It’s a parking one!

[OhCaptain]

Get on fine with house next door. Kids play etc.

About a year ago, her sister started coming to visit every single day. Weekends too. Fine. None of my business.

So we both have double drives and both have two cars. DH also has a motorbike but there’s space to keep it on our drive.

I work from home so I’m out to drop the dc to school then pretty much back for the whole morning. DH is gone in his car from maybe 7am. Motorbike stays on drive until weekends really.

So next door’s sister has a big 7-seater. But she’s taken to partially blocking our drive with it so next door’s car can get in and out.

So she parks up in the morning, partially blocks my drive. And then sometimes they’ll head out in next door’s car and my drive will be blocked.

I can (with ball-achey manoeuvring) get my car on. But if anyone was to visit, or DH was to come home, they couldn’t park on the drive. And they can’t park in front of my house without then blocking other next door’s.

It gives me the fucking rage! It’s so inconsiderate! I’ve said it to next door’s and her answer has been to knock in if I ever need her to move.

DH is so laid back he’s horizontal so he doesn’t see it as a big deal. But it’s just so selfish and irritating.

I’ve come back and parked up right behind her, as in touching the bumper, so I haven’t blocked other next door’s.

WIBU to roll the motorbike out and block her car?? If I put it sideways it won’t block the drive I don’t think.

I hope I’m explaining properly. I need to try to figure out how to post a diagram!

Am I missing something, why can’t they move your wheelie bin?

Spreading butter/lard over windscreen is good. Difficult to get off!

A woman in dublin stabbed a man to death over parking only last week! Don't aggravate the situation. Be upfront and nice about it.

Fingers crossed it's not a business from home with customers needing parking....

Why arent you speaking to neighbour?
That's childish. I suspect she wants to apologise.

Has Sister's car gone?

Would love to know what a bin fort looks like!

The only thing is, this is your prime opportunity to talk to them and you will have the upper hand and maybe get the sister to see some reason. If you don't this will just go on and on.

Tomorrow morning OP you need to go out and block your own driveway with your car so that she can't. Who cares if it's blocking an empty drive

Childish but so so satisfying!!!

Please send back:

I'm just in the middle of something so I’ll move it in a bit

It’s not much of a fort. It’s basically two wheelie bins won’t a collection of cardboard around it and a box of bottles.

I over exaggerated the fort part.

She absolutely could move the bins and non-fort.

I’ll answer if she rings again.

Why can't they move your wheelie bins?

@Kimbaland I’ll be on the school run though when she arrives.
I’ll need to construct a barricade or something.

Bull is walking up my drive!

Why can't they move your wheelie bins?
Because they are a pair of lazy selfish wagons who are only interested in themselves.

@OhCaptain maybe the bike could be the perfect drive blocker? Just for your half of the drop kerb 👍

Exactly @cstaff.

You mentioned in your first post that your husband is very laid back. If things don't get resolved today I'd get him to talk to them. He needs to be on board with this.

I would have sent back the reply asking about moving your bins "I'm out for a walk at the moment to calm down after Bull told me when I asked her to move and she didn't and then you both went out leaving me stuck. I'll be back soon" and then leave it until 3:20 or so before 'arriving' back in to the house.
You have to be clever about these types of situation.
I'd also follow up with "Please tell Bull that parking where she does blocks me in and to stop parking there. Why can't she can park across your drive instead?"

Omg OP do you think they came back at that time thinking you'd be gone?

Clearly. Shopping trip to Tescos, quick lunch in the café, all carefully timed to get back just after OP's usual time for going out.

In fairness suggesting the bike be the perfect drive blocker, it shouldn't need to be. The CF Bull shouldn't block the driveway of @OhCaptain. It's that simple.
No forts.
No bins.
No bikes
Just stop blocking the driveway.

Why aren’t you saying you asked Bull earlier to move her car over your dropped kerb and they went out and left if where it is. If you continue to aggravate them, I think it is they, who will call the Gardai.

I would respond you will move the car and do not want a repeat performance of your drive being blocked for her convenience.

I had the same shit with my ndns. Every day her mother would park half on their parking space and half on ours. We both had 2 spaces. So I’d come home park and dh wouldn’t be able to park. One day I parked on their side. The neighbour screamed at me that she was pregnant and how dare I park in their space, she had her hair dressing bag and had to park in mine (dh hadn’t returned but her mother had gone). It must have been a whole 4m for her. The husband then drew lines to delineate the spaces the following weekend. We never spoke to either again but the mother never encroached on us and shortly after they moved away. Before that they were quite friendly with us.

“Hi captain. Can you please move your bins? Bull is blocked in and needs to collect her son.”

Answer:

Sure, I'll move them as quickly as your sister moved her car after I asked her to do so this morning.

Shame you posted that after the Bull had arrived, @WatchaMaCalllit. I'm afraid it was too late for the OP.

I hope you looked at her like a delivery driver, and told her you were in the middle of something and would move it later

Repeat her words back to her.