Neighbour preventing parking

Start parking on the pavement opposite their space.

If her car is there, this would suggest she is at home. I would continue to park there, and when I need to leave I would knock on her door and politely ask her to move the car for a second. Don't tell her not to park there, but it will become so inconvenient that she will stop by herself. No conflict.

Tell her to bloody park in front of her daughter’s car.

Don’t be uncomfortable since she isn’t uncomfortable inconveniencing you, I’d approach politely and say to her, you need to get out and really don’t want to hit your car so would appreciate if she could move and you’d hate to do this every time you need to get out so if she can either park in a way that allows you to come out safely without bothering her or maybe behind her daughter so they can both work out when the other needs to move you’d appreciate it.

If she doesn’t then fix it, every hour or so for a couple days, go bang on her door and say I need to get out, drive around for 2 mins then come back. Once you become a big enough inconvenience she’ll complain to you and you can ask her if she thinks it’s convenient for you to come knock on her door to ask permission every time you need to drive out and maybe she’ll realise she’s wrong then.

Unless there is anything saying she can't park there you just need to talk to her. Just be nice and polite and explain that you are struggling to get in and out when she's parked there

These situations are irritating but if you can drive into a space forwards, you can reverse back out of it and vice versa.

If you want to return the favour, begin taking “her spot” on the pavement with your own vehicle.

If you can get into the space with her there, then you should be able to get out?

Unless I've missed something?

If the bays are not marked would a straight swap with neighbour’s daughter’s parking space be an option? You could present that as a practical win-win solution - she can still park 2 cars but, if needing to move to facilitate her daughter’s driving, conversation will be much more convenient for her.

Had a drug dealer next door do the same thing to me, I just banged on his door and told him look you can move your car so I can get out or it might get scratched by my car, I'm not a great driver.. and he parked Infront of the other spaces after that, helps I don't really care if he kicked off and that he was a bit of a smart ish drug dealer.. didn't want police attention or neighbours to report so kept quiet and sold in town not at his door.. except once where he got into a fight with the smackheads at his door.

Ask her if she could help you by directing you as you manoeuvre in/out of your space, tell her that you’re asking as you want to make sure that you don’t accidentally knock her car

If you can get in the bay with the car parked opposite then you can surely get out

If they are actually on the pavement then that's technically illegal so you might want to see what the council/Police could do (likely nothing but maybe a letter)

TBH, we were having this problem with our neighbour - builder. The family have three cars which they dump anywhere. We have a large drive which fits our two cars. He has in the past, parked his van inconsiderately so that, although we can get in, it is difficult and prevents your from seeing anything in that direction when leaving the house. I've very much been of the opinion that life is too short to have beef about parking spats and we can still use the drive. My wife thinks differently. Last week, he had literally parked halfway over our drive with the wheels turned into our house. My wife parked her car pretty much the same over his drive, blocking them in entirely. Apparently, said builder came out of the house in a strop, slammed his door getting in and drove off. Since then, we haven't had a single problem and if anything they park well clear of us now. So maybe the passive aggressive route is the way to go.

If she is parked illegally then report the car.

If she is not and is in a legitimate parking space then this should be in the mildly infuriating sub as they are not doing anything wrong and you carry on as you are.

I used to have the same issue, people would park directly on front of my car. There was wooden wall the pavement and parking bay…. Each time I couldn’t get out of my parking bay I would just place my hand on the middle of the steering wheel and push hard until someone appeared with red face.

Ask neighbour to park her daughters car where yours is, then you use daughters space

unofficial parking spaces mean you can park wherever you want.

They're likely to use the "I've lived here for years" argument which has no legal standing. Parking is a civil matter, police don't care. So just decide for yourself whether you have more energy than her for the long, protracted war she's going to start if you kick off.

USE YOUR WORDS

I feel the solution is obvious. Park In front of her bay. Any guest you have visiting, I struct them to do the same where possible.

Call the police and tell them your car is blocked in and you don’t know who owns the other car.

This might not be addressing the problem here, but I’d just like to say that if you can get in the space forwards then you can get out of it backwards.

Anyway I hope she stops parking there my man I know how annoying that can be

Up by us the council are clamping down on pavement parking as pretty sure that doing so is Illegal (please correct me on this). If so, make a few calls to the council/police?

Just park in front of her daughter’s car in the same manner.

Looks like someone is getting flat tyres in the morning. Maybe a missing side mirror. 🤣🤣

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Park in front of their house.

Anything other than a polite conversation will make this situation worse

Ask if she would like to use your spot then park on the pavement where she is now

Milk in air vents.

Wherever your neighbour parks her car on the cul-de-sac, it seems it's going to inconvenience anyone else that parks there. You're just unfortunate to live somewhere with inadequate parking facilities.

The ideal solution would be to talk to her and say how inconvenient it is. If she still refuses it's frustrating but not a huge amount you can do about it.

Sounds just like the neighbour I had in Nottingham. She was an arse so I just avoided the situation entirely and parked somewhere else. Be more assertive than me lol

Inconsiderate neighbours are a nightmare. I have seen people parking opposite to drive ways when there are plenty of spaces around the estate. That is just how some are .

If she’s too much on the pavement for a wheelchair to pass, report it to the police if she refuses to move it when you need to get out or in your space. They may do nothing, but worth a shot.

I would try to talk with your neighbour, maybe write a letter. Then if it won’t help I would go to your council and sick advice. If possible would complain on the neighbour and then maybe try to figure out how to get in there painted yellow line. Let’s face it your neighbour is obstructing the road. Besides just cause she said it is like that, that doesn’t mean you can’t do your thing. And just cause you moved there recently that doesn’t mean you don’t have any right to speak for yourself.

Can't help thinking this is more an American problem, unless you live in flats

When she's parked on the pavement report it to you local council. Do it every single time. I had a neighbour who did something similar and after a dozen tickets they stopped. Often this can be done via an online form, but be sure to use a fake name/address so she can't find out who actually reports her.

I'd recommend sucking it up and just asking her politely if she can park a little further one way or the other, so you have room to get into your space (ideally without blocking someone else).

Yes, she could be a mad person and it won't go well, but you'd then know for sure and can keep it in mind for the future.

But it's this or just put up with it. Because doing something passive aggressive in retaliation like many of the suggestions is much more likely to invite agro.

You need to speak to hear and ask her to park in front of her bay and not yours or swap bays. The problem won't go away unless you talk to her about it.

Call up the local council enforcement team, hopefully if they are bored they might come out and give her a ticket.

Leave a note on her windscreen. If nothing happens, go to war. OkAd8815 got it right.

Maybe best to try and speak with her or leave a note and say 'it's tight to get in and out sometimes when you are parked there and you are conscious you don't want to hit her car' that way it comes across that you are being considerate of her car (not that she deserves it or is being considerate to you) but that way it comes across as more looking out for her rather than asking her directly to move then she might take the hint hopefully and stop parking there without much drama. Maybe it would be best if you can time it so that you are outside when she is then its more natural.

Arrange for a skip to be placed where her car usually parks. Hours of entertainment.

Are you technically parked on the road? If not, and they are blocking you from accessing the road then it is deemed a criminal offence.

Talk to her first and tell her it’s a problem then escalate

I’d buy a second car and leave it in her space when her daughter goes out

Smear dog shit on her door handles

Knock on her door with profuse apologies for hitting her car whilst trying to get out of your parking space. The emotional explosion she will experience before finding out there is no damage might convince her to park elsewhere. Photograph her car the day before in case she tries to blame you for existing damage.

Whatever course of action you take, it has to be now, we had a neighbour who started parking in the turning circle and nobody said anything, 5 years later, everyone is moaning about the 3 cars and the campervan he has parked there

Tell them your issue and then ask them to swap parking positions for 2 weeks, so they can see for themselves how awkward it is to manoeuvre the car into and out of the space, when Someone is parked over them.

Go out 3-4am and knock on her door, say you’re blocked in and ask her to move.

Repeat a couple nights until you don’t need to.

"Hey, you alright? Yeah, good thanks. Listen - you mind moving your motor so I can back into my space? Obviously you're blocking it a bit which makes it difficult to back into"

ask her to swap bays so her daughters L plate car is in the bay that is blocked by her car.

just say its really tight and would make more sense, plus make it harder for someone to steal her daughters car

Rather than complain about her parking and risk antagonising your neighbour, try warning her that you are worried about hitting their car.
This way you are not telling her that she is doing something wrong, but you're still getting the same point across.

Some good suggestions here, like talk, ask before going to defcon 1, but I'm all in favour of letting the tires down and super gluing the valve caps on.

Ask them to move the car and if they don’t just crash into it not your problem, make sure you have evidence of asking them to move the car tho. Just in case they sue u

Just go to the other side opposite

Have a polite chat with her next time you see her. Face to face obviously. “Sorry [neighbour], would you mind leaving me a little bit more room to get out of the bay?”

Throw in something she will probably relate to if she gets standoffish with you. “The streets a bit of a nightmare for space isn’t it?” / “Shame we haven’t got wider roads fake laugh”… you know, socialise.

Honestly, I'd ask her politely and see if you 3 can reach an agreement. If she starts kicking off at you, then just park on the placement opposite her like somebody suggested

You need to bring it to her attention

If you can get into that space by driving forwards you can get out of it.

Take this as an opportunity to learn how to reverse better. People suck at reversing.

Two options, raise it with her (with a witness) or park where she does. After a few times of trying to get into your spot, she might get the hint

A passive aggressive note on her dashboard. That’s what my neighbours tend to opt for.

Piss in a crisp packet and throw it at her car

Buy a second (beater) car. Park it about 1ft from her front bumper. Park your car about 1ft from her rear bumper. Then you have two chances to get your car out.

In all seriousness though, you could pop a note under the wiper about it. Don't need to mention who you are.

I hate confrontation but sometimes it’s needed. Seeing as you’ve said that you can’t reverse into your space or reverse out, I’m assuming that whether you do a forward or backward park will have no effect. I’m guessing that before you moved in, she parked in your bay as it was possibly unused so this is a good sign seeing as she is respecting a system set up by the neighbours and may be reasonable. If you can think of a more convenient place to park that won’t inconvenience her too much then I’d start by suggesting that and explaining your difficulties if this doesn’t work and if she’s causing problems for other residents too then try a petition and write to your local council to maybe get double yellows painted at that kerb

It is better to be a warrior in a parking lot then it is to be a parking officer in a war.

frustrating situation however I do have to point out.... if you can drive into a space, there is enough room to reverse out of it as well (or vice versa).

If that diagram is accurate, the car in the parking space could undertake a parallel-park manoeuvre on the near-side of the obstructing vehicle and reverse into the parking space.

You should have coloured the cars red and blue if it's war. I await updates from the Institute for the Study of War forthwith.

Do this weird thing.. it’s called speaking with people. Perhaps you and your neighbour can figure something out, you know as human beings 🤣 but yes, it’s not great and a tad rude her blocking you in, if you want internet justification to feel butthurt

We have a neighbour who sounds similar, thinks she owns the road and has reserved spaces for her own visitors opposite her house but apparently because she's got a drop kerb that means only her visitors can park opposite it.

My solutions just to put up with it and sell the house sooner than planned and move up, I can't be bothered dealing with these morons and it wasn't my dream house anyway, she can carry on being an idiot long after I have gone

If the spaces are 'unofficial' then park in a different space

Park in the space her daughter parks in, she should be parking in front of that herself.

My head hurts - the car goes into the bay forwards, but won't come out backwards? That's kind of impossible. It's just bad driving. Either suck it up and have words with the neighbour about not giving you enough space (despite you clearly being able to drive into the bay which they'll know) or go get more lessons on how to drive. Blaming the neighbour for your poor driving ability isn't really an answer though is it.

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Is there anywhere else they can park that doesn't just move the problem to somewhere else?

So you can drive into the space when the green car is parked but not out of it? Sounds like you should tell your neighbour that you are not confident with driving reverse and maybe they should park behind someone else or their daughter (they can always move it if she is also not a great driver given she is learning)

Just torch their car, and they won't do it again. The downside is that you might get arrested, but that's a small price to pay.

Man up tbh.

NLA Is there somewhere she can park that would make your life easier? If so charm offensive, tea and biscuits, just mention that you're not great at reversing and if she parked as per your suggestions life would be easier. Bit of self depreciation and friendly neighbour attitude. If you go at it head on, even if she's totally in the wrong, you'll end up in an unpleasant war.

Basic rule: if you can drive in - you can reverse out (and vice versa).

Don’t be passive aggressive. I’d knock on her door, politely ask if there’s a better place she can park because you’re worried about hitting her car. If she kicks off at you over that, say “oh, ok then.” Then start being passive aggressive.

Since she’s a neighbor and was helpful in the past you should at least give her the benefit of the doubt.

Surely if you can get in, then you can get out?

If it is parked on the pavement it's illegally parked. However the best thing to do is try to have a polite conversation with your neighbour about this. Wh6y can't she block her daughters car in instead for example?

Skill issue

It is illegal to park on a pavement, so you could technically report her to the police for obstruction of a path

Key her car

Drive past your parking bay and reverse in

As it’s already been said if you can drive in you can reverse out. And if you can drive in you can reverse in.

Think someone needs some parking practice

Grow a pair. Testicles or Ovaries it doesn’t matter just grow a pair and use them. If you are not comfortable with a face to face maybe write a stern but non/confrontational letter and drop it through their letter box. Ohh did I mention, grow a pair.

Dogshit under the door handles, so that it gets under the fingernails? 😉

Report her for pavement parking or walk down the pavement side of ith a spiked handbag opps

The police might be worth a call

Why can’t she park on pavement opposite her bay? I think almost everyone is going through their own version of this, developers purchase an area of land, the plan out how to maximise number of houses they can fit into it, a house costs hundreds of thousands and the more spaces they allocate for parking the less houses they can build = lower profits, It is actually becoming a serious issue without anyone really noticing, I bet everyone reading this can point to somewhere they know where parked cars are creating a hazard or danger to other road users. Let’s see, all those reading this: upvote for yes, downvote for no .

Call a tow truck, they're blocking you in and i'm sure the towing company would like a couple hundreds bucks