Parking - Can I do anything about neighbour deliberately blocking me

AdrianC

[quote=[Deleted User];68428729]If there was anywhere else I would.[/quote]

So - because your drive is out of action - you expect your neighbour to be the one to compromise and make adjustments?

Cant be bothered.

It's very rare that this kind of antagonism comes from nowhere, with no provocation. I think you've just demonstrated this is no different.

almillar

paul - first suggestion would be to ask him to let you out, every time he does that. You would both get bored of that (think of the resources he's throwing at blocking you in!) but that's not an option.
So, how about preventing yourself from being blocked in, by parking TWO of your cars on the street. Leave a decent gap between them so that you can manoeuvre either of them out if he tries to block...

forgotmyname

I would suddenly have the need for frequent trips out at 4am. See how they like being woken at 4am to let you out.

quidsy

Grease the road under his wheels, pad your bumper & "push" his car out of the way, then call the plod & report a car parked badly & causing an obstruction.


Only of course if you want to cause all out war.

Tinks74

Wheel Skates!

Two suggested methods - Both could mess with their heads if they don't see you doing it.

1. Put the skates under the wheels of the neighbours car, jack them up, move the car, move your car, put their car back exactly where it was or possibly facing in the other direction.

2.Put the skates under the wheels of the your car, jack them up, move the car and drive away.

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/ws4000-680kg-wheel-skates?gclid=CJeD2vXrzcUCFYXItAod7AYAMw

Bigphil1474

If it's a mini, just get 4 strapping people to lift it out when you need to move it. Regularly did that with my old Fiat in my student house years ago cos parking was limited near us.
Whilst there are the usual bonkers posts on here, and your neighbour sounds a plonker, it is you that has changed the normal order of things. Perhaps a pleasant note through the door stating the obvious might have helped - just parking one of our cars out on the road while the drive is done,only for a week, let us know if it causes you any bother? It sounds like you are quite rightly exercising your rights to park where you allowed to, and you shouldn't have to be explaining yourself. But it's not about who is right or wrong, it's about having peace and quiet at home, or winding your neighbours up unintentionally.
We had a fall out with our neighbour last year cos every time they went out and left their dog in the house, it would whine constantly from about 5 minutes after they left until it saw them coming up the garden path home. They thought we were unreasonable complaining about it. Took weeks of us telling them, and we eventually had to persuade them to sneak up our path, into our house, and listen to the noise of the dog constantly whining so loud we couldn't hear the TV. They were very apologetic and realised we were genuine, and they now take it to their mums house when they go out - but they still give us funny looks when they see us, as though it was us in the wrong.

jaydeeuk1

I sympathise with the OP, my sister in law had similar issues and she just has one car which she parked outside her house. Because its rented and she was last to move in, the day she moved in her neighbours told her not to park there or else 'something might happen to your car', so she parks a few hundred metres down the road out of fright (she lives alone). When she has had to park there she's had her car vandalised and getting the police involved made matters worse resulting in her being spat at and assaulted.

Now I don't particularly like her, but I won't see a family member bullied, so I intervened on her behalf and now the problem has gone (well, they moved out - I didn't kill them ).

Either live with it until your drive is done, or get proactive.

ampersand

2 households. 7 vehicles.

1st world problems need basic courtesy, rewired.

Any pro-active move by op requires the expense of cctv to record likely retaliation: paint/tyre damage, verbal harrassment.

A PCSO overseeing a 2-way written undertaking, spelling out the dear old MUTUAL 'right to quiet enjoyment' could be worth the paper it's written on.

Toxic neighbours are a by-product of cheek-by-jowl living.

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AdrianC wrote: »

So - because your drive is out of action - you expect your neighbour to be the one to compromise and make adjustments?



It's very rare that this kind of antagonism comes from nowhere, with no provocation. I think you've just demonstrated this is no different.

Hang on now this is a public road we're talking about. No-one owns it - if you've got tax you can park on it. Last time I looked no-one could reserve a space etc.

For some of you to say its my fault for upsetting him because he "normally" parks there is nuts.

For instance, if my elderly father comes to visit, I ask him to park 1/2 mile away and walk because the large space on the road is usually used by the nice man with the motorhome? Sorry public road first come first served.

Mind you if it did work like this perhaps I should leave a note on the city centre street I park on for work. "paul parks here - its reserved - so don't upset me because I want to park here every day". What do you reckon?

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Mojisola wrote: »

No, you're allowed to - if you're willing to engage an unpleasant person in a war of attrition. Which of you is the nastier - him or you? Are you prepared to start a war which could end up with you hating living where you do and dreading coming home in case he's made another move against your property?

It's very hard and very stressful to deal with neighbours who are bullies.

My parents lived in a cul-de-sac and neighbours were accommodating about the parking on the street, eg. the couple across the road only had room for their car on their drive so their daughter parked on the road on her daily visits. There was room for two cars on my parents' drive - if there were any more of us we parked round the corner so that their daughter could use her usual space. As a result, they and their family were very helpful to my parents on a number of occasions.

Unfortunately, it doesn't sound as if your neighbour is willing to be co-operative. If you are getting the police involved, it would be worth getting some discreet cameras in place covering your property and vehicles.

Like I said Im not interested in escalating it. But I've got to park my car somewhere for a few days.

By this rationale you're also saying that I can't have visitors who park on the road because this would cause aggro to him?