Neighbour's visitors keeps parking on my driveway

[ricecakes90]

We have just moved into a new build about a month ago and all the neighbours moved in the same day through the HA.

The neighbour seems OK but ever time she has visitors they will park on my driveway.
It has happened a handful of times now, and our living room window is practically right next to the space and the visitors will look in which makes me feel very uncomfortable.

My partner thinks I am over reacting as he points out that there there are two spaces but that's not the point.

The neighbour doesn't even ask, one or twice but it's stating to become a regular thing whenever she has a visitor and I don't think it's right.

I don't want to fall out with her but it's really getting on my nerves, AIBU?

Jesus Christ. Try being an adult and you know .. talking to her about it?

Tell her not to or eventually she'll acquire an easement. Look into the law on this

Talk to your neighbour/ ask your partner to talk to your neighbour/ both go talk to your neighbour , they are you neighbour for the foreseeable .

Can't your OH park in the middle of the two spaces?

And I do have to echo the previous comment. Parking threads need a diagram. It's the first rule of MN.

You don't have to fall out with them over it , just knock on the door and just say please do not allow your visitors to use our drive. But If you don't stand up to them now , there'll be no end to their cheeky fuckery

Just speak to the neighbour! Tell them you don't want people parking on your drive. Don't offer occasional exceptions, as it will complicate things later. Can't believe this advice needs saying really!

I keep hearing stories about this and can't believe there is anyone out there that actually does it...... what kind of absolute entitled arsehole do you have to be to park on someone else's driveway without permission? This would annoy the hell out of me.

Is it obvious this is your driveway or could it easily be mistaken for visitor parking?

If you don't want to bring it up directly, block it as suggested. If anyone asks you, say, that's my carpark and I'm using it for x. They will get used to it.

If it’s the same visitors doing it all the time I would pop out when they park and ask them not to. If it’s all there visitors then I would nip over and ask them not to, citing how intrusive it feels.

I don’t think asking nicely should make for bad feeling between you. If it does then you’re liable to upset them at some point anyway. But even if this were the only thing that could spoil your relationship with them - what sort of future favour from them might be worth this happening everyday for the rest of your time in that house?

I assume neighbours think it's fine as you are not using it currently (due to having 1 car) it should resolve its self when you get second car but I would block it temporarily over making it a issue

I’d probably quickly pop my head out when visitors arrive and say “excuse me, could you not park in my space please? Thanks a lot”. Smile, thumbs up, jobs a good ‘un. No need for a confrontation with neighbour. It’s not an unreasonable thing to ask.

I assume she’s telling them to park there, otherwise who the fuck parks in someone else’s driveway?

Park in their space.

Block them in. Time how long they’ve been there. When they ask you to move say you’ll move in……..

The time they’ve been on your driveway. So if they are there for 97 minutes, move your car in 97 minutes.

The problem is the visitors think you are OK with this - hence the wave.

Just chat to your neighbour and explain that it is making you feel uncomfortable, it doesn’t need to be a conflict or ‘burn any bridges’,

"sorry to bother you, neighbour, but some of your visitors seem to be confused about which are your parking spaces, and are using ours. Could you let them know which are yours please? Cheers"

You DP is being a wimp. There's nothing there to cause bad feeling.

I would have put bollards in ages ago. No way would I be sat waving to other people's guests.
I assume when you say driveway you mean the marked parking bays outside the house rather than a discernable driveway? If so, as well as bollards I would be putting a small chain along the outside boundary of the space as well.

Just pop out when they are parking and ask them “Why do you think it’s okay to park in my driveway?” Let them squirm and come up with an answer. It will probably be “Mrs Kafoopsnextdoor told me to.” So you ask, “Why does she think it’s okay? Can you move and ask her visitors to use her visitors bays please?”

Go to a garden centre and see if there are any items ranging from a bench to a huge gnome which are easy to move and just stick them on your half of the drive way so that when your other half gets home with car, he just has to move them slightly to park. If neighbour asks, say you a marking out your half of the drive.

Can’t your husband park across both your spaces always so there’s no space for anyone else?

if when I saw someone park there I’d pop out and say OH,we’ve got visitors arriving soon would you please park xxxxx (where do your visitors park if they are in it?).

Could OH park across your two spaces until you get your car?