One woman has had enough with her neighbour’s gigantic truck she’s resorted to blocking them in, but says she still wants to maintain the good relationship they’ve built over the years
A family are considering ending a pally relationship with their neighbours over their new monstrous-sized van.
Keeping a good rapport with those who live next door makes for an easy, quiet, life. You want someone who will take in parcels when you’re out working and water the plants when you’re on holiday – but don’t want a suffocating neighbour who is constantly asking to come round for dinner and demands you both have the same flowers out front.
However, one household is considering confronting their neighbours after they allegedly brought a truck so wide it ‘grazes the front’ of their driveway.
Taking to Reddit, the parents claim they have a ‘really good relationship’ with their neighbours, who even attended a family funeral and comforted them whilst they were grieving. But, having just purchased a basketball hoop for their driveway, the mum started parking their van parallel to the street to block her own driveway. She claims this is to stop the basketball from ‘rolling into the street’ when they play – and deterring the kids from running into potential traffic.
“Our neighbour messaged us to let us know that when we park like that, it’s almost impossible for them to get the delivery truck in and out of their driveway (our driveway is not facing theirs, but the truck has a really wide turn),” the post reads. “As I was watching them pull out this morning, I realised that if we have a car parked on the street really anywhere in front of our house, it will be impossible for them to pull their truck out.
“I don’t want to be limited to keeping our van only in our driveway, as I want my kids to be able to play there especially as the weather gets better… I also want my guests to be able to park in front of our house, which will now be an issue.” The mum argues her neighbours should have considered whether their truck was too big for their own drive before purchasing – and asked whether she was being unreasonable to continue parking in front of the house.
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Swathes of users flocked to the comments section to share their thoughts – with many slamming the neighbours for being ‘inconsiderate’. “They bought a truck that’s too big for a residential neighbourhood,” one person fumed. “They can’t expect people to not park in the street. Explain that you need to park in the street and won’t be parking elsewhere. It’s their problem.”
Another agreed, commenting: “This is not a situation that you can solve for them. It’s not reasonable to ask you to never park or have cars on the street in front of your house. So go ahead and take that off the table as an option.” While a third added: “They have to figure out how to acclimate their huge truck on their own property, not encroach in yours. As far as I know, the street area in front of your own house is yours. As is theirs, theirs.”
Others were more level-headed about the debacle, and suggested the two neighbours have a conversation to try and find a mutual solution. “You need to start by setting polite boundaries and expectations,” one person urged – while another said: “Why don’t you let them know what kind of issue it creates for you? Maybe you both can work something out. They probably haven’t thought about guests needing to park in front of your house.”
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