I live in a village house in NT, next to the village councilman. In between our elevated houses, there's a slope that leads to a small parking area, which is ours as one of two contractually promised parking spots. The problem is that the slope is uneven and goes up at a steep angle halfway up. So any vehicle that doesn't have high ground clearance cannot make it up the slope without scratching the bottom of the car and possibly destroying the chassis in the process.
The councilman knows this as well, as he was the one who was in charge of constructing the slope, and he happens to drive a SUV with high ground clearance.
Luckily we found out before we tried parking up there, and the councilman was nice enough to give one of his own parking spots in front of his house to us. He verbally agreed to let us park there until new land was paved to make way for more parking, after which he would take back the spot. However, we are only getting one parking spot in the new area, not two, and we are still missing one parking spot as promised in our contract
So I reasoned with him - he has a car capable of driving up the uneven and narrow slope, and since I am still missing a parking space as part of our contract, I asked him to let us park there longer until we found a permanent solution.
Keep in mind that this village councilman is a very polite, civil, and educated person - we were discussing the issue when all of a sudden, his wife appears on their balcony, completely loses her mind and yells out in Chinese, "ONLY MY HUSBAND IS CAPABLE OF PARKING UP HERE, I BROKE A SIDE MIRROR ONCE TRYING TO DRIVE UP HERE".
This is the lady who, when I broke my leg and had to walk in crutches - was outside when she noticed me and started smirking.
Today I noticed large water stains on my roof and on my windshield - which was odd because it hadn't rained over the weekend and I just had my car washed in Kennedy Town, and I determined that she was the one watering my car. These stains leave minerals on the car when dried, and can strip the clearcoat.
I will ask the councilman the next time I see him to be more careful when watering the flowers, but I don't think that's going to help the situation, because the situation is more than just the watering problem.
My neighbors, or at least, my neighbor's wife hates me, and there's nothing I can do about it. I live in their village, and they make the rules there.
Has anyone had any problem with the villagers, and what became of the situation? Or what would you do in my situation?
tl;dr
- Village councilman neighbor let us park in his parking spot until new parking lots were paved
- Wife didn't like me taking up their spot
- I suggested he let us park in the spot longer until we found our second contractually obligated parking spot.
- Wife blew up