Street parking has become an issue because two houses recently became 3 car households. We only have one car and next door have 2.
Next door’s parents have started getting involved. We have some bad blood with them already because they were really inconsiderate during their renovation and we were expected to suck it up because their daughter wanted the house done quickly. They knocked on our door a couple of months ago to ask us tell us not to park on the road in front of her house. We ignored them. Twice since, her dad has stood in the road and told us we can’t park there because he’s saving the space. And this week they put cones out and her mum was watching from the front room. I tried moving them and she moved them back. Neighbour is not visibly disabled. We’ve seen her walking dogs and running.
The neighbour is OK when we’ve spoken to her. We’re not friends by any stretch. Only brief ‘how’s it going’s’. I think it’s pointless talking to her directly because she must know they’re doing it (how else would they know when to come to ‘reserve’ the space?).
Her parents have also knocked to ‘give us advice’ on tidying up our garden bushes (because it affects the light in her garden).
I think if they knock on the door again we should just close the door on them. DH can’t do it because he’s too polite.