'Neighbour threatened police action over my daughter's parking - I got revenge'
When you live in a neighbourhood with restricted parking, it can be very tricky - especially if not everyone has driveway space. While most people hope to get on with their neighbours, it isn't always the case - and parking is one of those issues that can turn your relationship sour.
This is exactly what happened to one woman, who was shocked that her neighbour threatened to call the police after her daughter parked on the road outside their home. They live on the end of a dead-end road, and despite having spaces for three cars on their driveway, they sometimes they have to use the road for convenience, because it's not easy to manoeuvre the cars in and out.
Taking to Mumsnet, the anonymous woman explained that her daughter sometimes comes to stay with them, and because her husband, who is parked on the car, needs to go to work in the morning, she sometimes parks on the road so she doesn't have to move her car for him. In the post, the mum explained: "Perfectly legal to park there and neighbours opposite have room (one road width) to get out of their drives."
However, a recent time this happened, they had a massive argument with the neighbour. She explained: "Anyway [my daughter] has now moved in with boyfriend and hasn't been at home for a few weeks so has not parked at front for that period. Last night she popped round to pick up a few bits. Parked in front of house so she could come in front door and carry stuff out.
"She'd been in house for literally two minutes and neighbour opposite front knocked and said she needed to move her car now. It was 10pm. We've never spoken a word to them before as we rarely use the front door. [My husband] basically said what's the problem, your drive is not blocked, she'll be going shortly, you're not even going out now are you?
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"Neighbour said [my husband] was being a p***k and we had a three car drive so shouldn't be parking on the road ever. He's going to call the police. [My husband] did get rather angry at being called a p***k and told neighbour to get off property and car would not be moved, he can call police etc.
"Neighbour then starts shouting that he's had enough, he's put up with it for ages (we've lived there two months!), who do we think we are etc. His wife comes out shouting, other opposite neighbours come out shouting that we're blocking emergency vehicles and rude etc, etc. We are certainly not blocking emergency vehicles, cars are parked all down the road and bin trucks get through fine!"
The argument continued, with the neighbour "shouting" and "refusing to get out of the garden" and saying how "horrible" they are. According to the woman, it got so loud and heated that other neighbours opened their doors to listen - so she decided to slam the door on him.
Finally, she explained that she's now asked her daughter's boyfriend to "park his battered transit van in front our house for the weekend" - and asked whether she was being unreasonable. The post received mixed responses - with several saying they were both being unreasonable.
One person said: "You are unreasonable to antagonise the situation by requesting her boyfriend parks his van there just to p**s them off." However, another added: "I'd be leaving a car there with no wheels. Indefinitely."
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