Vehicle accident - hit someone's bollard

judygarland

fadetogrey wrote: »

I suppose on the bright side you wont get a claim for whiplash injuries from him,Whilst not detracting from the fact a damage only accident occurred you mentioned the bollards were erected by him on the driveway,I assume they were placed on his section of the driveway and were not intruding on the drive of the persons home you were doing the work at?

These bollards are right on the boundary. His neighbours have had to dig up part of their garden as otherwise they would be unable to get of the car. They are totally within his boundary but it makes me wonder whether you are allowed to erect these things if it causes issue for your neighbours and their driviing access. Today his car was parked in front of his drive so you really need to be careful when driving in and out. I just completely forgot there was one right on the corner and clocked it.

mikey72

judygarland wrote: »

These bollards are right on the boundary. His neighbours have had to dig up part of their garden as otherwise they would be unable to get of the car. They are totally within his boundary but it makes me wonder whether you are allowed to erect these things if it causes issue for your neighbours and their driviing access. Today his car was parked in front of his drive so you really need to be careful when driving in and out. I just completely forgot there was one right on the corner and clocked it.

If it's a shared drive, he may be in the wrong for obstucting it.
It'll be listed in the deeds for his house, and the house you were working at.
Only costs a few quid from the land registry to get copies.

judygarland

mikey72 wrote: »

If it's a shared drive, he may be in the wrong for obstucting it.
It'll be listed in the deeds for his house, and the house you were working at.
Only costs a few quid from the land registry to get copies.

Good thinking. Will order a copy should things progress to anything more than his rant. There are two detached houses and then between them is the shared drive with two garages that are joined together. One belongs to each neighbouring house.

Notmyrealname

Lets look at it from this point of view. If someone hit something of yours with their car and didn't tell you, would you be annoyed when you found out?

Obukit

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Lets look at it from this point of view. If someone hit something of yours with their car and didn't tell you, would you be annoyed when you found out?

If there is no damage, why would you tell them? If you have to pull up onto a verge on the road because a big vehicle is coming in the opposite direction, do you get out and apologise for putting your wheels on someone else's grass?

OP he is clearly just a miserable person, plenty around. I get shouted at occasionally as my work van is 20ft long, so often the only big enough parking space is in front of someone's house which has a "No parking" sign, or stones on the verge. Doesn't bother me, no-one has the right to reserve the road in front of their house.

judygarland

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Lets look at it from this point of view. If someone hit something of yours with their car and didn't tell you, would you be annoyed when you found out?

Yes, I would be annoyed if someone damaged my property but if they hadn't, I would have sympathy for the damage they had just done to their vehicle. I think because of the cul de sac being so small with a lack of parking, he is deliberately making things awkward for the rest of the occupants. I can only imagine that someone has reversed onto his drive at some point and this has wound him up. I'm also quessing that his previous neighbours moved out because of him!

judygarland

Obukit wrote: »

If there is no damage, why would you tell them? If you have to pull up onto a verge on the road because a big vehicle is coming in the opposite direction, do you get out and apologise for putting your wheels on someone else's grass?

OP he is clearly just a miserable person, plenty around. I get shouted at occasionally as my work van is 20ft long, so often the only big enough parking space is in front of someone's house which has a "No parking" sign, or stones on the verge. Doesn't bother me, no-one has the right to reserve the road in front of their house.

He was not using hi driveway to park his car and had parked it on the road making it very difficult for other cars getting out of their drives. I've spoken to the planning office and they have said there should be something in his deeds preventing him from doing what he has done. So if he wants to take this further, I'm ordering a copy!

Quentin

Whether or not the bollards have been put there correctly won't affect your liability for damaging them!

societys_child

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Lets look at it from this point of view. If someone hit something of yours with their car and didn't tell you, would you be annoyed when you found out?

of course . . . and I'd dash out and re-paint it immaculately with the correct type and shade of paint, all in less than 30 minutes.

Er actually no, it's happened a few times to me, some stop, some drive off. Thing is, the 4ft concrete post, although suffering a few cracks, always comes off better than the vehicle.

forgotmyname

If they are dead centre and half on your side, Next time just tell him the insurance legal team said the side of the bollard you hit belongs to you as he put it on your property.

Might see a post on here asking if thats true

Tell him your thinking of painting your half bright pink or yellow or maybe half and half?
Spotted mushrooms.