since the kerb wasn't dropped for her to use

skybluekitty · 12/03/2024 21:38

What a stupid 'problem'. Honestly I always think people must have absolutely charmed lives if they are getting irked by the likes of this nonsense.

I hope you never need a favour from your new neighbour OP.

Strictly1 · 12/03/2024 21:38

I feel embarrassed for you - incredibly petty. I’d go round with flowers and a big apology.

Chocolatelover13 · 12/03/2024 21:38

OP when you move will you take the dropped kerb with you as it’s yours? It seems very petty especially when she has 3 children including a baby.