Would you say something to the Parents or am I being an ogre?

[fourfoxsakes]

I live in a one bedroom upstairs flat, there is just me and one flat underneath and there is a shared driveway for both flats. The downstairs neighbours have three small children in their flat, I have lived here for three years and it hasn’t previously been a problem as children were only baby’s. Recently they have been letting them out to play on the shared driveway and they are riding scooters/bikes round and round my car in a very small space ( never round their parents car funnily enough) and I am worried about my car getting scratched. They are also leaving bikes in the middle of the driveway so I have to get out and move them before I can get on the drive. They are still out now at almost 8pm and parents are inside no supervising them at all and they are squealing/shouting which doesn’t bother me as much but I am starting to get a bit irritated and I am close to saying something. There is a shared courtyard round the side of the house that they could use to ride bikes.

Not to mention the safety issue that they are sometimes behind my car when I get in to go out.

How small? Is it enclosed? Presumably they let them use the front rather than side as they can see from front window soa re supervising from inside? Dunno, wouldn't bother me, it's shared space after all

It's a shared driveway, if your eyes and reasoning skills are such that you can legally drive you should be able to check for hazards

I am able to check but sometimes they come out of nowhere!

Reverse over their bikes / scooters if they leave them behind your car. They'll move them next time.

Have they really got five people in a one bed flat?

Yes they have, council owned property and I assume they are not priority.

I bet you thought you were terribly clever and intellectual posting that. Sad prat.

What an odd response to a perfectly reasonable post…

YABU. Kids play.
Be kind. They are clearly very cramped indoors.

YABU to complain about your neighbours’s children using a shared outdoor space.
Asking them to line their scooters/ bikes up after playing is fine, but they’re allowed to use the shared space.

They shouldn’t be playing near cars on a driveway if there’s a safe courtyard to play in. What age are the children OP? They can’t be very old if they were babies the last 3 years.