Seething!!!!

I'm being very selective now as to who can use my drive.
I've told certain nice neighbours that they still can, and I've stuck a "No Parking" sign on my garage door.
I'm still spitting nails over this!

I live by a primary school and work at another school across town. If I return home straight after finishing I arrive at the time of maximum chaos in the road. I can rarely park outside my own house but can usually park across my driveway as I am entitled to block my own access. Occasionally I have found other vehicles blocking my driveway and I'm afraid they get a piece of my mind - if I can find somewhere to park in order to get out and give it to them! Once I glued a message to the windscreen of a car that had done that and later my next door neighbour came round to apologise as it was his son's car and he thought I would be out until later. Fortunately it was raining hard and the rain had washed away the pritstick I'd used so he thought it was just a piece of paper under the wipers. I have been shocked by the way some of my neighbours have been treated by school parents parking IN their drives and refusing to move immediately. One who has gates found someone had opened them and parked inside! I look forward to the day someone parks in my drive as I will simply park across the entrance blocking them in and tell them I won't be moving until the next morning unless they pay me for the use of the space then I'll let them go!

A good example of “Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile” Nobody could think you acted unreasonably unless the facts were distorted beyond reognition which is probably the case.

I agree with dizzygran. Park in such a way that no-one else can park in your drive at least for a short while just to make the point that it is your drive and private property.

You have been very kind, perhaps too kind. I do wonder if you need to stop all parking by neighbours for a while, and perhaps get some advice from the CAB about this?

I looked at a house recently which was lovely BUT didn’t buy it, and one reason was because part of the long drive was shared, and the other house had several young teenagers in their family, and we were concerned about possible problems of other people feeling over entitled about parking.

Hope it all goes well. ?

Mumsnet have a name for people like this. They're known as CFs cheeky insert expletive here.

I'd be spitting feathers too. How dare they use your drive then paint you as the villain!!!! Put a sign up saying 'Private drive.' and tell people that you like that it's still OK for them to park but you're not prepared to let just anyone park there.

As you say this is not a neighbour you had spoken to, she either got the impression from seeing other neighbours parking in your drive, that it was a free for all and perhaps assumed you did not have a car, or, perhaps was talking to another neighbour about having someone to stay and not knowing where he could park, and the neighbour told her that you allowed people to park on your drive, omitting to mention that you must not be blocked in. Even so, she should have apologised and been more helpful when you went to complain - I imagine she felt guilty and bad about telling her guest it was ok to park when it wasn’t. This young man should not have been angry at you - he doesn't sound very nice, was probably cross with his host who seems to have been afraid to upset him in spite of his being young. Perhaps it is a loved relative who visits her rarely on sufferance and she is afraid he won’t want to come again.
Why not knock on neighbour’s door, say let’s be friends, and invite her round for coffee where you can explain the situation and laugh it off. Start the New Year on a good note.

I also have a large drive but have never invited neighbours to park on it - too much hassle if I need to go out or have a visitor. You have been more than kind in the past - not its time to park in such a way to stop neighbours taking advantage. Such a cheek for someone you hardly know to invite a complete stranger to park on your land and then not move quickly when asked - and to expect you to wait whilst he showers and changes!! Hope some of your neighbours read the posts on GN.

So inconsiderate and rude- I'd be seething too.

What if you had had an emergency, or had an appointment, or had to pick up granchildren, etc. ?!?

Fail to ascert your ownership and you may lose the exclusive rights to your drive.

I recommend that you consult your solicitor.

Blimey, I'm seething here just reading about it! I keep thinking that nothing anyone does can surprise me anymore, but then some ignorant twazzock like this one comes along!

There are no words, are there?!

You have been more than generous allowing neighbours to park in your drive. However since this episode I would not allow it now, it's more trouble than its worth. If you don't have gates then get a sign made : private drive - no other parking : anyone asking why can be told why you now have had a change of mind.

You are just brilliant!

I would calmly say to any of the other neighbours who pass on the rude remarks that you were now seriously considering not allowing anybody to park in your drive. Watch how they gush!

I am sure your neighbours know who was being unreasonable.

You might print enough copies of a short description of what happened, ending with “and in the light of the above I’m withdrawing guest parking privileges entirely because of the thoughtlessness of the neighbour driving a (model of car) who blocked me in and was then dilatory in
moving his car.”

Do any of you ladies ask why they gave parked in your driveway?

Makes me glad for single yellow lines outside our house especially as we live near the school.

The very least he would have next time I saw the car would be 4 flat tires. And then there would be the time I was carrying a container of brake fluid and tripped and it flew all over his bonnet, whoops.
A friend of mine was blocked in when he had to leave for work at 3 in the morning. He did serious damage with a baseball bat.

Then you have a word with the ‘first neighbour’ and let him know how you feel. Next Christmas you put up a big ‘no parking’ sign.

henetha I hope that you are still not letting them park on your drive!

Unbelievable and disgraceful behaviour, you may have had a Drs appointment or need to take/ pick up Grandchildren, someone from hospital, train/ bus station, visit someone etc etc etc..........

I had a similar situation a few months ago. My neighbours know that if they have a problem they can park on my drive as long as they don't block my garage door. However, someone did. This caused my blood pressure to rise!!!
However, I composed myself and went and politely asked them to move. Absolutely no apology was forthcoming and they acted as if I was some sort of demon. Since then they have never spoken to me. Gggggrrrrrrrrr

We live on a private estate where only residents are allowed to park, and then only in designated places. As we are fairly near a train station to central London we have suffered from non residents parking their cars on the verges and leaving their car all day, which means large delivery vehicles, the dustmen, emergency services etc cannot access the houses. We have a set of “No parking . Need emergency access “etc stickers which are really hard to remove which we stick on persistent offenders’ windscreens. We also have employed a parking company which can issue tickets, but we have never had to use them, people don’t like the stickers.