There are eight houses round this cul de sac. Six, including mine, have been in same occupancy since they were built in 1998. Kids who were pre school when wee move in are now at Uni. The folks diagonally opposite are grandparents * five or six.
While there's little socialising we all get on, take in each others parcels, chat in the street in summer etc.
When the grand kids of house opposite visit cars tend to be left in corner of cul de sac, opposite end of my drive. Over last few years Mrs B and I have both had near misses as we reverse into the drive. We were of course too reserved to report them to neighbour and look like moaners.
Inevitably of course one of us eventually got too near and Mrs B's wing mirror, and the merest scrape of a door damaged their youngest daughter's Qashqai.
All sorted amicably at cost of excess and lost NCB. We've had one car since Thursday while they straighten the (new) Berlingo's door.
Wish we'd mentioned the near misses though. They've not parked there since!!
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 10 Feb 14 at 15:08
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