stevenuk300

Basal lobe,
It has nothing to do with how much money I have/earn or how much my house is worth, it's about respect for other people. The house wasn't cheap (£250k), so maybe he is jealous as well. Across from us are 2/3 beds terraced. He has a Pug 306 worth about £3000 tops, and his partner drives a rusty old fiesta. He sees a young couple (25 yrs old) owning a 4 bed detached, and having 2 very nice new cars (UK300 and A3 1.8T Quattro) and is maybe feeling a bit jealous.
There is no need to park outside our house when he has the room outside his own. I'm not going to park outside my nextdoor neighbours house to disrupt where they park their cars. No one else in the street has a problem where they park their cars, so why does he???
On the side of the road where we live was all new houses. His house has been there for a couple of years I guess, so there was no problem before with parking opposite his own house.
We have just spent the weekend looking at houses, and have a couple of viewings tonight, but we shouldn't have to have an argument every time we want to park our car.

scoob_babe

Just remember how much moving house costs for what is really a trivial thing. When you come to exchanging contracts you are legally obliged to reveal any disputes with neighbours and a few recent cases on the news has highlighted this. The neighbour sounds a bit of a prat but can't you use the drive and garage. He has just as many rights to park there as you do unfortunately as it isn't your property and your being very snobby about his car - I remember you having a pug before the scoob.

ProperCharlie

I don't really get this. If I tried to complain every time someone parked outside my house I'd end up speaking to half of east london. As I have a job, I am usually away from the house all day. Hence it is hardly surprising that other people park in the space that I have left, be it outside my own house or wherever I managed to park the previosu evening. I can see that it would be nice to have your own little space to go back to every night, but in the words of the legendary Billy Brag - This is Reality so gimmie some room (I don't care where as long as I manage to park in the right street.

CarpetCleaner

you say this is a new 4 bed house....is this a new development, if so then it's likely that the council do not own the road, they normally take a while to adopt the roads

The building company will own the roads and you can complain to them.....there may even be a restriction regards parking

basal_lobe

steve Uk I'm happy you have the stuff in life that makes you happy, cars house etc.

the fact remains you don't own the road, until you do anyone can park anywhere they like. In fact if I decided to park a taxed vehicle outside your house then p1ss off for 6 months there would be sod all you can do about it. That is a fact and no amount of bitching on this BBS is going to change that.Maybe you should concetrate on enjoying the trappings of your success rather than worrying about who parks where?

CarpetCleaner

Markus555

Brick through the window I think....but be careful the glass is harder than you might expect.....you really need to give it a fairly hard wack...and no I aint a car thief

yoza

Just punch his feckin lights out........

Ensure he doesnt know its you,or itll get messy,it wont get you anywhere but I assure you itll make you feel better.

Cheeky ****,hate people like that,its OK for him but not for you.

I once had this problem when I lived with my Mum,used to do my head in.

scoob_babe

I'd like to see that!!!

stevenuk300

Scoob Babe, Long time no see. What happened to the Scoob?? I'm not being snobby about the cars, I still have my XSI, but could he be parking there because he is jealous???
It's not the fact that it's outside my house, it's the fact that he chooses to park there instead of outside his own house. When I parked outside his house, i'd only just got out of the car before he came running out to tell me to move. As a one of I don't mind, but every night is another thing.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Oder a skip and place it outside his house for a week or two and say you can't put it outside your house as some 4rseh0le has parked their car there!

Mr Gee

WE had a neighbour who was a tree surgeon and he would constantly park his big tipper outside my house every night. (Just before I would get home and find no parking space). When I confronted him about it, he would just go off on one and get really abusive.
I let it all cool down for about a month, then one evening, I set fire to his cargo (dead trees). I think he got the message and realised that I was just as phsyco (if not more) than he was.
He's not parked there since, and we have actually become quite good friends. We get invited over for Bar-B-Q's and drinks all the time.

Scooby Dee

I think by law you can't leave a skip on a public road overnight (I could be wrong).

I would be tempted to buy a really crap heap of a car (full of rust, crap colour etc) and park that outside the guys house.

hail-hail

Can't you just use the tried and tested "Joey from Bread" technique

Dave P

Touch wood we have been lucky with our neighbours, but I have to say I favour the get him out for a beer lark. The law on reporting neighbourhood disputes is definitely one you don't want to get involved in as it may devalue your house or worse make it impossible to sell. If it annoys you that much try planting some sort of screen outside the front of the house. So long as you keep it trimmed it should be high enough to hide the car but not cut out your light.

Dave

JamesG

Lets get this straight. Chap parks his car outside your house as and when he feels like it, and when you politely ask him to use the space outside his own house, he tells you that he can park it where he likes. You park your car outside his house once and he comes straight out and tells you to move it. WHAT????? No inviting him for a beer, or spending your own dough hiring a skip or buying a banger. Forget polite, tell him to bugger off. Is it one rule for him and one for everyone else? Not worth losing sleep or moving over a pratt like this.

stiscooby

If he is parking outside your house because he has no room outside his then that’s fair enough as that’s life, first come first serve.

But if he has enough space outside his own house but still parking outside yours then he is just being a pain in the ar$e!! and there is no need to be like that.........so you should either:

1) As said before get the biggest piece of sh!te you can find and soon as you see his car outside your house go park your "nice" car outside his house (providing he has left space outside his). If he comes out moaning, say you had to park there because you have no room outside your own and that’s the closest place then leave it there for few weeks!

2) You could also go out late one night (when dark) and wedge a nice nail under his tyre. Soon as he pulls away the nail will pierce his tyre, keep this up and he will soon stop parking there my mate’s dad done this once as he lives outside a golf course and people kept parking cars outside his, they soon stopped after that

Think moving is a bit drastic though!

mike_s14

this is a good one a mate of mine did, his neighbours dog kept sh1tting in his front garden and after telling the owner about it on a few times nothing changed so he got his motorcross bike and spun a massive donut on his nice lawn

probably didnt help the situation but he felt better

scoob_babe

Steven - I honestly think she is getting a bit overly miffed with the guy although he does appear to have a bit of a problem especially if he does come running out as soon as you are forced to park there but moving isn't gonna help. You'll always get dicks around. We have the opposite- the council want to put huge parking restrictions in our road and make us pay for the pleasure of having friends round!
PS scoob was written off - surprised you didn't hear about it from Jules really! Integra type R is being delivered on Tuesday

Dicke C

Got this info from the CAB web site. Not my own opinion, but maybe worth a go.

Parking space

Unless there are local parking restrictions giving a right to a particular space, residents do not have automatic rights to a parking space on a public road. However, they do have a right of access to their drive. If there is a shared drive, then each person has a right of access and neither should block the drive. The local authority and the police have wide powers to remove vehicles that are illegally parked, causing an obstruction on the highway or which are abandoned.


How to deal with a neighbour dispute

Approach the neighbour

A complaint should first be made to the neighbour. If it seems that one or both parties will be unable to keep their temper during such a meeting, it may be advisable to write.


Sometimes a neighbour may be made to see that their behaviour is anti-social if representations come from a group of neighbours.


If an initial approach to the neighbour has failed, there may be local mediators who are able to help. Mediation UK will be able to give information about mediators in the area. Mediation UK can be contacted at:-

Alexander House
Telephone Avenue
Bristol BS1 4BS
Tel: 0117 904 6661
Fax: 0117 904 3331

stevenuk300

I must admit, the nail approach had entered my head, but knowing my luck I would get caught. Also thought about paying some kids off to do it, but i would feel too guilty afterwards. I don't think the beer approach will work. Got back last night just as he did. I beat him to the space outside our house and he used his drive. Both got out at the same time, and I acknowledged him with an "Alright" and nod of the head, he gave me a filthy look and a kind of grunt, and walked off.
The other neighbours all agree that he he is being a prat. His partner parked her car outside our nextdoor neighbours house last night, so I'm going to have a chat with him about blocking them in next time.
I know it is extreme to move house just because of that, but unless we are going to be happy living there, there is no point in staying. I don't want my g/f having to walk down the street at night just because she can't park outside our house. It is not a dodgy area, but you just never know what can happen at anytime.
Scoob Babe,
Jules said that the Scoob was a write off but just found out from Goosey today how. Hope you enjoy the integra. Is it one of the new imports?