When you share a driveway with your neighbors, it is best to try to stay on your side of it unless it really can’t be helped.

What would you do if your neighbor kept parking halfway onto your side of the driveway, and when you asked them not to do that, they began doing little things to try to antagonize you instead?

That is what is happening to the young woman in this story, and after enduring quite a few little things, she is thinking about filing a report with the police just so they have it on record. She does not, however, want this to cause things to escalate.

Personally, I don’t think it is a bad idea to notify the police just as a precaution. Read through the full story below and see if you agree.

Shared Driveway

Hi. I bought this house in 2016 and I share driveways with an older gentleman.

Why would they want to pull into the middle of the driveway?

He was nice to me at first, but he would do this thing where he would go get groceries and then pull up in the middle of the driveway to bring them in his house and then he would pull his car over and park on his side of the driveway.

One morning, I was pulling out of my garage to go to work and he was in the middle of the driveway. His daughter said to me that they would move the car in a minute once they finish bringing in groceries.

This would get old quickly.

I told her that I don’t have a minute. I’m running late for work and I really need to get going. So then she muttered under her breath that I had on too much perfume and then she moved the car. lol

It got to the point where I would have to sometimes park on the street instead of in my garage because his granddaughter or his daughter would be blocking the driveway and they would always apologize but they would keep on doing it.

They don’t seem to mind.

The summer before last I had some compost delivered and they dumped it at the front of my garage in a little bit spilled over onto a side of the garage. I’m talking crumbs and his daughter came over and start kicking it over and talking mess about it.

I said to her, “hey I’m sorry about the compost being on your side of the driveway.” There was only like maybe a half a shovel full. And she said it’s OK .

Time to have the vehicle towed.

I replied back, I didn’t think you guys would mind since you’re always blocking the driveway and I looked over and her car was pulled up in the middle of the driveway. Ever since then they’ve had a one-sided beef.

One day, the old man pulled up in the driveway on my side, and his car broke down and sat on my side of the driveway for two weeks. It was really crazy and he didn’t apologize.

They are just immature, it seems.

He didn’t say anything to me about it at all, so I took two garbage cans and placed them on my side of the driveway as a visual boundary to keep my driveway open, so I can get in and out.

They would do silly stuff like hit my garbage cans with their car or move it out the way. And also, sometimes the mailman would deliver my mail to his house by mistake and he would open it and put a note on it saying I’m sorry I don’t mean to snoop.

These are all small things, but they add up.

I called the post office and asked them to flag my house so they could double check and make sure my mail is delivered to me. I didn’t want him to go to jail or anything like that but I felt violated.

And also, I have a ring camera doorbell on all of my doors, so whenever they would do something stupid I would just download it and save it in a folder. I haven’t told anybody about what’s going on.

Now this is just creepy.

Today something weird happened. I have my window open and I heard someone pull up in the driveway.

I looked at the ring and some man that I’ve never seen before came out of the next-door neighbors house and came over to my side of the driveway and put something in my garbage can and said, “here’s some footage for you in the ring,” and then got in his car and left so I went outside to see what he put in my garbage can.

You can’t be too careful these days.

It was an old kitchen faucet and box. I took them out of my garbage can and put them by their side door. I did that because I want them to know that I’m not intimidated by them.

I’m a single female that lives alone by the way. The more I think about it, the more  I feel like I should call the non-emergency police line and let them know what’s going on just in case something happens.

Am I overreacting or what would you do?

Her neighbors seem to be trying to antagonize her, and she is wise not to overreact. That being said, it isn’t a bad idea to just file a report with the police so it is on record. Hopefully nothing ever comes of it.

Read on to see what the people in the comments have to say about this situation.

This could help them stay on their side.

Investigating the easement is a good idea.

Check those city records right away.

This person also had an issue with a shared driveway.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a disabled woman who confronts her neighbors about using her spot, only to have them tell her they can park where they want.

She just let them park in her driveway for two weeks, though.

Antagonizing your neighbor is never a good idea, but lots of people do it. At the end of the day, this lady needs to protect herself, so it makes sense to at least file a police report.

In addition, she should make sure that her whole house and yard are covered with cameras.