Parking - Can I do anything about neighbour deliberately blocking me

DigForVictory

Talk to them, politely.

Only when that hasn't worked, try the coppers. Who will likely say try harder - but if you haven't had a polite chat (do they know your works are temporary, for example?) then you're in an awkward position.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

It is anti-social behaviour, so you do have options with the police, but as you are well aware, you have to live with them.

Unfortunately, if you have neighbours who are so petty and thoughtless that it does not dawn on them the nastiness of what they have done then best take the moral high ground and steer clear of them - these things never end well.

We had a run in with a neighbour many years ago, threatened to do me extreme violence if I didn't stop the dog from barking at the bottom of the garden. Fortunately for us, the police took an interest in the exotically lit polytunnel he had in his garden and he ended up back inside.

wba31

I'd just go knock the door and ask him to move a car when you need to get out. surely the inconvenience of having to keep moving a vehicle everytime you wish to go out will just annoy him.

Ask him if he realised how close both his cars are to yours making it impossible for you to get out (but ask it innocently!). it might make him feel a bit stupid, or he might start going on about "his space" and you might get to the root of his issue (if you dont know about it already...) it might then provide you chance to say that you only need somewhere to park while work is being done to your property, and remind him that it's a public street.

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ossie wrote: »

Just park down road till your drive is done would seem the least hassle solution!

Ha ha. Funny thing is this bit of road is nearer my house than his. Nowhere else to park though. Its a cul-de-sac. and why should I?

scaredofdebt

Because there's not enough space?

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Knocking on the door is going to be a bad idea. Like I said theres history here.

Hes done this SO I'll knock on his door and start it all off. Thats what hes like. He tried it almost every week with different things to start an argument - being awkward every time he saw me. In the end, since I have zero interest in a slanging match every week, I said to him "please dont talk to me, I'm not interested - if you need to contact me about anything legal do it in writing".

Think thats wound him up a bit. He seems to miss the aggro so now hes found a new way to try and start it all off.

Anyway, phoned 101 and PCSO is going around to have a word. Seems sensible approach.

Strider590

Neighbours............... I swear the first thing I'll do when i'm looking for a new home is to buy some small place out in the sticks, with NO neighbours.

I've got chavs on one side, who think me and my GF are posh (says more about them than us), they've already proven they will escalate the smallest thing to extreme measures. In the case of them accusing me of popping the kids football (which I did not), I got nails and screws placed under my cars wheels and in front of my garage on/off for about 6 months.

I've now found that another down the road neighbour has taken offence to me parking just down the road on the opposite side to his neighbour (not in front of anyones house and half on an grass verge), whilst i'm needing to access my garage, he's taken to moving his car off his drive and parking it in front of his neighbours house so as to leave no gap for cars to pass through when i'm parked there. But the only time he parks there is when i'm on the other side........

It's crazy what people will start to get uppity about, when it comes to parking.

Mojisola

[quote=[Deleted User];discussion/5244012]Don't get on with our neighbour at all. They've got three cars and a huge motorhome. Most of the time this motorhome is on the street - fair enough its taxed and its a public road and they've got every right to do so.

What gets me is that they take offence if someone takes their 'space' on the road.

We've got three cars and most of the time they're on our driveway. But we're having it re-done so one of our cars is parked on the road.

Our neighbour has taken offence and parked one of his cars in front and one behind - leaving a two inch gap so its impossible to get the car out. Saw him do it - his wife got out and watched him reverse etc so he could get as close as possible.[/QUOTE]

[quote=[Deleted User];68428065]Nowhere else to park though. Its a cul-de-sac. and why should I?[/QUOTE]

His childish behaviour in blocking in your car suggests you're not going to get a reasonable response from him and the whole thing could escalate until life becomes very unpleasant.

If you look at it from his point of view, the parking was fine and everyone had their 'space' - even if some of their spaces were on the public road - until you started parking on the road.

If there's nowhere else for you to park your car, where do you think they are going to park theirs? As the one who has disrupted the status quo, I would make some other arrangement for my vehicles while the drive is being redone.

Herzlos

[quote=[Deleted User];68428118]Knocking on the door is going to be a bad idea. Like I said theres history here.

Hes done this SO I'll knock on his door and start it all off. Thats what hes like. He tried it almost every week with different things to start an argument - being awkward every time he saw me. In the end, since I have zero interest in a slanging match every week, I said to him "please dont talk to me, I'm not interested - if you need to contact me about anything legal do it in writing".

Think thats wound him up a bit. He seems to miss the aggro so now hes found a new way to try and start it all off.

Anyway, phoned 101 and PCSO is going around to have a word. Seems sensible approach.[/QUOTE]

PCSO seems to be the only way to go then.

If there wasn't a history of arguments I'd be going to work earlier and earlier each morning, knocking on the door to get them to let you out. Maybe you've got some emergency and need to go out at 2:30am. Eventually they'll realise all their doing is inconveniencing themselves.

Quentin

[quote=[Deleted User];68428118]

Anyway, phoned 101 and PCSO is going around to have a word. Seems sensible approach.[/QUOTE]
Most would disagree when discovering their neighbour sent the police to their door over a parking on the road squabble!


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