A first-time home owner is keen to make a major change to her driveway - but her "busy body" neighbour is making her wary. Buying your first home is an exciting - albeit stressful - experience that brings with it a wealth of possibilities.

A is no longer in charge of how the is decorated, and making big changes to the aesthetics, both inside and out, is a viable option.

One woman, who had rented a for a decade, was over the moon to finally be able to purchase a small terraced house to live in. She moved in a few weeks ago and quickly noticed a problem with her .

All of the other houses on her street have a front , but hers has been "rejigged and the hedge was replaced with gates to a gravel driveway instead of garden", and the kerb has been dropped.

While a driveway is a desirable feature for many, in this case, it's not entirely fit for purpose. It's so "tiny" that when she on it, her car is practically touching the exterior wall of her living room.

If she were to open the living room window, it would touch her car. As there "isn't a shortage of parking spaces" on her street and there's always plenty of room to park, she's keen to undo the work of the previous owner and return the driveway to its original state as a front garden.

In preparation for this, she has "slowly started shifting the gravel and replacing it with grass" while parking her car on the street outside her house.

Recently though, a neighbour knocked on her door and told he was "going to put a complaint" in if she continued not to use the riveway to park her car. The woman, who "absolutely loves " was stunned by her neighbour's fury.

On Reddit, she explained: "He wanted me to start using my front garden as a driveway like the previous owners and said that's what my driveway was for."

She told him it was "actually a very tight squeeze for a car" but he claimed "the previous owners were able to fit a van in the front drive", which the woman "highly doubts".

She continued: "I asked him if he felt there were a shortage of car spaces and he said no, but said if you have a driveway you should use it! He strikes me as a busybody who just wanted to control the street as he has been living in the street he told me since the 70s.

"I let him know that I was wanting to enjoy my front garden as a front garden, just like he had a front garden. He said he'd be contacting the council."

The woman has been left in a state of panic thinking she's "going to be in trouble" and is considering "pausing work" on her garden.

In the comments section, many people shared their thoughts. One suggested she grow shrubbery and plants on the drive then cut them into the shape of a car to irritate the "busy body" neighbour.

Another added: "The absolute worst that'll happen is someone may call you from the council, just so they can tell him they did, to appease him.

"He's a busybody who seems to think he can tell you what to do with your land. The only regulations I could find were for the creation of a driveway and dropped kerb, not reversing that."