Neighbours and parking

[libbyboo7]

Me, DH and 7 month old DS have moved into one of my parents terraced rental property's and plan on living here until our house renovations are finished. There is no off road parking and we have double yellows outside our house and due to having a baby it's a lot easier to park on the corner. This is another terraced house with no off road parking. As I was getting out of the car yesterday, the neighbour came out and asked if I'm planning on keeping my car there. I replied with "yes unless I plan on going out again later" and she said I can't park there as it is her husbands parking spot. I was already a bit flustered as DS was fussing in his car seat and I had shopping to take in aswell so I said " I'm sorry but this isn't private parking. If you want a parking space to claim for your own then why don't you buy a house with a drive way like many people who want their own parking space do" I understand this was rude of me but we moved in over 2 months ago and have already had a handwritten letter posted through our door from same neighbour and a note put on our car. We don't park there all the time but if the space happens to be free then we do. Am I in the wrong for parking there?

As long as you're parking legally, she needs to get over it. People who fuss about the space outside their house need something better to do - I can't always park outside my house, and while it might be a bit annoying, it's not someone else's responsibility to work around so that I'm never inconvenienced.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · Today 12:54

As long as you're parking legally, she needs to get over it.

I agree 100%, she doesn't own the space, it's a public road.

You were not rude at all. You pointed out what us factually correct.
Keep parking there. It's not her husbands space, it's public highway.

Yeah, I wouldn't give it a second thought. You don't even need to worry about long-term neighbourly relationships if you're only in the house short-term. Just keep doing what you're doing. She's a little batty to be so obsessed with a particular spot.

You are totally in your rights to park anywhere on a street where no parkig restrictions apply. Yes, it can be annoying to have someone's van blocking your light, or even to have to carry your shopping 30 metres because you cannot park closer, but you have no right to the road space outside your house.

Some people are so precious about THEIR parking spaces on the road! Keep parking wherever is best for you, as long as you're legal, and be grateful you are only staying their short term. She sounds like a dick!

Given your differing circumstances I think your remark was in really poor taste - not everyone can afford a driveway.

But otherwise of course YANBU if it's a public road. Are you sure it's a legal space though if it's on a corner?

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Tell her to piss off. I absolutely hate people who live in terraced properties and have vehicles, I firmly believe that if you have a car, buy a house with a driveway/private parking or build a driveway. Parking on roads should be banned completely. But as your situation is temporary I wouldn't worry about it, tell them you're only staying temporarily which is technically correct.

You are not in the wrong for parking there. You were a bit of a dick for not sympathising with a neighbour that parking is difficult but you all have to take your chances.

This has got to be a joke, right 😂 the amount of terraced houses that exist and you don't expect anyone in them to own a car 😂😂😂 check your privilege, not everyone can afford a house worth a drive!

*We live in a terraced house, we have a car, we don't get pissy if someone parks outside our house and our neighbours don't get pissy if we park outside theirs. How it should be in grown up land....

Watch out, our a-hole neighbours let our tyres down overnight when we once had to park outside their house because someone was parked in front of ours.

it's a lot easier to park on the corner how near the corner ?

Is it a junction?
(Highway Code :The nearest you can park to a junction is 10 metres (or 32 feet). )
Her husband might be parking illegally if he's too close

No cars for poor people!

Do you not know how terrible driveways are for the environment? Non-permeable surfaces which water sits on, leading to higher chances of flooding. No co2 absorption, unlike a garden with plants in. Plus people tend to drive slower when there are cars parked at the side of the road, which is obviously safer for animals and children. So if anything, off-road parking is the thing that should be banned!

No you're right, of course it's not her husband's parking spot! So many people trying to claim the street outside their houses belong to them! As you say if it's that important move somewhere with a driveway

What was her response to your driveway comment?

*drive comment

You can park where you like, you just need to be prepared for random damage, scratches and flat tyres.

You're not wrong in that nobody owns space on a public road, however your comments about buying/building a house with driveway were quite unnecessary (as is informing us you're staying in one of your parents properties). Is there nowhere nearby you can park that isn't someone's long standing regular preferred spot? Also you mention it being a corner - is that a good place for anyone to park?

What 😂😂 there's no such thing as the neighbours 'long standing regular spot' it's free for all! The OP has just as much right to park there than the neighbour.

And to all the posters calling OP rude.. I'd have mentioned the same thing to the neighbour. She was being rude and entitled, approaching a mother with a fussy child claiming the space was her husbands, which is a lie. It's not.

So many people on MN are far too polite and then wonder why they get the piss taken out of them. Don't dish it out if you can't take it back!

You are not in the wrong.

What you don't mention is the size of the car, yours or theirs. Makes me wonder if alternative spaces are not as easy to manoevre into.

Unless of course they are permeable surfaces 🥴

Legally there isn't, but in many places folk who live there do work around each other and folk will have preferred places. She needs to find other options too, because someone else (neighbour or otherwise) might park there when she's out somewhere. There's a lot to be said about not necessarily upsetting your neighbours.

I’m in an EOT property with my own drive but DH uses it to charge his work vehicle so I have to park on the road. I usually get lucky and get the space outside but sometimes not. Oh well it’s not my road nor my personal space. My neighbour opposite however HAS to have the SAME spot every time and will park his car so the door is in line with his garden path so he can walk straight to his car. It’s absurd! Ignore her, she doesn’t own the street and if she puts another note on your car tell her you’ll call the police for vandalism.