To be absolutely sick to death of neighbour?

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We live on a road of terraced houses with on street parking. We live very near to the centre of town with no permits - so it’s a bit of a free for all in terms of parking with lots of people parking for work etc. It’s incredibly irritating and we’ve been asking the council for permits for some time, which is hopefully coming soon.

Last year we had a new neighbour move into the street. I have never spoken with her directly.

Since moving in she has taken to leaving her bins in the street in order to ‘reserve’ a parking space.

There is barely enough room on the road for all residents, without the issue of people parking for town, so there is not room for her to do so without preventing other people from parking.

I frequently have to park on another street which is obviously very irritating, but part of living on a terraced street. We’d all like to reserve spaces if we could!

Where she lives her bins is also right outside my own house (obviously as the houses are close), so sometimes I come home and the only space happens to be outside my house which is great but then I notice it’s taken by the bins! I do move them but it’s so annoying.

Whenever I notice the bins in the road, I move them (regardless of whether I want to park there etc). I have spoken to two other neighbours who have confirmed they do the same and they are just as frustrated.

I have also reported her to the council for obstructing the public highway. I have had a response stating they can initially send a letter but nothing more.

i have also posted a note through the door asking for them to be more considerate to other residents and to petition for permits if they are annoyed about the parking.

aibu to be super annoyed about this?

im at the end of my tether with what to do about this but its really bugging me!

I think it’s a few prongs with regards the permits. The first is definitely the idea that people will stop parking here to go into town which will ease the number of cars parking here. The second is that we have some student houses, who often all bring a car with them. Permits will be restricted to two per house, so therefore we can’t have a student house with four cars for example. The third is that we are also reasonably close to a school, so often early morning/afternoon any spaces that are available are swooped by parents, permits would also stop this.

To be honest, at the weekend there is just about enough room when there is no parking for work, school, etc, so I think permits really would be a big help.

Mostly though I just want her to stop being so entitled and I do see your point re a permit maybe not helping that! I just figured if she’s more of less guaranteed a space on the road then she won’t do it but maybe I’m wrong

I hope so too. I used to live in similar circumstances - terraced house with limited parking but our worst time was evenings when everyone was home. If you went out after 5pm you could end up having to park several streets away.

I would report it to The Police as its the sort of thing that can cause a fight

Huge beige granny pants with visible skid marks (use shoe polish) much better.

I mean, it sounds like you can always get a space outside your house cause of the neighbour so I would just move the bins each time and take the spot 🤷

You could in all seriousness report this to the Police as anti social behaviour. They might send you back to the Council but if you are polite, reasonable and reference the distress this is causing to you and others.

The best they could do is send a letter. A letter from them and the Council could be enough embarrassment to stop it. I'd ask the officer to kindly reference the frustration to multiple neighbours.

You'd have to call the local Police station on non emergency number. Of course they'll want to get rid of you with their workload. If you're assertive yet polite and friendly, this could work.

See if your council fines for leaving bins out, ours does

Just move the bin and park?

She is. But why should she have to move bins every time?

Why don’t you approach the neighbours and collectively agree to do the same - store your bins on the same bit of street as her so when she returns there are lots of bins there and she still can’t park. Put a note thru her letterbox to say if she stops storing her bins on the road, you’ll all do the same?

The issue with this approach is we have approached the council who are apparently doing “spot checks” of the area and making a note of bins left out. Supposedly this can then lead to enforcement if it persists. So we don’t want to then be caught in a trap of our own making! Plus I do generally just thinks it’s really rude so I don’t really want to stoop to her level

Thank you for this. A family friend actually works at the local police station so I may ask if this is something they’d likely action or just ignore!

well she shouldn't have to, but people are dicks and if she keeps doing it she (1) benefits from the place holding and (2) surely her neighbour will eventually give up.

Another one voting for rehoming the bins (via a mate with a van under cover of darkness if pos).🥂

Or you could try complaining to the Council? Ours are a bit antsy about bins being left out after collection day. She might get a fine. 🙏🏻😉

View them as public bins and put ALL of your rubbish in there. Suggest the same to your neighbours

😂

I'd take it as my neighbour reserving a space for me.
How kind! 😂

Well the space is only there because she put her bins there. You can try the same thing or move them and just park there.

But I think you're slightly missing the point to think the space would still be there and empty for you to park in if she didnt have her bins there. Someone else would probably be in the space.

So maybe stop getting cross and just keep moving the bins because it's a bonus parking opportunity for you.

Complain to the council she's leaving her bins out and they're getting the way. Take pics. Report every time. They will warn her then remove them if she keeps leaving them out.

to be honest I’d actually rather a random person parked there just to prove a point! It’s her attitude about it that’s so annoying really.

an additional point is that one set of neighbours require carers. The carers say they can’t move peoples bins as they can get in trouble if they are seen to do so, and therefore they end up parking miles away and the bins remain for the entitled one. if the neighbours with carers had left the bins I’d actually be more sympathetic as they have a real reason to do so!

This is my new thing. I have taken pictures every day this week showing the bins and keep updating my complaint with them. Surely if the council see it’s every day and causing an obstruction then they will have to step in at some point (you’d think!)

Well this is really going to annoy you then. In my south London street where we have a similar issue with parking. One Sunday evening I get home to park- not outside my house but close-ish in the an available parking spot to find my neighbour stood in the spot - reserving it as her husband was on his way home!

inundate the cheeky neighbors With letters! Don’t forget to frown when you see her…for good measure.

If our bins are left on the street for more than 24 hours they are taken away.

I’d move the bin but then when moving it I’d accidentally tip it over, she will soon get sick of picking her waste up.

Hide the bins, put giant googly eyes on them then take pictures of them. Then send postcards from different places, from the bins, with a photo sticker attached!! You could get friends & relatives & those from the whole street in on it!!