Blocking neighbour's car with bins

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I know I'm being petty and passive aggressive but am I being that U?
I live in a row of 6 flats and we have a small car park in front of homes just for us as all spaces are numbered. The neighbour who lives in the house opposite has her own drive yet she still takes it upon herself to park in our car park, and not even in an actual space, just a very awkward position so she is next to her drive but not on it. Over the two years we have all been here (new build so all moved in similar times) myself and at least 2 other neighbours have asked her nicely if she cannot park there as it's awkward for many of us getting in and out. She stopped for quite a few months, but last night my mum popped round to drop some bits off and couldn't stay as she said she can't park without hitting neighbours car, I've not had chance to see neighbour today but tonight when I was putting bins out for our 6 flats, she was parked there again. By now I was feeling rather angry, and quite petty so I barricaded her car in with all the bins and recycle boxes; was that really pathetic of me because now I've thought about it I'm feeling it was perhaps too far, but I can't be arsed going back out to move them so I guess I'd like someone to tell me I should leave them where they are to make me feel better

Makes sense with diagram. OMG, your neighbour is a cow. I suggest you & everyone else just park all over her drive?

If she's genuinely blocking the spaces then yanbu. If it's a bit tighter to get in/out than ppl can be arsed with then yabu.

Placemarking!

Good diagram OP

I love the bins idea. Can't wait to hear what we response is. She I said being really selfish. She has a big long drive there buyback instead she goes into private property that you have paid for! Cheeky sod.

The royal blue is her drive, it can comfortably get two cars on with one behind the other.
If she doesn't get the message from the bins then I will definitely be coming up with new ideas, you lot have spurred me on , and here I was just a short while ago feeling silly and petty for my actions haha.

Blocked in by bins or blocked in by husband. I know which one's easier to shift

How rude! Fancy thinking it was ok to prevent several people from parking or to block them in.

You're more forgiving than I am, I would have had her towed or clamped ages ago.

Or just clingfilm it ;)

Like the idea of using well trained spiders for the purpose of parking wars though DJBaggy

Is it just me that can't see a diagram?

Could you have her in a fight?

Oh ignore me, I missed a page

Is it true it's not illegal to block a drive if there's no car, van, etc in it? I know it's been claimed on here before.

If that's the case then the drivers that can't get in, or your mum should pull straight across her drive. If he gets blocked in a few times, he might find its not such a bother having her car in her own drive, after all.

Is her car the one in front of car space 1 I think she is trying to be awkward. Is she happy with life or does she enjoy stepping on people toes.

Sorry I meant blocked OUT not in.

Could you have her in a fight?

Bumsex - why should people do 20 manoeuvres to get out of their drive? For the OP, given there's no space on the right of her space, it means there's no room for her to manoeuvre if she can't reverse back far enough.

I suspect this is PA anti HA flats stuff she's doing. She looks down her nose at you basically.

Fucking caaaah!

I think you should declare neighbour war and henceforth:
Have a BBQ every time she puts her washing out
Have noisy parties
Put stuff in her bin (preferably the wrong stuff so it doesn't get emptied)
Sign her up for loads of junk mail

I hate my neighbours too

Thumb war?

I'd speak to the other neighbours, arrange a convenient day then arrange for a van (hire one!) to block her in for the day.

If I were normal though.... I'd write a letter explaining that it is inconsiderate and Not Neighbourly. Get everyone to sign it and post it through her door with a bag of flaming dog poo

It is a shame you don't have a car, I would block her drive each and every time😀

I once owned a a terraced house with a private carpark and parking issues due to local hospital. I barely knew my neighbour but we always had each other's back over the parking. Ah the heady days of blocking cars in!

I think you need to get tougher with the freeholders or their agents. Even if she isn't taking up other people's parking spaces, she's making it near-impossible for them to be used so it's just as bad. There's something floating about in my head about derogation from grant - ie. in effect the freeholders aren't depriving lessees of the benefit of what they're paying for by virtue of the fact that they refuse to enforce covenants in other leases. I would have thought there must be some wording in there that would translate into "Don't be a pain in the neck to other lessees and don't make it difficult for them to use the property they are leasing".

I luuuve your diagram OP ... it's like an impressionists artists pig drawing

JigglyTuff one of my other neighbour's has suggested that she has a problem with us being HA before because she gets all funny when their little boys play together, but seems to have no issues if he's playing with kids from other bought houses up the road.

Feel free to post whereabout in the country you are. I'm sure there are enough of us on MN that can pop round and "accidentally" inconvenience her AND her husband ...

Haha this thread is making me chuckle! I defo think you can block her in, why not, it isn't like you haven't asked her nicely already.

Looking forward to the update when she sees she is blocked in!

No-one should have to do 20 manoeuvres but I've seen people complain of being 'blocked in' when you could easily get a minibus out of the space.