Mad neighbours

My late Dad had is front garden removed so he could park obvious applied for planning permission,although he did keep a rose bush to one side and a also had a double gate for entry /exit car wise plus a lowered curb , the couple who moved in when the house was sold have 2 cars ,ts a street from the late 40`s so very narrow as originally cars were few and far between .
Mick

crazyH

Oh Oreo - that made me laugh as well 🤣🤣🤣 - I meant ‘chat’

Yes I know you did, but just couldn’t resist, thankfully you have a SOH.
Many don’t. 😁

Oh Oreo - that made me laugh as well 🤣🤣🤣 - I meant ‘chat’

HelterSkelter1

That made me laugh Oreo

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣me too!

That made me laugh Oreo

crazyH

I have a neighbour who suffers from Clinical Depression/ Bipolar. I try to be kind to her, give her lifts to Doctor, Dentist, shopping etc.
I don’t think she likes visitors - the other day, I knocked on her door - I knew she was there - as soon as she saw me walking g down the drive, she ran and hid in the kitchen - so I left,
Very difficult to remain friends with someone with a difficult condition.
When I do talk to her, she says she is lonely. On the other hand, when I try to pop in for a hat, she hides. 😂

Well stop trying to steal her hats 😁

It is their garden and decision .

It doesn't make them mad .

My only reservation with paved over front gardens is that it increases the risk of flooding and I like to look at greenery .

The couple who live opposite asked me if I'm moving because they dread looking at a bare car parking space opposite. They aren't happy with my neighbour who has three cars and a huge van parked in her garden and in the street .
She bombarded the council with requests to cut a big tree planted on the pavement down. Now it's been replaced !
It does look very ugly .

Golly, Hellidon, that is bonkers.
We did have a neighbour, ( fortunately now moved) who felt the same, and when my next door neighbour had visitors who parked opposite his drive, he would watch for them to go out , then move his car from his drive across the road.
He missed a trick not buying another car, didn't he?

Our ex neighbour claimed it was difficult to get her (small) car onto her drive if there was a car parked on the opposite side of the road, not sure why, but it gave her sleepless nights worrying about it. So she bought another card to permanently park opposite her drive, to stop other people parking there!! She would have had to tax MOT and insure it! And when asked about it she denied knowing who owned it. She obviously had to drive it sometimes to keep it road worthy, and the performance when she did that was hysterical, she got her friend to stand in the space while she moved the car a bit, then she would park her other car in it while she drove the other one for a while, then repeat the performance with friend guarding the spot on her return, this in a completely empty road! I only saw it happen once and decided she was totally bonkers!

That’s up to them and nobody else.

Smart neighbours

OldFrill

BlueBelle

Oh Cariad sing another song

I quite like "The Tales of Cariadagain" sometimes it's an update, sometimes a repeat and sometimes the omnibus, bit like The Archers.

Clever😁👏

Yes.
I had the police out to my mother-in-law's property once.
I think people do learn, M0nica.

NotSpaghetti

We have a dropped kerb.
It is illegal to park across it if you block a car from getting out of the driveway onto the road, - the police can (and do) treat it as an "unnecessary obstruction." If it's just blocking a car from getting in I think you are supposed to contact the council. I haven't ever reported this though.

You also can't park by the sloping bit of the kerb either side. The whole "dip" has to be free.

I had relatives who lived in a narrow stretch of road with parking problems. Their house had a side drive with dropped kerb. In later life my aunt had poor health and had to be taken to hospital. Almost impossible if the drive was blocked.

My uncle used to ring the police everytime someone parked across his drive, and they would come and issue parking tickets to all offenders, no matter where in the street. It stopped illegal parking remarkably uickly. A couple of tickets for parking across someone elses drive - and they parked elsewhere. There was sufficient parking within 100 yards.

Sounds sensible to me my should they carry shopping further than they need they can’t take it with them so life should be as easy as possible

So what is the problem exactly? Where I live, all the new houses have a tarmaced area in front for the purpose of parking. The gardens are at the back. It doesn't seem to cause any problems, unlike the older houses where the pavements are blocked by cars.

Caught on our CCTV this morning.

Apparently the culprit was the teenage son who didn't want his Dad to know he was wasting food.

Dad obviously knows now and the lad has been told to clean it up.

We have a dropped kerb.
It is illegal to park across it if you block a car from getting out of the driveway onto the road, - the police can (and do) treat it as an "unnecessary obstruction." If it's just blocking a car from getting in I think you are supposed to contact the council. I haven't ever reported this though.

You also can't park by the sloping bit of the kerb either side. The whole "dip" has to be free.

I know someone who says she has always been unlucky with her neighbours- she was so pleased when her last ones moved out and she got a new neighbour. Hasn't taken long and now she's complaining about her new neighbours- anyone see a pattern here?

I don't know why but despite moving house many times I've always had good neighbours...maybe I'm super lucky?

I have a neighbour who suffers from Clinical Depression/ Bipolar. I try to be kind to her, give her lifts to Doctor, Dentist, shopping etc.
I don’t think she likes visitors - the other day, I knocked on her door - I knew she was there - as soon as she saw me walking g down the drive, she ran and hid in the kitchen - so I left,
Very difficult to remain friends with someone with a difficult condition.
When I do talk to her, she says she is lonely. On the other hand, when I try to pop in for a hat, she hides. 😂

Old age is always ten years older than you actually are 😁

I watched the wonderful Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes yesterday and she said she was 80. When I watched the film first time round many years ago 80 seemed ancient.
Doesn't seem so ancient now!!!

TheWeirdoAgain60

As long as their car park doesn't interfere with your property in any way, or put you at risk, etc., then I don't understand what you're grumping about!

They're in their 80s, so even if they live to be 100+, they haven't got that long left on our planet anyway, and it's their £5,000, not yours.

At their delicate ages, and if they have movement/mobility issues, they probably need their car closer to their house.

Let this glorious old couple live what's left of their lives and keep your nose out!

😂😂😂

I'm feeling very delicate all of a sudden.
Please be kind.

Allira

TheSunRisesInTheEast

It saves your wing mirrors too 😉

😁

Actually, ours tuck in when the engine is turned off.

Nifty!

TheSunRisesInTheEast

It saves your wing mirrors too 😉

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