What would you do? Neighbours and parking

[laura_<3]

A few weeks before we went holiday our neighbours daughter started parking half outside our house and half outside her mum's house.

My boyfriend comes round practically every day and always parks directly outside of our house, but because of our neighbours daughters parking he's had to park quite far down the street (as have any other people who come to visit us), so as not to park in front of other people's houses in the street.

When we got back early yesterday morning she was parked directly in front of her mum's house. This morning when we wake up, she's parking half in front of our house and half in front of her mum's house again?!

I don't understand why she is doing this?! We have lived here for over 12 years and her mum has lived next to us for around 9/10 years and she has never done this before until a few weeks before we went on holiday.

None of us can think of any reason why as we never block the neighbours in or ever park in front of her house. We can't think of any reason for why she is suddenly being a bit of a pain.

Has anyone had experience with this?

We aren't confrontational people but it's just annoying because we've lived here for so long and have never had any problems with people in the street.

Thanks everyone (needed to have a bit of a vent too!)

 

[joolz1910]

Can't you ask the daughter to park directly outside her mum's house? Would that solve the problem? Perhaps she isn't very good at parking lol. I doubt whether she is doing this to be antagonistic if you have had good relations with the family for 10 years. I would speak up before it starts to fester.

 

[Tinks1984]

It's a difficult one this, but we have the same problem with our neighbours and their visitors.

Ours have two cars and usually one is on their driveway and the other parked not in front of their house, but ours! Then, when their visitors arrive (which tends to be most nights as they have a baby, I think its Grandparents) they actually park half over our driveway and half over theirs! Which means at times we can't even get on or off our drive.

There's been many times when I've been heading out that I've actually had to go and knock on their door and ask for them to move a car because I cannot get off our drive and they never seem bothered! It actually seems more of a chore for them to do it!

We're unsure as to what we can actually say now, as you'd think by actually knocking and asking for them to move then they wouldn't do it, but they still do every now and then.

All I can suggest is to ask the neighbours in a nice way as to why their daughter can't park a little bit further along, or even if she's noticed that the car is taking up two spaces?? But yeah, it's a toughie, esp as you've lived so close for so long without problems!

Hope you manage to get something sorted soon

 

[scottishgirl87]

I feel your pain! We have a similar problem with "new" neighbours and we have lived here for 22 years!

Not to mention the other day one of their visitors decided to park in front of both their driveway and mine Who does that?! There wasn't any cars up the driveway but it meant if either of my parents came home they couldn't get up their own driveway

It's very frustrating!

 

[paulh]

have had problems in past and the law states as long as they have valid road tax,and insurance they can park anywhere as long as there not double parked and blocking access where dipped kerbs
Paul

 

[Tinks1984]

We have a 'double' dipped curb and they STILL park across it Flippin' hard work!

 

[Chilly]

I feel your pain. We have a shared drive and they are always blocking us in.