Live CF parking thread (with diagram!)

[lovesapinot]

So NC for this as not sure if neighbours are on here.

I am off today & woke up to the sound of doors banging and loud voices.

Have a glance out of bedroom window & there are 2 vans & a land rover parked on my ACTUAL drive!

Now I guess it's easily mistaken as a public car park so don't say anything immediately but once I'm up and toddler is dressed I go downstairs to see.

My next door neighbours are away on holiday. But of a weird driveway as their house has its own but it's round the back of ours and ours is at front so if you use sat nav it brings you to ours as their house is other side of our driveway ifyswim.

Diagram to show you what I mean.

Anyway they are unloading tools etc onto big sheets on my drive and walking over grass to neighbours

I said to them it was a private drive and could they move onto neighbours and they said they won't be long

I was too shocked to say much more than 'no please move now'

Grrrrrrr!

Why are they having a bloody tea break when you have told them to move twice.?

Just sent toddler out on his balance bike to play.

He can't scoot around as normal so now shouting mommy who's is big van

Right.... time to go out again

@AuntyMarysBigRedPants

I know clearly I'm not assertive enough - any tips?!

Starjumps that would also allow op to use their spaceship stamp 😁

The best thing is that the dog path adds nothing to the diagram/story whatsoever, OP was just desperate to use the paw stamps 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

Mix up totally fine. Not immediately apologising and moving not fine.

They're brazen daft.

Would going out waving a big carving knife and poking their tyres
while shouting saying, shift it now, be too over the top do you think?

@gruffalomom that’s the idea 😁

Can you block them in? I would!

Then give the whole 'will move shortly, won't be long' when they come pounding on your door

@usersouthcoast

Yes I'm going to move my car & reverse it over their blanket with tools on.

If they won't listen then did them

Sod not did*

Or a passive aggressive slow walk round their van while describing
the colour, make and reg number in to your phone?

Btw lovely diagram, op - it's one I can actually envisage.

Suggest it may get scratched of it isn't moved as a toddler needs his bike out!

Yes! And don't you always have a mimosa with brunch on a Wednesday?? Husband home at 7 to move the car

Yes, lovesapinotI'd take a photo, then start shifting their gear into the road

What's the problem if they're not blocking you in? 🤷🏼‍♀️

This happens quite often at work, I find a polite, this isn't public parking followed by I need access in 30 mins does the trick 95% of the time. Sounds like a genuine misunderstanding issue so unless they are blocking you in I would suggest the 30 mins tactic

I LOVE the paw print stamps.

But seriously, these builders will only learn to not take the pee and treat womeone like lesser beings if you assert yourself and go and out and tell them that if they do not move IMMEDIATELY you will be blocking them in and will not be held responsible for any damage accidentally caused by your child playing on HIS drive.

Excellent use of toddler's art supplies- bravo!

What's the problem if they're not blocking you in

They are trespassing, it's private property. You don't park on someone else's driveway!

OP go out and say they have a choice, they either move NOW or you will call the police. Which is it to be?

Sadly of course trespass is a civil wrong so the police won't do anything but they may not know that.

Updated drawing.

(As found more pens)

I work for a construction firm by the way!

Idiots the only correct response was, sorry I’ll move right away. If they havent moved, you could pick up the blanket and throw the tools off your land. Tea break my arse.

Nope no drawing

What's the problem if they're not blocking you in? 🤷🏼‍♀️

They’re on the OP’s property. They’ve been asked to move and haven’t.

There you go; two problems right there.