Page 6 | Is it me? A parking/ boundary one

Fleurdalys · 2024-04-08T18:56:06+00:00

Ok,I live at the end house of a cul de sac. I have a big drive. I obviously have to drive over my neighbours drive to access my property. For context my drive/ front garden can happily house 5 cars which it does as I have a car, my DH has a van and my boys both have a car. Which we park on our drive, Saturday I weeded my front garden. Reversed my car to overhang the neighbours property by 2 foot Her car is on her drive 15 foot away so in no way does it impact her access. She called the police... They actually came round! Wtaf? Yeah they were suitably embarrassed as I sent them away as they obviously knew she is crackers 😂 Hope the photo works 🫰

rainontherooftop · 09/04/2024 08:39

OneFrenchEgg · 08/04/2024 21:52

Here is my starter for ten - the access road goes to op's house, past all the other houses and stops at op's driveway.
Op parked with a couple of wheels over this road, in front of neighbour's house.
That's all I've got.

Think you've nailed it.

SoupDragon · 09/04/2024 08:43

I imagine it's a similar set up to this near me. House A has a driveway all the way to the dropped kerb, House B has to drive over the end of House A's driveway to access the road.

From the OP's photo it's more likely she's in the position of House A, set back from the road access, with House B owning the drive that joins the roadway. Obviously the actual layout is different.

BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 09/04/2024 08:47

She was clearly ridiculous to call the police.

But from the diagram it looks as if your car was on the road outside her house, not on her drive?

And it still makes no sense that you would drive over her property to access your drive, just drive in the shared road?

rainbowstardrops · 09/04/2024 09:13

I'm clearly being thick because I can't imagine the set up either. Were you on her driveway, or just parked a bit over the start of her driveway? As others have said, a diagram would be so much clearer!
Why didn't she just come out and speak to you because unless there is a huge backstory, calling the police was ridiculous.
Our selfish neighbour sometimes parks a couple of feet over our driveway just because it's more convenient for him and makes it nigh on impossible to get onto our driveway. Just knock on the door and tell them to move. Every time.

Mummame2222 · 09/04/2024 09:45

I think OP meant she had to drive past her driveway, not across it 😂🤦‍♀️

@Fleurdalys People understand that you were only blocking her drive a little. What you don’t seem to understand is that not many people agree with you that your neighbour was in the wrong. You’re coming off entitled.

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 10:10

You must all be deliberately being very stupid. It is not hard to understand. The op has a drive. She has to drive past her neighbours drive to get to her house which is on the left and she has a drive. She took her car out of her drive and parked it at the foot of her drive. It was slightly over the neighbours fence line. The op has stated that the neighbour can easily get the car out.
I have read many parking posts where replies have been that if you pay car tax, you can park wherever you like (within the law). The op has not broken the law, she has parked on a road at the foot of her drive and her car is slightly over ndn fence.
The ndn called the police for this.

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Your neighbour is nuts op. You can park your car on the road

Hoppinggreen · 09/04/2024 10:14

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 10:10

You must all be deliberately being very stupid. It is not hard to understand. The op has a drive. She has to drive past her neighbours drive to get to her house which is on the left and she has a drive. She took her car out of her drive and parked it at the foot of her drive. It was slightly over the neighbours fence line. The op has stated that the neighbour can easily get the car out.
I have read many parking posts where replies have been that if you pay car tax, you can park wherever you like (within the law). The op has not broken the law, she has parked on a road at the foot of her drive and her car is slightly over ndn fence.
The ndn called the police for this.

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Your neighbour is nuts op. You can park your car on the road

Thank you for your explanation, maybe I was having a stupid moment but I just couldnt visualise it.
If OP parked over her neighbours dropped kerb then she WAS comitting an offense, surprised The Police turned up but then OP does sound somewhat "difficult" and it may have been a pattern of behaviour.

LittleGreenDragons · 09/04/2024 10:49

Hoppinggreen · 09/04/2024 10:14

Thank you for your explanation, maybe I was having a stupid moment but I just couldnt visualise it.
If OP parked over her neighbours dropped kerb then she WAS comitting an offense, surprised The Police turned up but then OP does sound somewhat "difficult" and it may have been a pattern of behaviour.

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No it wasn't you being stupid. Every single poster hasn't understood either because the OP hasn't been clear. That particular poster just wanted to be mean, the OP has not been back to clarify if she meant drive over or drive past, plus she said cul de sac but some of us now think maybe dead end instead. Both phrases mean different things.

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/04/2024 11:04

RazzberryGem · 08/04/2024 20:38

I'm just as baffled as everyone else. I've heard of culs-de-sac before, I've even been into them on occassion. I've never heard of the custom where you 'obviously' had to drive over anyone else's drive to park.

It's a bit weird to me that with space for 5 cars you felt the need to park over your neighbour's driveway.

I do think calling the police was excessive considering the severity of the crime, however I'm guessing this isnt an isolated incident...?

(And yes, culs-de-sac is the plural for cul-de-sac)

... Also, your picture was shit. "LOL".

(And yes, culs-de-sac is the plural for cul-de-sac)

Can you teach MN the plurals of MIL etc. too please.

Cristall · 09/04/2024 11:09

Bizarre behaviour. If my car was hanging over my neighbour’s drive she’d knock or telephone and say “Hey Chris, would you mind pulling your car forward so I can get out?” Absolutely no need to involve the police - just act like adults!

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 11:16

LittleGreenDragons · 09/04/2024 10:49

No it wasn't you being stupid. Every single poster hasn't understood either because the OP hasn't been clear. That particular poster just wanted to be mean, the OP has not been back to clarify if she meant drive over or drive past, plus she said cul de sac but some of us now think maybe dead end instead. Both phrases mean different things.

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Not mean at all... lack of common sense on this thread or as I said, people deliberately being difficult.

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/04/2024 11:27

rubylovexx · 08/04/2024 22:06

It may be that the said neighbour has had words before about the parking, and OP thinks she has the right to park over her neighbours drive thus hindering her exit.
The neighbour probably had no other choice but to call the police.
OP sounds like she's "entitled" to do what she wants without a thought of the said neighbour.

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Why can't you just say "neighbour"?

"said neighbour" sounds weird, especially twice.

Constantdistractions · 09/04/2024 11:28

You're calling people stupid. OP hasn't really explained but my take is different to yours so maybe you're the stupid one, who's knows, OP hasn't been clear. By my take OP has a right of access to cross a strip of land owned by her neighbour to access her property. She does not pay car tax for this strip of land and has no right to park on it.

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 09/04/2024 11:32

Constantdistractions · 09/04/2024 11:28

You're calling people stupid. OP hasn't really explained but my take is different to yours so maybe you're the stupid one, who's knows, OP hasn't been clear. By my take OP has a right of access to cross a strip of land owned by her neighbour to access her property. She does not pay car tax for this strip of land and has no right to park on it.

That’s how I’ve understood “drive over” her neighbours drive

drive past would be a roadway at the end of her drive

drive across could mean driving across the end or physically crossing the actual drive.

isn’t it an offence to park over your own dropped kerb?

Daphnis156 · 09/04/2024 11:39

I would not want to live near you. You have too many cars for your location, and it must be a nuisance for those near you, as has been proved by your story here.

peakygold · 09/04/2024 11:47

You were weeding tarmac?

ilovepixie · 09/04/2024 11:49

Surely a cul de sac doesn't have an end house! Isn't it houses in a u shape!

Jovacknockowitch · 09/04/2024 11:50

calligraphee · 08/04/2024 20:07

I obviously have to drive over my neighbours drive to access my property.

Why?

You shouldn't park or drive over your neighbours' property.

Agreed that is not obvious - diagram required

LittleGreenDragons · 09/04/2024 11:53

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 11:16

Not mean at all... lack of common sense on this thread or as I said, people deliberately being difficult.

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I disagree with both your posts, as do others. OP has not been clear. And it is mean to call others stupid but carry on insulting people, it just shows you up, not them.

LookItsMeAgain · 09/04/2024 11:55

I'm really struggling here to understand why you might ever need to be parked over your neighbours property if your personal driveway has capacity for up to 5 vehicles. Surely if you were weeding the driveway, you would move the vehicle, clear the space where the vehicle was parked, then when it was cleared, move the vehicle back to its original parking location - thereby never needing to use any of your neighbours property or driveway for your vehicle.

Even with the photo (and subsequent suggestions by other people), I cannot grasp the layout of your property, your neighbours property, why you obviously have to drive over their driveway to get to yours (using a right of way there or perhaps you meant something else) and why you don't have your own exclusive access to your own property.

Would you be able to put a diagram together on the layout please?

ilovepixie · 09/04/2024 11:57

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 10:10

You must all be deliberately being very stupid. It is not hard to understand. The op has a drive. She has to drive past her neighbours drive to get to her house which is on the left and she has a drive. She took her car out of her drive and parked it at the foot of her drive. It was slightly over the neighbours fence line. The op has stated that the neighbour can easily get the car out.
I have read many parking posts where replies have been that if you pay car tax, you can park wherever you like (within the law). The op has not broken the law, she has parked on a road at the foot of her drive and her car is slightly over ndn fence.
The ndn called the police for this.

Made clearer for the awkward ones 🙄

Your neighbour is nuts op. You can park your car on the road

It is hard to understand when the OP says she has to drive OVER the neighbours drive, not past it. There is a big difference or don't you understand!

Jovacknockowitch · 09/04/2024 11:58

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 11:16

Not mean at all... lack of common sense on this thread or as I said, people deliberately being difficult.

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I suspect you will have a red face if OP comes back with a proper explanation and/or diagram. It's certainly not clear/obvious from the information we have. I hope you never do Jury service.

Dagnabit · 09/04/2024 14:05

You really should have provided a nicely labelled diagram. Would have avoided a whole lot of confusion… 🤔

SauronsArsehole · 09/04/2024 14:08

if it was a public highway then there’s little she can do Unless her car was blocked in. However,

in this instance, if you were very obviously outside maintaining your drive and you parked the car to do so and she could see you, easily ask you to move etc could’ve come out to ask what was going on

then she is being unreasonable. But you could’ve asked/announced your intention first.

if you parked it and then fucked off inside the house for hours. She had attempted to talk to you. You ignored. Etc

you are being unreasonable.

Fairysteps11 · 09/04/2024 15:25

How many times do you drive over driveways on your way home from the shops? I'd say the majority of driveways have their own entrance. I have never, ever had to drive over other peoples drives. Hence the common sense!