A FURIOUS woman has blasted her neighbour for blocking her driveway – despite the fact he’s got two empty spaces of his own.
TikTok user Nicole opened up about how she had to walk in the pouring rain from the bottom of her road to find a place she could park.
On her @nicoleisthisme she revealed her saga, which has understandably left her feeling frustrated.
She shared: “My next door neighbour has got a driveway that’s big enough for two cars.
“My driveway is only big enough for one car – so either I park on it when I’m charging my car, or sometimes Matt will put his van on there.”
She added that if her partner is using the spot, she will park opposite and doesn’t mind walking a few steps.
However, she has recently been left irked after her neighbour has been blocking their space with his car – without parking on his own driveway.
Nicole added: “My next door neighbour has never put his car on his driveway once in the three years that I’ve lived here.
“He’s got a car big enough for two. A driveway big enough for two cars. I’ve never seen his car on there.”
While it doesn’t usually bother her, when she recently came home in the pouring rain she found he had parked his car with his bonnet touching the edge of their driveway.
She fumed: “So instead of parking on his driveway, he parked directly outside my house.
“So I had to, like, squeeze my car through nearly, like, for a tiny gap to go all the way down to the bottom of the road to try and find a space. And it was pouring with rain.
“It’s weird. He’s only got a little car. He’s old. He’s like in his 70s.
“He’s probably lived here for 30 years or whatever, and it, that’s where he’s always parked.
“And in them scenarios when it’s pouring with rain, like, why? Where’s your human decency?”
Nicole added that she doesn’t want to “cause an atmosphere” so has never knocked or said anything, even when it “has been awkward.”
However, she felt she had reached the end of her tether, having to go eight houses away in the “torrential rain” with shopping bags to find a spot to park.
Many people were quick to chime in on her neighbour dilemma and give their views.
One person said: “Should’ve put it on his drive and wait for him to knock on your door asking why you’ve parked there.”
Another offered up: “My neighbour does this to stop anyone parking in front of his house. I think it’s an old person’s thing.”
And a third commented: “You should just ask him when you next speak to him. Drop it into convo!”
The Top Five Reasons Neighbours Squabble
One study by Compare the Market revealed the top reason British neighbour’s argue
- Broken fences – top of the board was broken fences and whose responsibility it was to fix it
- Parking: one of the leading drivers of neighbour disputes, with 54.1 per cent of people having issues with people parking in front of their house, parking bay or driveway
- Trees – complaints about a neighbour’s tree cracking your garden path was also common with nearly half of participants finding it frustrating
- Bin wars – outdoor bin etiquette continues to ignite the most furious debates between neighbours
- Nosy Neighbours – some people have their eyes and ears at the ready to have a peek causing problems for others
