Nightmare Neighbours - What are our rights?

markin2

Can you see where the old posts where? Setting them at 3ft from the end of the spot should be ok, If not they should be banned from driving.

wesleyad

It would be annoying for the BF if he kept finding people had scratched his car by mistake when trying to get in and out.

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wesleyad wrote: »

It would be annoying for the BF if he kept finding people had scratched his car by mistake when trying to get in and out.

Imagine if a nail got stuck in his tyre. :whistle:

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OP, unless you are in Scotland your neighbour's landlord has no obligation to do anything about their antisocial tenant. Your landlord isn't obligated to do anything either not that he can do much about the noise, your parking space maybe if he decides to get his landlord, the freeholder, involved so you might start to cheese him off by constantly complaining about your neighbour. To deal with the noise you'll need to start getting the council involved.

Comms69

markin2 wrote: »

Can you see where the old posts where? Setting them at 3ft from the end of the spot should be ok, If not they should be banned from driving.

I literally don't see how a 6" post could ever cause any issues anyway, what would they do if a car was parked there?!

rach_k

Can you put something blocking him in whenever he parks in the wrong space? Doesn't have to be big or heavy, just a collection of plant pots or several bins - enough that he wouldn't want to drive into/over it and a pain to have to move every time he wants to remove his car.

Or, how about agreeing with your neighbours that one of you will go out each day (at a time he's not normally around) and put all of the wheely bins in their owner's spaces? After a while, he may get used to not being able to park and stop even trying.

republicofheaven

Comms69 wrote: »

A landlord can never end a tenancy...

They can evict on grounds of antisocial behaviour.

republicofheaven

chunkytfg wrote: »

Where does the BF park if he gets there and all the neighbours are in with cars in their respective spaces?

Also if temp permits for the road are free is there a restriction on how many you can get? If not why not just order a bundle and post them through the letter box?

There's never been an instance that he's visited where the car park has been full, unfortunately - people are either out or at work, so he'll just take their space. There's a limit to two books of visitor permits per year for free, after that they're £20 each.

republicofheaven

NeilCr wrote: »

Yes

A selfish parker is a real pain in the butt. We had one who regularly parked on the turn into our car park. This meant the bin lorries couldn't get in with all the problems that created. He didn't give a monkeys

Can we just clarify OP that your landlord's lease/your AST does say that that is your/your landlord's space. Just having a number on it doesn't mean that it is legally the landlords

Is there a property manager/freeholder that you know about who could apply pressure on the miscreants landlord?

The car park belongs to owner of the building, who also happens to be the landlord of the basement flat. I got chatting with him when he was conducting viewings of the basement flat the last time it was to let and he said he manages the car park, so if ever any of the other tenants become a nuisance with regards to the car park to leave notes where necessary, or contact our landlord who would take action.

TBagpuss

princeofpounds wrote: »

, you could block him in so he has to to be asked to let out (technically illegal...)

Out of interests, do you have a source for it being illegal?

I ask because the only info I have been able to find was about blocking people in if they park on your driveway, and the explanations seem to be that this may be illegal as you may be either parking over a dropped kerb or obstructing the highway, as you would be parking on the street in order to block them into your driveway.

On wholly private land I am not sure it would be illegal, since you presumably wouldn't be obstructing the highway - but I may very easily be wrong!

(I also wonder if it would make a difference if your primary motivation was parking your car, and blocking his was incidental.)