Petty woman cost her neighbour £80k after they parked ‘nine cars outside her driveway and refused to move’

Petty woman cost her neighbour £80k after they parked ‘nine cars outside her driveway and refused to move’

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Jack Walters

By Jack Walters


Published: 12/01/2024

- 11:10

Updated: 12/01/2024

- 11:28

A number of other ideas were put forward to bring the car parking dispute to an end

A woman has cost her neighbour around £80,000 after they parked nine cars outside her home and refused to move them.

The furious resident took to Reddit’s “Petty Revenge” forum to reveal her scheme to get back at her neighbour.


In her post, the woman claimed her neighbour’s driveway was big enough to fit at least four cars but was always empty.

The woman wrote: “My neighbours have nine cars total parked in the street.

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The woman claimed her neighbour's driveway was wide enough for four cars (stock pic)

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“They always park two of those cars in front of my house and won’t move them the whole week.

“We have a regulation where you live that you can’t leave your car parked for more than 48 hours in the same spot.”

The woman reportedly requested for her neighbour to move her cars in the past.

However, she was told they do not like to park on their driveway as it looks “tacky”.

The woman was able to enact revenge after she noticed her neighbours were building a second unit at the back of their house in 2021.

The unit, which she suspected was built without permission, was completed in less than a month.

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The unit, which she suspected was built without permission, was completed in less than a month (stock pic)

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She wrote: “This raised some red flags because it takes anywhere from 2-3 months with city inspections taking the majority of time.

“I submitted a ticket with my city through the app and advised them that there might be some illegal residential buildings without permits. I didn’t think of it much until a year later."

Despite forgetting about the complaint, the woman later noticed her upset neighbours tearing down the unit after an inspection by officials.

The woman wrote: “Word got around our block that a city inspector was there making sure everything was being torn down.

“Based on what the materials and labour they put into their second unit I cost them over $100,000.”

The parking dispute has not quite been resolved

The parking dispute has not quite been resolved (stock pic)

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Fellow Reddit users were delighted about the women’s revenge.

However, some warned she needed to do more to stop the car parking dispute.

One said: “Now it's time to start reporting the cars to the city as well. Well, technically it's far past time to start doing that.”

Another added: “Accidentally scatter birdseed around their parked cars every day.”

A third commented: “If you have a 48-hour parking rule, have those cars towed!”

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