Neighbour complained about DD’s parking

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We live in a cul de sac. Our driveway (red) can fit 2 cars, but since DD just got her driving licence, we now have 3 cars. Every house, except for the 2 at the end, has its own driveway. Our neighbour (green) parks her car on the pavement in front of her house. The neighbour across the street doesn’t own a car, so DD (pink) has started parking there. Our other neighbour (yellow) has asked if DD could park somewhere else, presumably on the road across from the cul de sac, because it’s causing her some trouble. She mentioned that she can still get in and out of her driveway, but she has to pull out, reverse, and then drive through. She can’t just swing around DD’s car as the neighbour (green) parks on the opposite side. She won’t ask the other neighbour to move as she’s always parked there. DD is reluctant to park on the other road because she wouldn’t be able to see her car from our house. I can see both sides really. Are we being unreasonable by saying no as she’s not actually blocking the driveway, or should we have DD park somewhere else?

Sorry about the terrible diagram!

Not unreasonable. The neighbour can get out just with a bit of effort.

I think if green and pink are right on the junction, then no-one at all should be parking there. Also you don't need to be able to see your car from your house. She's not sitting at the front window keeping an eye on it at all times, is she?

You're all being reasonable and you're all being unreasonable. Really it's going to come down to whether you're prepared to compromise to save the relationship with your neighbours.

The actual problem here is that a) you've got too many cars and b) everyone should be parking on their drives.

Can one of you park further away and DD park on your drive?

I can see your neighbours point. It would annoy me too.

Is it a poor area that you need to keep an eye on DD's car?

What does neighbour plan to do if someone else starts parking there? Does green not have their own driveway?

If DD is parked legally ….

Yes too many cars and unless it’s a super expensive sports car she doesn’t need to park so that she can see it from the window! You all sound a bit entitled.

For the sake of neighbour harmony I think that DD (or whoever in your household uses their car least) should just park further away. It's hardly a big deal that the car can't be seen as presumably DD doesn't spend all her time staring out the window to check it's there anyway.

Can she park blocking your drive without impeding your next door neighbours? We do this with visitors; our two cars on our drive, the visitor on the street in front of our drive.

I can see both sides too. Can DD park on the grass at the front of your property? Not even sure that is allowed? What can't one of your other 2 cars park elsewhere?

It's normal not to park on both sides of a smallish road. Can you get a bin lorry/fire engine between them easily?
It's hard to say if she's overreacting without knowing how right it is for her to get the car out.
I think I would want dd to compromise by saying she'd park there some of the time but not always - the idea of needing to be able to see the car is silly.
There's a risk if the neighbour complains you could end up with a double yellow line on one side of the street

Yes good idea - looking at the diagram it doesn't look like that would impede anyone else

Why doesn’t green neighbour park her car in her driveway? Yellow neighbour seems unreasonable as she doesn’t have to do much as a competent driver to leave her driveway. She cannot request where people park on a road. Why not have a collective chat to formulate a solution?

Green neighbour hasn't got a driveway. I suspect this is because she is right next to the junction, where you (a) can't put a driveway, and (b) shouldn't be parking either. If OP's daughter has just passed her driving test, she ought to know how close to a junction she can park.

Having 3 cars when you only have space for 2 and then inconveniencing your neighbour is very unreasonable.

Your DD should only be inconveniencing you.

She needs to park further away.

Can you expand your parking area to provide for the extra car?

The NDN is asking as the two parked cars make the road narrow.

If DD moves her car to somewhere else she will be either taking a space from some one on the other road or making someone else have to swing around her car to access [(edit) her their ] drive way

I thought green neighbour didn't have a drive way, so parking outside her house is the natural thing to do?

They haven’t got too many cars. One per driver is acceptable. Assuming they are not right in in central London/similar. Your DD is parked on the road, legally.

Personally I would say to the neighbouring that you will try to compromise by sometimes parking the car on another road, but sometimes parking in the current location - depending on whether dd is carrying stuff/how late it is. If the neighbour is bitchy about that, then I would just continue parking in the legal location.

Other than that, I’d suggest parking the car as many inches away from the yellow property as possible.

possibly persuade yellow car to back into her drive then she can exit it more easily?… or the other way around😆.

Is the road very wide? I would be worried about emergency access and bin lorries etc

I think your daughter should park elsewhere. Can you enlarge your drive? Can a large lorry get through when your daughter’s car and the car across the road are parked there. If your daughter doesn’t stop parking there, the yellow neighbour will probably put her own car there. I know I would.

Can DD park across the bottom of your drive from time to time. I know this might be inconvenient and cause you to car shuffle but it might help your neighbour, or do you have lawn she can park on?
Is she parking at the top of the cul de sac? Could she just mix it up a bit and block you in sometimes, park further along sometime and occasionally block the neighbour!

Excellent diagram, for it alone you DD should get to park wherever she wants.

Mores seriously, provided your DD is parked legally it’s fine.

This is what I would suggest, if she just parks blocking your drive it would at least only inconvenience the people she lives with

this Parking directly opposite each other isn’t great parking etiquette and can create issues and it is creating issues for your neighbour and can cause an obstruction

Why on earth isn’t the Green neighbour parking on their drive

Parking dispute are the biggest problems with neighbours and everyone thinks they are right.

Do you want to be right or happy?