Bl**dy Neighbours

Savvy_Sue

Report to both the police and the HA every time he does this.

And maybe find an urgent need to go out in your car at 3 am a few times ...

pendragon_arther

It sounds like he's selling cars. I bet he's not declaring the income either. The Taxman has an anonymous phone number for tip-offs, or they used to. That's how I nailed an !!!!!!! years ago.

pinkshoes

Are there no double yellow lines in the turning area?

I would arrange to do your shopping at 4am when he is parked there and hammer on their door to get the car moved. Repeat until message received.

You cannot stop them parking in street spaces though...

meer53

Park your car in one of his spots.

TBagpuss

Parking on the public road so that there is no space for your visitors is annoying but perfectly legal.

Parking so that you are blocked in is not. If he is a tenant then his lease , like yours, probably has provisions about not causing nusinace to other residents and it may be that the HA can work towards eveicting him if he persistently breaches whic.

I think that you need to start logging (with photos if possibel) evey time he or a member of his household blocks your access, and reporting it to the HA.

You could also reminf him directly aboutthe agreement to ensure that you are not blocked in and ask him to remind his sons and their riends also.

heuchera

passatrider wrote: »

I'm in a Housing association scheme where parking is limited at the best of times. I only have one off road space, as does my neighbour above. We are the only two flats in the close, the rest are two bed houses which have two allocated spaces each.

My neighbour to my right has been a nightmare since he moved in with his family. Despite it only being a two bed house he currently has 6 cars at the address which causes nothing but problems for other tenants as visitors have no where to park as they take up all the spare on street parking.
I'll say now that I've had discussions, often heated ones with the male of the household about blocking me in before and had to get the police involved. We came to a mutual understanding last year that the turning area behind my car was left clear at all times and he agreed. Well, despite this agreement and the intervention of the police and HA he has now started to park there again in the turning area blocking me in. His other cars surround this and it's driving me nuts.
I know they are inconsiderate but I'm at a loss as to what to do about this before I blow my top again. We have been on speaking terms for the last year and it seems as though they have gone back to their old ways.

Any ideas?

I now know why our Housing Association operates a strict permit-only parking scheme..

Unfortunately if it's street parking there isn't very much you can do. The road is no more yours than it is his, but if there's a HA carpark or space to park on the property you should be able to get a parking space.

burlington6

yvonne13 wrote: »

What's their income got to do with 4 people living in a 2 bed flat? Where are they supposed to live then?

They aren't in the flat. They're in a house

pigpen

park in the space behind yours where he parks to block you in.. if you are parked in a place you can pull straight into a road/open driveway he cant block you in.. even if it leaves an empty parking space in front of your own.

Loz01

Lol this sounds like our road, our neighbours have two teenage kids (who have a car each) who each have a girlfriend and boyfriend (who have a car each) plus the two adults have a car each... so its 6 cars altogether and they only have a drive that fits two... Which results in their cars parked outside other peoples houses/abandoned anywhere.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Loz01 wrote: »

Lol this sounds like our road, our neighbours have two teenage kids (who have a car each) who each have a girlfriend and boyfriend (who have a car each) plus the two adults have a car each... so its 6 cars altogether and they only have a drive that fits two... Which results in their cars parked outside other peoples houses/abandoned anywhere.

Being parked outside other peoples houses or kept elsewhere is not illegal. You nor me or anyone else do not own the public highway and have no right to declare that they have "priority" to park outside their own home, that's merely a courtesy afforded between common people.


Insured Tax Mot legal to on the street thus legal to park outside my house, your house you grans my aunts and uncles and so on.


Op if you blocked in its illegal and a simple call to 101 should see an officer deal with it.


You need to WRITE to you HA and Stipulate your suspicions of running a car sales from the premises, and also that he is blocking you in.


In the mean time, Keep a diary LOG of all the times you are blocked in with a photograph if possible.


If the close is not gated then untaxed vehicles SORN'd or NOT should NOT be there, they should be on private land i.e a Driveway. Your Landlord should be enforcing the tenancy, as long you WRITE to them they should act!