More Parking Fun.. With photos.

[WindInThePussyWillows]

Here we go again. Had a few issues with neighbours (2 previous posts) starting during my twin pregnancy when I parked legally outside their house, then when their son dumped an untaxed vehicle outside our house.. Bla bla

Just went to take babies to a hospital appointment and they've parked OVER my driveway. Not answering their door even though they are all home. Fuck off.

WIBU to pour paint stripper over it
(Joking!)

My car is the white one, and the space to the right is also my driveway.
Their cars are the grey one which is parked on the road space (hanging way over the dropped kerb) and the 4x4.

I'm already parked as far over as I can (DH car normally parked on other space) without ruining my grass.

Fuckers.

[DarkBlueEyes]

Parking like that is an act of aggression (and fuckwittery). I'd be calling the council (to get them ticketed) AND the police. With photos of the car and close ups of the number plate. AND I would be ringing their doorbell and shouting about what I had done. Poor you. I hope you can get it sorted.

[confuugled1]

Was going to say google SORN for off road cars without tax but then realised that it would be on a road and the SORN is only any good for cars that are off road (but might be still useful if your car stays in its garage!).

Can't believe that people can be so petty and outrageous about this - that's your neighbours obviously, not you! And not your other neighbour - glad to hear that they also sound nice.

Hope you get the babies to their hospital appointment and they're OK!

[Champagneformyrealfriends]

Phone non emergency, give them the reg and make and tell them that someone driving that car tried to sell you drugs-they'll get pulled over all the time only half joking.

[Mildperil]

Some people are bastardly territorial over parking. We had an ex neighbour (we've since moved) like that. He insisted on parking in a particular spot, which he later claimed was allocated parking (it wasn't, it was public highway). He took against us so much that he would damage our car if it was so much as parked on the same side of the road as his. He keyed every panel on our car and chucked paint stripper on it (luckily a neighbour spotted it and we washed it off before it could do much damage). He also shouted at my parents for parking near our house (they are both disabled and have blue badges).

I reported to the council and the police. They did fuck all. The problem is when you're living next door to them and are justifiably scared of the retribution doled out on your property (he did other things to our garden) you really want to feel that you are supported before you escalate things. We never felt that from the police or the council.

[Champagneformyrealfriends]

mildperil WTF?!? That's horrendous-what is wrong with some people?!

[mildperil]

you could phone parking enforcement (usually at the council) to see if they can come over and give him a ticket.

[loobyloo1234]

OP - have you run their reg through the free car tax check? To make sure they have MOT and tax on their vehicles? It would be very unfortunate for them if they weren't - and you just happened to grass them up anonymously

[IhatchedaSnorlax]

That is shocking Op, I'd be raging. Hope you got to your appointment ok.

[Mycatsabastard]

What a bunch of utter wankers.

Definitely call the police.

FWIW we live in a cul-de-sac which has limited parking. There are some garages up the top but no-one actually uses them for vehicles, just park in front of them. Mostly trailers with boats or cars which are SORN. You can only park on one side of the street and only 3 properties have off road parking. We have three vehicles, the couple over the road have 6 and the ones down the end have 5. It's pretty chaotic but there is never any grief! We all park considerately, park around the corner if there's no room, don't get arsey over people being in front of other's houses.

[BeMorePanda]

Wankers!

You'd probably only have to only crash into them once - just saying.

You need to leave, they are illegally parked, at home and not answering the door - I doubt you could be held responsible (not legal opinion) for just driving out. I'd be really tempted to see how far you can push their car out of your driveway with your car before they move it.

Film it for later evidence.

[RedSauceAndJellyJuice]

Why don't you just ring the police OP ?

[BumpAndGrind]

Don't shunt them out the way!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1330189/Pensioner-caught-CCTV-using-car-shunt-vehicle-blocking-garage.html

Sorry, fail link

[MadisonAvenue]

What a twat! Hope that you managed to get to the appointment in time, and I hope that you either called the police or will be presenting them or the council with these photos.

We had parking problems with our fuckwit neighbour at our previous house. We unfortunately shared a drive with him and on occasions he'd allow visitors to park on the drive in between the double gates which were only just wide enough for a car, therefore making it impossible for us to even walk out of the gates. This always happened in an afternoon (he worked nights so often had daytime visitors) and was especially difficult when I needed to get out with my baby in his pram to collect my older son from nursery. Asking for a car to be moved was always met with abuse, and after a while we found that our house was being damaged whenever we were away overnight, usually pipe work further up the shared drive which was a distance away from the road and couldn't be seen from the footpath. Absolute bellend our neighbour was. Eggs were regularly thrown at our windows too, just the ones at the back of the house though which he could get to from the far end of the drive.

The police would go and have a gentle word, I think in a kind of 'your neighbours are being harassed, have you seen anything' way and things would calm down for a time before starting up again. There was verbal abuse and threats too which he'd admit to our faces and deny when confronted again in front of his wife (who was actually lovely).

Oh, and our brand new car was keyed one night while parked on our side of the drive under our front window, 15 yards from the footpath. No other cars were done, not even those parked on the path.

[CotswoldStrife]

If they won't answer the door (and I realise this was a few hours ago now) ring the police from your mobile while standing outside their front door.

[SoupDragon]

I think I am on the side of that pensioner!

[CalmItKermitt]

Shameless place mark. Call the fuzz op. I'd be raging!! 😡

[BadgersBum]

This is the game my neighbour randomly started playing with me (his is the black Suzuki). Oddly enough he's quit it since my husband managed to get home, park in the same style at the other side of him and wave to them through the window as we walked off up the street, deliberately not returning for a good few hours!

[KitKat1985]

Wow. Some people really are inconsiderate twats aren't they?!

[MeridianB]

Oh OP, I have the rage on your behalf.

Totally agree with others who say take photos every single time and keep a note of any verbal abuse or ranting. If they have a drive, too, why do they consider the space on the road to be theirs and not yours? They sound like utter shits.

I'd probably ring council (who probably wont come very quickly) and 101 in this instance as it is so bad. Also think it's a good idea to keep your landlord up to speed.

Hang in there.

[WindInThePussyWillows]

Hello wonderful people.
Thank you for raging on my behalf.
Made it to appointment and now home.
Blue 4x4 is gone but other car still parked over the dropped kerb making it difficult for me to park properly on my drive, but not impossible.

Emailed the council highways and parking department and received this:

 
Thank you for your email and attached photographs. Unfortunately if a vehicle is not completely blocking a dropped kerb our  Enforcement Officers cannot enforce, I do appreciate the problems you are facing with the vehicle parking in this way but any Penalty Charge Notice issued for this reason would not valid.
 
Regards
 
I then phoned them and asked if they could extend the dropped kerb as its not really a long enough space for anyone to park there and not hang over the dropped kerb, they said I could apply for planning permission to do so and would need to find and pay for a council approved contractor to carry out the job, if planning is not objected.

Fuck offffffff

[MoonfaceAndSilky]

I think I am on the side of that pensioner!
Absolutely. Who would think it ok to park in front of someone else's garage? And yet they get away with it and it is the old man who gets punished, the world has gone mad

[MoonfaceAndSilky]

Unfortunately if a vehicle is not completely blocking a dropped kerb our Enforcement Officers cannot enforce

Bloody useless, absolutely bloody useless.

[ChameleonCircuit]

That response would make me even more determined to get the spare car parked in that space on a permanent basis. To call your neighbours twats is an insult to the twats of this world.

I hope the babies' hospital appointment went well.

[WindInThePussyWillows]

Oooo yes thank you all for well wishes for the babies, just a routine scan