BaldyMan

Have been in dispute with a neighbour about the way he has been parking his council van. He has a double drive - parks his car on the road - parks his council van accross the road.

Has been pissin about for months now till he decided to park it where i usually park mine. To cut a long story short he has scratched my car in numerous places - cause he has been parkin like a tool.

Have rang the council - because i did not witness him do it - they say that they are not prepared to do anything. However i have taken pictures of the way he was parked and contacted the police.

They say that from the pictures it is obvious that he has done the damage - however do not want to get involved.

What do i do next ???????

Any one got any advice - similar situation.

Cheers, BaldyMan

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iTrader: (1)

I had a similar problem with a chap across the road froom me, no damage ever occured, but the idiot just made life awkward for me when trying to get into my driveway.

Until his double glazing van was discovered by the vehicle licensing people!

Are his vehicles licensed correctly?

Brendan Hughes

You wanna email astraboy...

bits'n'pieces

send the boys round....or I know some boys from MArsh Farm who free lance !

BaldyMan

Hey don't joke about that - the way i feel i'll do him myself - at least i'll get some satisfaction

fast bloke

ask him for his insurance details as you want to make a claim for the damage he caused. If he refuses report him to the police and the council for refusing to provide these details after a collision. The police can't/wont do much without a third party witness or more proof, but you might make him think about what he is doing

CraigRA

Had problems with the parking like you, legaly he can park where he likes provided the vehicle is taxed etc, but if it's in an area of shared access that has a public right of way e.g. a shared drive that isnt private you will have to take a private injunction out agaist the person, the more pissed off people who complain the better.

The damage is hard to prove without a witness, but you could always ask a friend who saw him hit your vehicle, as he pulled away while your visitor was parking......... if you get what I mean.
If you have protected no claims you could always consult your insurance company.

Or consult a lawyer check the damage on your vehicle matches marks on his vehicle and get them to take it up on behalf of you with his employers and the police, a friend of mine just had a result taking this route.

My wife had a friend with a similar problem so she parked her car where it could be seen clearly from a window and left her video camera running until she had several damming video clips and took it up with her insurance.

Elvis Presley

I assume you've spoken to the guy about this.

If he doesn't want to know then the only thing you can do is to speak to a solicitor I guess.

MrDBM

might be a sad suggestion but here goes...

you'll probably get nowhere with anything aside from actual proof, how about waiting for him to make the same mistake again (painfull i know) but be ready with a video camera?

this way you call tell him, the police, the council - anybody who will listen really. (local press evn?) If you haven't got a video camera then get one of those micro security camera's from B&Q, these hook up to your VCR so you can record all day and all night. Hassle I know, but there is little if anything that beats video evidence these days.