Consideration when parking in the street??

[Miss.September]

Happened to us here too, was our neighbour's employee and he'd park opposite it daily. Made it difficult for us to get in/out of the driveway. DH spoke to them and they don't park there any more. They didn't realise we were having trouble.

[Arimeh]

I'd say something - why can't they park in front of their own home?

We have a similar problem here - the people in the unit next door park in the communal driveway - which means that we have no way out of our place and it annoys the absolute crap out of us. We always have to go knock on the door and ask them to move their car. Arghhhh.

[Beach Mama]

i would do a casual mention - at the end of the day, it is their car that is in the way of potentially being hit! I would just say that it makes it really difficult and if they wouldn't mind moving it a bit that would be great - my parents did the same thing as they had someone parking directly across from their driveway and they moved it and had no problem.

[forshelby]

Similar situation here. Our neighbour across the street has 5 cars, in a house with 2 adults. His visitors always park on our nature strip (technically not our yard) making it hard to get in and out of our driveway. The street is very narrow, so it's always pretty clogged up with parked cars. Anyhoo, one day DP took a walk on the wild side and let their tyre down! While I don't condone his actions, my naughty inner child did chuckle just a little. :blush:

Soon after that, I did the responsible thing and called the council. Every one of the neighbours vehicles got a ticket. Then council planted a tree right in the spot outside our house where they always parked. Yay, but it's a double edged sword! Whilst the neighbour and his many frequent visitors can't park there anymore, neither can OUR guests!

My only issue was that it was difficult to get out of our driveway, and I didn't want to damage their cars, or mine. So yes, I feel your pain.

[~Hestia~]

I would say something, even if it was just a note on the windscreen. We have this kind of issue all the time, we live at the end of a court and we kinda share a front yard with our next door neighbour.

[wrena]

I'd really politely ask them if they could not park there as chances are they have no idea it bothers you. Legally you have more right to park there than they, or anyone else, does

[~Kaz~]

I would say something, even if it was just a note on the windscreen.

Say something if it bothers you that much - even a casual, confused, non-threatening kind of wondering why they prefer out the front of your place to theirs lately etc but I don't think a windscreen note will go down very well. It's too easy to misinterpret. A friend of mine who came over a few months back to help out for the day parked partly outside my house and partly outside the next door neighbours place. I was out front of my place and coming and going all day. Anyway she got a note from the neighbours on her windshield asking her not to park in front of their house. It was not well received by me (not that I did anything about it, they were renting and have since moved and I was in the middle of a crisis and didn't want to over-react) but she had every right to park on a public street wherever there was space.

So to answer your questions, the council/RTA actually own the street, curb, nature strip, footpath etc (whatever applies) and you have no legal right to stop them parking in front of your house. Why not park in front of their house if the spot is always vacant?

[{sarah}]

I feel your pain. I have a great big VW van that I have to negotiate into our driveway with a car directly opposite all the time, drives me nuts too.

[~ Mylitta ~]

I noticed from your ticker that you have three children. Perhaps walk over to their house one day with the kids in tow and just ask them politely if they can leave the spot outside your house free when they can. Tell them that with the three kids you find it a bit dangerous getting them in and out of the car further away from the house and especially across the road.