'Selfish' neighbours park in woman's drive - but people divided over her actions
A woman has been left furious due to her neighbours continuously parking in her driveway - but her problems have left people are divided. She explained that she'd asked for them to remove their car but they had refused to do so. The conversation resulted in an argument and days later, she said the car was still parked in her driveway.
The woman said she wondered if she should 'have it towed or let the air out of their tyres.' She explained: "I own the house and it has a driveway. There is a rental next to me. New people moved in maybe two or three months ago. Seems to be a mum and four of her male kids that look to be in their early 20s.
"They have been repeatedly parking their cars on my driveway and they have been told multiple times to stop. They work on the cars in my driveway and I'm pretty certain my insurance wouldn't cover if they got injured doing that on my property." The woman had posted about the situation on parenting platform Mumsnet, asking for people's advice.
She continued: "Today I had it out with one of the adult males. Told him to get his car off my driveway. He just stood there and argued with me. Then the others came out and started arguing with me. 100% if I had been a man, they wouldn't have stood there and argued with me.
"The mum finally came out and apologised for them and said to give them an hour to change the tyre and they'd move it. The car is still there. I did say I would have it towed or let the air out of their tyres. I guess they don't think I will. Should I ring and have them towed now, or ring and have them towed after they've gone to bed. Or just let the air out of their tyres, or something else?"
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Many rushed to the comments to say she should 'call the police' because they're 'trespassing' and she should get the car towed. "I would call the police, the anti-social behaviour department at your council and their landlord. I would then get support from some burly male friends to go round and politely but firmly tell them to get their car off your drive and keep it off. Hopefully one of those things will work," one person wrote.
"Get it towed. Call the police when they get argumentative, or aggressive!" said another. A third added: "Call the police, if they are on your property. I imagine it's trespassing and possession damage to property (if oil etc on drive)." However, others said there's nothing that the police can do and she won't be able to get the car towed. "Trespassing is not a criminal offence, not a police matter. This is a civil dispute," someone commented.
Another added: "I don't think you can have it towed or call the police. I'd be going back round and arguing again tbh as the mum sounds reasonable. I'd also be calling someone in to fit a penguin bollard in the morning! Nightmare neighbours OP!" The original poster added an extra comment, further explaining some of the details. She said people have asked how her neighbours could argue about being able to park on her drive in the first place.
"Cheeky f*****s are insanely entitled. So many young males are entitled and not used to being told no," she explained. "They argued that I don't have a car (I do). They argued that we didn't cut our backyard a few times. They argued they have valuable XL bullies that are worth more than both our houses. They argued that they don't have a driveway and therefore needed one to work on their cars. My response to all of it is that I didn't care and it wasn't my problem."
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