Am I being petty over this?

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Would value some opinions on this please! Bought my house just over a year ago, and last month new neighbours moved in to the back of me. Because of the layout of the roads, our garages adjoin as do our drives, and looks like a double garage/drive (althoughfrom inside you know it is only single).

I tend to park in the road outside my house to save lugging shopping/kids etc from the drive, so when the new neighbours moved in and started parking their car smack in the middle of the drive, whilst I thought it a bit rude, decided there was no point saying anything as I never use the drive.

Yesterday parking was a little short and I had friends over so asked him to move his car so my friends could park on my drive. He eventually came out, then threw my friends a filthy look as if we were asking to park on his drive. To top it off, when I went out this morning, another of his cars was parked on my drive in the space vacated by my friend!

This is not allocated parking, it is right in front of my garage, so not a mistake. He has not even introduced himself or asked if he could park there (if he had it wouldnt have worried me) but I think he has just gone a bit too far now. Even when I asked him not to park on my drive anymore when I saw him this morning he said why, will I be parking on there now. I just said that I thought it was a bit rude of him to continually parking there without asking me.

Should I have let this go? I wouldnt have said anything but just felt I gave an inch and he took a mile!

tanith

If I was you I'd park my car there at random times just so he knows that you might just possibly want to use your own space either to park yourself or for friends and family.. I know what you mean about being petty but as you say you gave an inch and he took a mile..

gordonc888

I'm just amazed the neighbour believes he has the right to park on YOUR driveway simply because you don't use it. However this is a reflection of the society we live in.

It may be a minor inconvenience for now but I would start using your driveway from now on. The danger is things can escalate with the neighbour parking his car on the road in front of your house just to spite you.

Running_Horse

Would it be possible to put up a very low fence showing which property is which?

Shouldn't be too expenasive with a few bits of wood and a chain.

Murtle

...or just park behind him when he parks you in.

No you aren't being petty I consider that rude of your neighbour.

Annisele

I don't think you're being petty. If you do nothing, then in a few months you might as well not have a drive at all.

evansmummy

No your perfectly right to be hacked off. This is the reason my hubby is against us buying a house with a shared drive. All you need is for someone to be akward for you to start getting annoyed.
Block him in next time her parks on your side so he has to come and ask you sweetly to move your car. Then he might realise how annoying it is!

gordonc888

evansmummy wrote: »

No your perfectly right to be hacked off. This is the reason my hubby is against us buying a house with a shared drive. All you need is for someone to be akward for you to start getting annoyed.
Block him in next time her parks on your side so he has to come and ask you sweetly to move your car. Then he might realise how annoying it is!

And then wonder why your car is keyed across the side and your tyres are slashed. Things can quickly escalate so best to just park in your own drive and not do anything else which may seem justified at the time but will come back to bite you later.

helphelphelphelp

Property Landlord Class "Well if you are going to hog the only space at the front of his property then he has right to park where he pleases. It would be easier and more civil all round if you parked on your drive then he could park out the front of his rightful property."

I did state that our houses back on to each other. We therefore dont even share the same road, just a driveway, so the front of my house is nowhere near his.

Even so, if this was not the case, it does not give him the right to park where he likes if it is on someone elses property, and forgive me if I am wrong, but the tax disc displayed in my car gives me the right to legally park on a road as long as it does not cause any obstruction, which for over a year it has not done. And if you read my first post it did say I parked outside my house, not his.

dorset_nurse

I have a drive next to my neighbour's in front of our houses as you describe.
I can't believe how rude he is parking on your drive when he has his own! I would be fuming if my neighbours started doing this!!

POPPYOSCAR

I have heard this story time and time again.Once someone gets used to doing something they think they have an automatic right thereafter.

The best thing to do would be as someone else suggested and park your car in your own drive as much as possible.

We once had a house with a shared drive never, never again!