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Parking wars - on my own drive !

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AlphaBites · 26/07/2017 14:34

I know the rules, diagram is attached. 😉

I'm on half days this week and have just got home to find a car in my driveway. As we are a corner house we have two driveways, big enough for one car each. Parking is really tight around here and permit only too. Opposite us is 8 terraced houses with no allocated parking, so quite often they either park in their garages or in the handful or visitor bays opposite my place but in front of theirs. My front drive is VERY clearly my driveway.

Cheeky Fucker Neighbour (CFN) runs a business from home which involves a lot of clients coming and going from her house throughout the day (pet groomer) and he employs two people to help.

I came home today to find a car in my drive which was not DHs. So I park down the side (pink section) of the house on the road where neighbours park their cars. I go and knock on several doors to find out who it belongs too, turns out it's one of the employees who is staying for a little while longer (P/T). "But I'll only be another hour, so I'll move it then." I reply "No, move it now please as I have to unload my car." Person refuses and I end up leaving telling them to move it within 30 minutes.

That was an hour ago and when I knock on the door there is no answer.

My next door neighbour has just told me that this car is on either my front drive or rear drive each morning ! When he questioned them about it, apparently CFN has said it's OK for them to park there and they have cleared it with us. No they bloody haven't!

Thing is this went on last year but after words it sooner stopped but obviously they are doing it again.

I'm sat here glaring out my front window waiting for the fucker to move his car then we will have words. I would block it in, but the road is only wide enough for one car so would block the road.

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tomatopuree · 26/07/2017 23:36

@childmaintenanceserviceinquiry you can input the reg number on a website and it brings it all up to see.

Doesitgoto11 · 26/07/2017 23:37

@childmaintenanceserviceinquiry it's all on the MID

Doesitgoto11 · 26/07/2017 23:38

D'oh! You and me @tomatopuree maybe it's love lol!!! Grin

childmaintenanceserviceinquiry · 26/07/2017 23:38

Thank you! Didnt know that! I pay my own and havent had a need to look up others!

gallicgirl · 26/07/2017 23:39

I reckon the employee will be hoping to move the car after OP has gone to work tomorrow.

For the record, business rates would probably only be applicable when there is a separate part of the building used solely for business purposes. Even then, chances are the CFN will get full small business rate relief so not worth the effort of reporting.

CuppaTeaAndAJammieDodger · 26/07/2017 23:41

The cheek of some people astounds me - up until I started reading MN I had no idea that such people existed!

Windbeneathmybingowings · 26/07/2017 23:42

Damn. I caught an Audi out on that the other week for parking on the school grids. It's very satisfying. Well I suppose you just have to wait and see now. Or start building that wall!

nocoolnamesleft · 26/07/2017 23:47

Are you getting up at 4 am, then? You could take out a deck chair, blanket, and flask.

Flowersandfootballs · 26/07/2017 23:49

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youarenotkiddingme · 27/07/2017 00:06

I think a glass bottle tucked behind front wheels should suffice.

Some people really are entitled fuckers but to be honest is it any wonder when there is no law to prevent it?

Monkeyinshoes · 27/07/2017 00:09

Oh so the battery is flat! So lucky CFN had a perfectly working car to take CFNE home in!

A perfectly working car that could have jump started the flat one.

JustDontGetItAtAll · 27/07/2017 00:15

OP I didn't follow your update about the other neighbour's and 4am? Please can you explain again what other neighbour's is doing and what is happening at 4am? X

scootinFun · 27/07/2017 00:17

Neighbour parking across her drive to prevent cn client removing car

SchadenfreudePersonified · 27/07/2017 00:23

A perfectly working car that could have jump started the flat one.

Why did none of us notice that Monkey? You're right!

JustDontGetItAtAll · 27/07/2017 00:27

Oh haha thanks Scootin!

Sorry if I sound daft, I'm not quite awake, but what makes the OP say the suspect car will be gone by 4am? X

Birdshitbridgegotme · 27/07/2017 00:29

I can't believe the cheek of some people!

blacksax · 27/07/2017 00:31

JustDont not the suspect car, the nice neighbour's car, currently parked and blocking it in. NN goes to work at 4.

FlowerSour · 27/07/2017 00:41

Get some kind of metal chain link that has to be undone to get onto your driveway.

"PRIVATE PROPERTY- ALL TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED. INCLUDING CFN WORKERS. ESPECIALLY CFN WORKERS." Sign

Block them in.

Dog turd or nappy under wheel.

Spill non damaging substance on car.

Get a dog to pee up car.

Smear greasy hand prints on the window.

Lipstick on the front window.

The possibilities are endless. Grin

KeepServingTheDrinks · 27/07/2017 00:42

Wow!

Totally unbelievable.

Although I think OP's DH might (like the rest of us) have the teeniest crush on a certain evilkitten

Please update us tomorrow.

Jux · 27/07/2017 00:58

Stick your finger on CFN's doorbell and keep it there until they go and get employee and push the car out. They can start it with jump leads if it's really a flat battery.

Get bollards, remote controlled ones willi inconvenice you least. Then stick a bill for them through CFN's door.

jinglejanglejobs · 27/07/2017 01:13

Marking to keep track of this one!

Shadow666 · 27/07/2017 01:20

Glad your DP's reasonable side has gone. Your neighbour's parking problems are not your problem. She should have thought of that before she started her business.

pineapple11 · 27/07/2017 01:40

How rude, I can't believe the nerve of some people! Don't let them get away with it! I think a layer of something that is a nightmare to clean like nice sticky jam followed by a heavy wrapping of cling film would be a good start.

studybug · 27/07/2017 01:42

Or some nice smelly fish stuffed into any gaps to ensure it's sealed up tight.

Bloke1976 · 27/07/2017 01:47

Maybe an anonymous phonecall to HMRC re: neighbours business and their tax affairs. It may trigger an inconvenient request to see their books and tax returns.. you never know.. it might shut their business. Grin

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