'My neighbour is demanding I stop parking on public road outside my home for baffling reason'
'My neighbour is demanding I stop parking on public road outside my home for baffling reason'
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A student named Suzy Hamilton has been hailed after her nightmare neighbour demanded she move her car from "her spot" on a public road. After a long day, the last thing anyone wants is to deal with a difficult neighbour. Some choose to ignore them, while others decide to confront them awkwardly. But even when you call them out, they sometimes don't listen. It can also be frustrating if you live next to someone who always finds something to complain about - even when you know your behaviour as a resident is acceptable.
Suzy, who lives with three housemates, was not impressed when a neighbour recently came to her door and insisted she move her car so she could park outside her home. The neighbour repeatedly pointed out that Suzy is a temporary resident and student, plus claimed she needed the parking space because she is asthmatic and not having it will "kill her". Suzy shared a video of the altercation on TikTok via her account @suzyyhamilton, which quickly amassed over 10 million views. She said: "My neighbour is angry due to me parking on our street as I'm a uni student, but it's free for all parking.".
The irritated neighbour came to the door and said: "Hi, can I just ask if you can move your car further down to help me please, because I'm severely asthmatic, I actually live on the end here and I can't walk too far so we've got a space here.". Suzy responded, and said: "Yeah but there's someone coming and parking there, and we need three spaces." The neighbour shot back: "You don't need anything I'm sorry, you're students. I live here and I've lived here for years.".
Suzy added: "That's not fair. I'm sorry but it's not our fault that we're at university and we have to get a house." The woman reiterated: "I've been living here for years." Suzy stood her ground, stating: "Sorry but that's not your space, it's a public road.". The neighbour insisted: "You're parking in my space outside my house." Now joined by her daughter, the disgruntled neighbour pointed at other cars, questioning their owners and why they kept moving their vehicles.
She also threatened to contact the council, broke down in tears, and claimed walking to her car "nearly killed me" - implying it would be the students' fault if anything happened to her. She added: "You don't live here.". Suzy responded: "Sorry, but four people live in this house, three of us have cars. It's not our issue that it's a public road. You can't do anything it's a public road.". The neighbour continued: "There's ones on the end for you guys to use." Suzy questioned "Why is it just us guys? Because we're students?". The neighbour concluded: "You don't have a house with a driveway so that's not your space.".
"I f***ing live here and I pay rent...you just need to have a bit of respect," the annoyed neighbour retorted, prompting Suzy to say that she does exactly the same. As Suzy made it clear she was soon going out for the day, leaving them more space, the confrontation dragged on for nearly eight minutes. People online praised how Suzy stuck up for herself and housemates. A flatmate named Alexa later updated followers in the comments, revealing: "They now report us every time we park over our own dropped curb drive to the council pretending to be us complaining that someone else is parked over our drive so that we get a ticket every time.".
Admirers online were wowed by Suzy's resolve. "I honestly aspire to have this kind of backbone, I'd be crying in seconds," one confessed. Others chimed in with praise, as another said: "You handled that with extreme maturity, unlike your neighbours." "You handled that insanely well," agreed another. Another suggested a gentler approach might have worked wonders: "A simple 'I don't suppose you could keep that space free in future because I have asthma please?' would've gone a long way lmao well done for standing your ground.".
Someone else shared their similar tale, saying: "Well done for standing your ground. People like this feel so entitled. I had this issue once and they ended up putting numbers on the floor an council told them to remove it! There is no allocated.". One person highlighted the importance of having a driveway, saying: "In all fairness, if you need a parking space right outside your house, you need to buy/rent a house with a drive.... That was my non negotiable when looking for a house.".
Another confessed they'd be too embarrassed to park again, admitting: "I'd close the door and get the bus for the next three weeks." Yet another shared their considerate approach towards a neighbour, and said: "I always leave the space my neighbour parks in, he's elderly and lived here before any of us he doesn't expect it either I think we all just do it out of respect for him.". Sign up to FREE email alerts from our Property Market newsletter.
