A woman was left "feeling pure rage" following a parking mishap with her neighbours, though others have said she is being "unreasonable".
She took to parenting forum Mumsnet to ask for advice regarding the disagreement. She revealed that her neighbours have been "parking outside" her home.
Stating that "everyone has a drive with at least one parking space on it", she asked whether it was "unreasonable" to feel "rage" when seeing their car outside her window.
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The woman wrote: "We live on a quiet road on an estate in which everyone has a drive with at least one parking space on it. Outside our house we have a small path leading to our front door and our driveway with a dropped kerb to our right.
"Admittedly outside our house isn't a dropped kerb and the pavement runs alongside our front room so our view is literally the street. The people on the road behind us (who have their own driveway!) have taken to parking outside our house, next to our path, mounting the kerb as there is a shortcut path to their road from by our house.
"After several months of this, I left a polite note asking them to park further along as they have blocked access to our path. They've done so but are now parking right outside our house and front window! I know it's not ours, but really?
"Why on earth would we want a view of their car right outside our house? Why not park on their own driveway? Am I being unreasonable or am I right to feel pure rage when I look out and see them parked right outside?"
Before long, the post had received dozens of replies from fellow Mumsnet users. There were a range of opinions on the matter.
One said: "You are right to feel annoyed. Some people have no consideration for others."
A second shared: "I'd be tempted to talk to them... explain its blocking light into your living room for example if it is directly by your window."
A third agreed: "I’m with you. Of course they can park on a public road if they choose to but it’s weird of them to do so when they own their own parking space."
However, others argued that the woman was being unreasonable for expecting her neighbours not to park outside her home.
One argued: "You want them to not park on a public street just because it obscures your view? That's not your right. Apologies if I have misunderstood and you own the land."
A second echoed: "You chose a house with a living room window directly on a public road, obviously you weren't going to have a nice view out that window."
"You can’t object to people parking legally on the road because you don’t like the view," a third agreed.
Meanwhile, a fourth wrote: "You don't own the road. Anyone can park there. You are being unreasonable."
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