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!

you can park legally wher eyou like if she cant get out shes a bad driver

DD needs to go and park on the main road or wherever. Too many cars in your cul de sac

Would the car free neighbour near the green squiggle allow dd's car to be parked in her drive for a small monthly "rent"?

Dd doesnt need to see her car. She could easily park somewhere else.

Hi op I imagine her car is a lot of money and it’s all new to her could you not alternate your other two cars and park one of them across the road you don’t own the road at the end of the day and surely you don’t want your neighbour struggling when you can compromise.

Your DD can't watch her car from the house all day long. That would be incredibly unhealthy. She should park it safely a bit further away from home. YABU to have more cars than you can fit on your driveway and still expect to park where you like.

Your daughter may not be parked illegally but she is parked inconsiderately. As someone who has neighbours that take up the entire street with their cars, making it miserable for everyone else to try to manoeuvre around them when we all have driveways we have paid for to prevent parking issues (including them), it becomes exhausting and causes alot of resentment.

Teach your daughter not to be a arsehole and a good neighbour. If you need to make it difficult for someone to get in and out of their driveway, inconvenience yourself not other people. It’s a good life lesson - what happens when she gets a boyfriend? Where is he going to park? What neighbour will you also piss off then? Your daughter will eventually move out, but if you plan to stay long term and so does the neighbour you are annoying, it will be in your interests to try and find a solution.

Why does she need to see the car from the house? Last in first out really - you knew the parking situation long before your daughter got her licence - presumably she is an adult well into twenties and should be looking at independent living no ?….

Also keep pissing your neighbour so much and you will not only have a nightmare neighbour living near you but you will probably find they will start parking outside their house. Where will your daughter park then? What if another house on your street has guests? Where would she park?

I did just do a Google and it states this OP ‘you must not block driveways or cause an obstruction, especially preventing vehicles from turning or exiting properties, as this can lead to disputes or enforcement for obstructing the highway.

Parking like this on a Street drives me mad. This is how people on my street parks and it’s so tight to get through. Our street may be narrower but in times like snow it’s a nightmare.
Do you have a garage? I assume extending the driveway (even with chuckles at either side) is out?

It is totally inconsiderate and why on earth does she need to see the car?

I think your DD should block your drive - better that you be inconvenienced by your extra car, than inconvenience a neighbour and fall out. Or the three cars rótate and one go further away. Doesn’t mean DD can never use that spot but I can see how doing so every day would be annoying if it makes access tight for Yellow.
If you don’t show any compromise she might start parking there herself (I would if I felt a neighbour didn’t care about inconveniencing me!).

Does everyone need a car each? We also have 2 sixes on our drive. DD is taking her driving test in February, if she passes she isn’t getting a car as we don’t have space to park it. She will share with me and on days she needs the car I will either work from home, get the bus or use husbands car.

You were managing to get everyone where they needs to be before she passed.

As you can’t fit the extra car on your driveway, and you didn’t pre empt this with the neighbours first, really it’s now up to you to put yourselves out otherwise you risk upsetting the neighbours unnecessarily. If pink house has no car, you could always ask to pay rent to use their driveway. I have a friend who did this.

Exactly

Cn she park a little further back ? Yellow car is really going to struggle

What a strange comment. Is it really a struggle for you to understand why someone might need a car or are you just being contrary

reading comprehension not the best!

Opps! Fair enough 🤦🏻‍♀️ sorry!

@KeyItIn happens to us all!

It's a car, not a handbag. She doesn't need to keep an eye on it at all times. The neighbour has made a polite and reasonable request.

We live in a similar cul de sac except there’s 4 houses around the turning head not 5. People sometimes park on the road/pavement of the straight lead up bit like your daughter but never on both sides. They all park in a line on the same side. If they did park opposite each other like your daughter and the other car, it would make it difficult for larger vehicles to get through inc fire engines, ambulances, delivery vehicles and the dustcart. We also have an easement in our house deeds which means no one can obstruct the road or pavement fully or partially despite it being adopted. That means that any driver who parks on the road like your daughter could be legally prevented from parking there if someone living here took them to court, which would ruin it for everyone as it would mean visitor parking on the road would have to stop, that’s why we all cooperate and only ever park one side.

Your drawing exactly matches my set up in my cul de sac and where I am situated and we have two cars that park parallel to each other and it does make the road narrow and awkward and I do worry about fire engines etc being able to get down to our end. However one of the cars is the second car of an old guy who barely uses it, he has space on his driveway for it yet chooses to park it obstructively. I question if the green neighbour is if the same selfish ilk! I totally respect that your DD has no alternative to park there, she's not doing anything wrong and she's not doing it to be a twat.

Unless I read the OP wrong - green does not have a driveway. So don’t think they’re selfish - it’s the only obvious place to park??

Does green have other vehicles or just the one? Why do they park on the pavement instead of on the drive?