I wanna stop my neighbour blocking my drive!

Just_Looking_3

If a car is parked in front of your drive but on the road then there is not much you can do about it.

random456

can you block his drive? if he comes out moaning just say well, i cant park outside my own can i?

cathys1_2

Thanks for all your replies -

We have tried speaking to him - but he is very arrogant, ignorrant and downright rude. Waves his hands at me in front of the kids and says I should buy a car with better power steering!

Out of forty people that live in our close (only us and next door have drives) he is the only one to block us. There is a grass kerb he could pull up onto that would mean he doesn't block us. We have asked several times for him to pull up on the verge. (The verge is only a bit of land with a tree on, and not a path.) We do have a dropped kerb.

I have kept a log, and will see the police tomorrow.

Just a note re legalities - this is what I have found out so far -

Highway code point 217 Do not park in front of an entrance to a property.

If you have off street parking with a dropped kerb there is a law that is an implied term that you will have access to your property. Any obstruction of the highway is an offence. "Wilful obstruction of the highway." is an offence and is subject to section 137 Highways act 1980. This states that "Police officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he sees commiting an offnce against this section."

random456

sounds like a right prat. Can you tell your husband/a bloke to have 'words' with him?! if he's a nutter id be wary of going to the police...you need to get your other neighbours on side and have words with him (not shouting, calmly so it infuriates him) IN FRONT of other neighbours so he gets embarrassed..once he realises his vendetta is being seen by all and sundry it should embarrass him into giving in and not do it any more. maybe get your visitors to park outside his drive slightly, not enough to block it but enough so when he comes round shouting to say 'what?? you could get a tank in there!!!!'

V_Chic_Chick

My gran had this problem with various people claiming that they 'were only going to be five minutes' as they went into the toy shop next door with their brats. Half an hour later, they were still there. So, my gran got the number off the council for the people that deal with this sort of thing and many a car got towed away. Now, the toy shop has shut and they got a disabled parking space outside the drive so we don't have that problem any more

xmaslolly76

my husband was told by the police over the phone that if a car is blocking you in you can move the vehicle yourself but you must not cause any damage to it in the process so he got a couple of trolly jacks and moved it down the road you should have seen there faces when they came out they thought they were going mad lol.

lellie

buy a cone and when you go out stick it in your drive - put a note on it saying keep clear and they might take the hint.

aj3001

lellie wrote:

buy a cone and when you go out stick it in your drive - put a note on it saying keep clear and they might take the hint.

Double yellow lines might be more effective :A

Jnelhams

If you live in a Council/Housing Assoc. or leased property contact the landlords about the anti social behaviour.

If you own the property check the deeds as there may be a requirement not to block access / cause nuisance, in which case you could then take this to the local court to have these conventants enforced.

I knew someone once that had a strange incident with fish they found
a piece of monkfish found its way into the car/engine. :eek:

cathys1_2

pumpa wrote:

sounds like a right prat. Can you tell your husband/a bloke to have 'words' with him?! if he's a nutter id be wary of going to the police...you need to get your other neighbours on side and have words with him (not shouting, calmly so it infuriates him) IN FRONT of other neighbours so he gets embarrassed..once he realises his vendetta is being seen by all and sundry it should embarrass him into giving in and not do it any more. maybe get your visitors to park outside his drive slightly, not enough to block it but enough so when he comes round shouting to say 'what?? you could get a tank in there!!!!'

Yes he is a !!!!!!!

Unfortunately, where we live, my house and next door was built several years after the rest of the street. All the people in the close are close - and us and next door are out on a limb. (I think they think we're in the posh houses!!!) To add insult to injury - next door was repossessed a few weeks ago - so we really are going it alone!
I'm going to play the "the nasty man is shouting at the pregnant lady" card and "in front of the children I mind as well!"
Dh wants to buy an old banger, block him in and throw away the keys - but I want to be "bigger" than that!