Parking issue

[thirdwheel]

I need mumsnets collective wisdom. Neighbour has parked with all four wheels on the pavement inches from my front gate. We had to climb over the garden fence to get into the house. What would you do? Because at the minute there is all sorts going through my head.

Background info: we live on a road with houses only on one side of the street, on the other side there are visitor bays for the allotments but they are all used by residents. Each house only has a driveway for one car. I'm not precious about parking directly outside my house. I routinely have cars from other properties outside my house. I have parked in the parking space opposite the house 2 doors down. Owner has taken great offence to this and parked as he did, despite other "visitor bays" still being empty.

I knocked on his door and he opened it with a fuck off. I asked nicely to move and he was shouting and swearing about me parking opposite his house.

We are a new build. 5 years old but still not adopted by the council, so managed by the house builder.

I'd would go round and confront them face to face if it ever happened again. People like that rely on you being timid and fearful
They know exactly what they've done
No way would my family be put at risk because of them

@DameOctaviaOstrich op did go round. It’s in the op.

Proper hard man isn’t he. It would be a real shame if you scratched his car as you tried to access your property.
But seriously, emergency services would be unable to get access in the event of an emergency.

If his wife is on mumsnet, this message is for her:

LTB

@NumberTheory

The trouble with reporting this to the police, if your estate isn't adopted yet, is that it's private land. So many traffic laws won't apply. Telling the police about it in case of escalation by him isn't a bad idea, but if he does it again, I'm not sure there's much the police can do about making him move it.

I would talk to the management company and see what enforcement options they have.

Many traffic laws do apply to private land, particularly when it's a road like this that is available for the public to use.

If a road is not gated off to the public it's effectively seen as being the same as a public road. That's why you can be done for drink driving in a private car park.

I would leave it. He obviously realised he was being a twat and took things too far.

If he does something like this again, call the police right away. But there's no point in escalating things at the moment.

Police non emergency line.

He’s a bully and they don’t stop if you don’t stand up to them.

@GreenFingersWouldBeHandy

Forget the non-emergency number. Call 999 and report him for suspected drunk driving. Who the hell parks like that?

Please don't. It's not what 999 is for and the service is really stretched. Even if he opened his door blind drunk the police couldn't book him for drunk driving.

My car was fine. He was already out and getting ready to move his car into the space I left behind when I went to work. They are pathetic.

You were able to climb your fence. What if he did this to a neighbor that couldn’t do that? I certainly wouldn’t have had that option. I would have been stuck outside my own home if a neighbor did this to me. Thankfully with cell phones I would at least have access to a phone to call the police while stuck outside on the pavement. At least the cold isn’t a problem for me. Reporting this kind of anti-social behavior can help your more vulnerable neighbors.

He has a tiny dick and is four foot nothing I bet.

100% this report anyway

It's crazy aggressive and he will escalate.
Def involve police

I agree with this and can't believe your DH is hesitant to report. This is bullying and intimidation. Soon you will find your tyres let down or worse. You must set a marker down with the police so he won't dare do anything else - and get CCTV.

@OrganisedChaos22

Park right up against his driver door. So he can't get In. When he knocks greet him with fuck off.

Great idea.