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AIBU?

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To tell him to get his f****** Fiesta off my driveway

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Iwantmydrivewayformyself · 08/03/2018 10:41

I need some advice about neighbours teenage son who keeps parking his modified, noisy Ford Fiesta on my driveway, coming and going at all hours of the night and basically being a dick in general!

Me, 17 year old DD and DH all drive.
Me and DH have long ass Volvo’s, hence use the spare space on our four car drive for guests or reversing. DD is shit at parking and uses the spare space to get into and out of her space without damaging mine and DH’s cars

The space is also used for guests

Anyway, my neighbours each only have one car space. We are three houses off a long, bendy country road which is unlit, so you’d be a fool to park there

If you park anywhere else down our road (which is tiny) you block the way

We are lucky to have the end house, which has the most parking by far, however we also have the biggest house by far, others are only two beds so not as much parking (one car each)

We asked neighbours son to stop parking here, but he hasn’t. Three times now our guests have had nowhere to park

Aside from that, neighbours son is rude and noisy and wakes me up at three AM, so even further cause for me to say no, get the fuck off my drive

I knocked on his parents door and spoke with him, wasn’t rude, but just said please don’t park there. For a week he didn’t, then as of two days ago he’s back again

So AIBU to not let him park there?

And what should I do?

It’s all our land beyond the dotted line, neighbours have no right of access or right to go onto our driveway. We own all of it, this I am 100% sure of!

Thanks!

To tell him to get his f****** Fiesta off my driveway

OP posts:

MrsSquiggler · 08/03/2018 13:20

Don't clamp him - it's a criminal offence

www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q528.htm

Mandeln · 08/03/2018 13:21

I'd go for the clamping option. What a cheeky fucker he is! What are the parents like? Are they decent people or do they seem like entitled twats too?

AcrossthePond55 · 08/03/2018 13:22

If you're the 'last in' can you park your car crossways across the drive and block him?

I agree, speak to his parents first. It may be that they've questioned him and he's just said 'Oh, it's OK' and they assume you've given permission.

Before you invest a good deal of money in a fence/gate/bollards/poles and chains, do you or anyone you know have any sawhorses, large empty containers, or similar? If so you could rig up a temporary barrier cheaply with a couple of sawhorses/containers and some rope with a few brightly coloured rags tied at an interval. We see it a lot on construction sites when they've just paved the drive or need to block people out. I've seen people use their bins for this too when they've had their drives repaved. I admit it looks 'tacky' but it's only temporary and if a neighbour questioned it I'd simply say "Johnny from #4 keeps parking on our drive and we're trying to get him to stop".

Put it up for a couple of weeks to see if he 'gets the message' then take it down and see what happens. If he still parks there, then invest in something more permanent.

MrsJoshDun · 08/03/2018 13:25

If you unclamp him after an hour the police aren't going to give a shit. It's illegal to keep a car clamped and demand money but if OP doesn't do this I doubt anyone will care.

specialsubject · 08/03/2018 13:27

Four let down tyres?? Just let them down. ( not slash them!)

Also worth checking mot and tax status online as an aside. Annoying little pricks like this don't always think the rules apply to them!

MrsSquiggler · 08/03/2018 13:27

Blocking him in is also a criminal offence.

Under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (PFA 2012), it is now a criminal offence to clamp, tow, block-in or immobilise a vehicle without lawful authority on privately owned land.

The penalty is an unlimited fine in the Crown Court or up to £5,000 in a magistrates’ court.

Wonkydonkey44 · 08/03/2018 13:30

I go and speak to his parents if no joy I would block him in every single time he does it and not move

Nicknacky · 08/03/2018 13:31

Don’t start fucking about with his tyres, or windscreen as posters have suggested. It’s dangerous and solves nothing.

Honestly, I despair sometimes at the advice on here.

BulletWithABun · 08/03/2018 13:39

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Ebeneser · 08/03/2018 13:40

Maybe he doesn't quite understand that it is private property, especially If your drive just looks like a bit of random land and not a "proper" drive. Maybe speak to him again explaining you actually own it. Failing that, some creative parking, or makeshift bollards.
I once had an untaxed and uninsured car left over my drive making it really difficult for me to get on and off. I got my least favourite lipstick out and wrote "TAX ME" in big letters across the bonnet. It was moved within about 2 hours. Maybe write "PRIVATE DRIVE" or similar over his bonnet. It will be a bitch for him to clean off.

Luckyme2 · 08/03/2018 13:40

The only sensible option here is a chain, bollards or gate. It's annoying that that is going to incur cost for you but it's the only real solution.
Speak to parents - they know. They must do. They may well be telling him to park there as theres no where else near by be can par
Tampering with the car, windscreen tyres - hopefully said in jest by PPs as that's just dangerous (and potentially could get you in trouble yourself)
Clamping - Illegal
Shouting through the letter box everytime he wakes you - you still have to live there remember so it depends how awkward you want relationships with your neighbours to be....
A simple chain or installation of bollards may well pee them off but they can't say anything as it's your drive to do with as you wish.
Good luck!

LauraRashley · 08/03/2018 13:41

Would a local Parking Eye type company be interested? They’d put up a sign & you ring them when CF turns up. Then it’s down to him & whatever beefy parking attendants they send out, not your problem any more.

teaandtoast · 08/03/2018 13:41

@pinkcandy84 - aren't you effectively letting the neighbour establish a right of way (eventually)?

MadisonMontgomery · 08/03/2018 13:41

I would just be going round at 5am every morning and waking them all up to tell him to move his car. Pretty sure after several early morning wake up calls his parents will be making him park elsewhere - why should you have to fork out for bollards etc?

noenergy · 08/03/2018 13:53

Just park in such a way that he can't park in your drive. Stagger your cars so there is no space.

If not then just black him in or clamp him.

FlyingElbows · 08/03/2018 13:57

Just get a gate. It doesn't have to be fancy. A field gate will cost you less than bollards and cure your problem immediately if you also put a combination lock on it. Easy. This doesn't have to be an issue.

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 08/03/2018 14:02

Agree with ppl who said speak to parents. But don’t go in all guns blazing, they are your neighbours first and foremost and you have to live there afterwards.

If you think they are generally reasonable people say that you are sorry to bother them with this but could they have a word with their son as he is parking on your drive. You have previously spoken to him about it but he seems to have forgotten. In case he thinks the drive is shared, could they explain to him it is your private drive?

Depending on how this is received you can think about coming down a bit harder.

Rising bollards would be a great solution. See if you can get some that you can operate remotely just as he drives over them

GnotherGnu · 08/03/2018 14:03

Chain link may be the way to go, although I’m worried that may be seen as a bit too much of a ‘fuck off’ statement move!

Why? You've already asked him to fuck off, this just makes it clear that you mean it.

BewareOfDragons · 08/03/2018 14:07

Tell his parents.

Tell them you'll be pounding on their door at all hours from here on out each and every time his car wakes you up and plonks itself on your drive until it's removed. If you're going to be disturbed, so are they.

Pettynotvindictive · 08/03/2018 14:12

I'm confused.

He has been asked to stop parking there but doesn't care and carries on, he wakes everyone up with his noisy car and doesn't care.
Apart from the trespass, surely this crosses into harassment?

PyongyangKipperbang · 08/03/2018 14:14

Chain link may be the way to go, although I’m worried that may be seen as a bit too much of a ‘fuck off’ statement move!

More or less of a "Fuck Off" than him ignoring you and parking on your drive?

Nicknacky · 08/03/2018 14:15

It is not harassment. Let’s try keep some perspective.

JaneEyre70 · 08/03/2018 14:20

I'd also report the modifications to his exhaust..... Ford Fiesta's don't come out of the factory with booming exhausts.... they're mostly driven by teenagers and pensioners .

notapizzaeater · 08/03/2018 14:20

I'd def go and have a word with all of them, have you got a copy of the deeds to show it's your land (just in case they don't think it is)

Then if he persists I'd go with the air horn through the letterbox everytime

cdtaylornats · 08/03/2018 14:20

Casually mention to him insurance companies are terribly reluctant to pay out on cars damaged while illegally parked on private property

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