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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/MariaellaBliss on 2025-05-29 16:32:13+00:00.

I lived on a terraced street in the UK where parking is a bit of a free-for-all. No driveways, no permits, just a first come, first served setup. Everyone sort of works around each other, unspoken rules and all that, until they moved in.

New neighbours at No. 12 decided they were royalty, apparently. After a few weeks of petty stares and passive aggressive comments, the bloke finally knocks on my door.

He said: Can you stop parking near our house? It makes it hard to reverse.”

I asked if I blocked his actual space…

No no, just don’t park anywhere near our drive. Like, five feet either side at least, he said.

Now, keep in mind they don’t have a drive. Just pavement like the rest of us. He basically wanted me to leave a ten foot no car buffer around the patch of kerb in front of his house which he doesn’t own, because public street.

Told him politely that it’s a public road and I wasn’t doing anything wrong. He huffed and puffed and told me to do what I like but shouldn’t be surprised if something happens to my car. Ah, there it is.

I printed out the local council’s parking guidance and highlighted the bit about public access and how it’s first come, first served. Then I made it my mission to never, ever park near his house again but not in the way he wanted.

Started parking outside my house (two doors down), then had mates, family, the postie, random people from Facebook Marketplace anyone park right in front of his place. Sometimes bumper to bumper.

He fumed. Tried to glare me down from the window. I just smiled and waved.

Couple weeks later, he tried to get the council involved. They came, looked, shrugged, and left. One of them even parked there.

He’s since stopped talking to anyone on the street, and now I park directly in front of his place anytime I get the chance. He wanted no one near his bit of road so now it’s never free.