Living with neighbours isn't always harmonious – as one woman has discovered after getting into a dispute with their fellow resident over a blocked driveway.
The Mirror reports that the woman took to online forum Mumsnet to complain about a neighbour's friend parking across both her driveway and the entrance to a shared pathway. The path leads directly to the door on her property, meaning that anyone parking across the walkway blocks her from accessing her home.
She explained that she and her neighbour have part ownership of the path, meaning they're both entitled to use it. But her neighbour's friend, who is reportedly disabled, is encroaching on her driveway and even blocking her from accessing the door to her own property.
The woman wrote: "Between my drive and my neighbour's drive there is a shared path that leads up to a door on my property. The problem is one of my neighbour's visitors keeps parking on it and partly on my drive. See attached diagram.
"The shared drive is in the centre of the picture over the shared path and partly on my drive. Right next to their car is neighbour's front door on the side. Me and neighbour have part ownership of the path.
"Am I being unreasonable to expect them not to partly park my drive and across the shared path? I'm concerned that the path could end up getting damaged by them driving a car over it, only I feel petty because they say they are disabled, they can walk but slowly.
"They also do it when their drive is full of cars due to people visiting them. I'd appreciate your thoughts, vote I'm being unreasonable if I'm being petty."
Fellow Mumsnetters were quick to tell her that people shouldn't be parking on her property, regardless of the circumstances. Some also suggested the neighbour should be more considerate of other residents.
One wrote: "You are not being unreasonable. He shouldn't be parking on your property."
Another added: "I'd put plant pots on my drive along the edge of the shared path. That will at least stop part of the problem. I get that you're worried about damage to the path if it isn't meant to be driven over but, other than that, does it affect you?
"I try to take a deep breath before getting too worked up about stuff like this and think about how much it matters. Doesn't always work mind you!"
Another forum contributor wrote: "Tell (don't ask) him to park elsewhere. That's pretty outrageous. Tell your neighbour you're unhappy."
"If this happens regularly I do not think you are being petty", another Mumsnetter wrote. "Your neighbours could park their own car on the road to allow their disabled visitors to park close to their front door."
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