Car blocking access to my house

toejumper

Personally I'd smash the window release the handbrake and push it back 4ft

pogofish

warehouse wrote: »

Good luck when the users sitting on the moral high ground come calling.

It got the car that had been sitting there being a serious PTA for everyone on the lane for nearly two weeks shifted - so that's fine my my moral compass. The neighbours had adopted a "blind eye" policy by agreement of course.

And when they did finally get into the vehicle, police found papers and stuff in the boot that suggested it had belonged to a foreign student at a local college who had dumped it when he finished his course and went home.

[Deleted User]

Don't understand why people who need to dump a car do it like that in front of someone's house/blocking a pavement etc. Why don't they just park it up in a public car park where it's not going to bother anyone.

Herzlos

Deleted_User wrote: »

Don't understand why people who need to dump a car do it like that in front of someone's house/blocking a pavement etc. Why don't they just park it up in a public car park where it's not going to bother anyone.

Probably didn't notice the gate and/or dumped it in a hurry.
People tend to do stuff like this out of inconsiderateness rather than maliciousness.

peachyprice

Have you tried the doors to see if it's actually locked? If it's been dumped they're not likely to bother securing it.

SaLoGo

I have discovered it belongs to the brother of a neighbour 3 doors down. Who incidentally has a garage. I have been round and asked her to ask him to move it.

More I think about it the more furious I'm getting about the lack of courtesy when parking it. I don't care if he'd have parked it where I normally park, there's plenty of space to park... it's the fact that he's ignorantly parked across the two gates blocking the access.

I really would love to smash the window to pull the handbrake and move it, but I'm not about to get myself a criminal record! It really would be a pity if it was stolen whilst uninsured!

gilbert_and_sullivan

In the time its taken to post this, anyone else would have put a rope around something solid on the offending car (so no damage for mr couldn't give a toss where he leaves it to get het up about) and dragged it out the way with another car.

Strider590

SaLoGo wrote: »

They'd have prove who moved the car first!

Just for the record I have no intention of moving it and I don't know any burley men. Hopefully it will be gone tomorrow... if not I shall inform the council and take it from there

This kind of suggests that this now is the first time it's been parked there...............

SaLoGo

Strider590 wrote: »

This kind of suggests that this now is the first time it's been parked there...............

I'm guessing you mean not? Not now! Not sure how me hoping it would be gone suggests it's been parked there before? Not that it matters now as the owner finally made an appearance. Told me he'd not long since bought it and it had broken down. It's now been moved 4ft back so it's no longer across the gates... in my usual parking spot, but rather that than where it was. Pity he didn't move it yesterday before my brother had to help lift my bin over it!

gilbert_and_sullivan

Why am i not surprised that a car, newly bought by someone soft enough to leave/park/abandon it in that spot, has broken down.
Takes all sorts i spose.