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Original poster

Neighbour constantly blocking my driveway

78 replies

Throwthevodks · 09/05/2022 14:34

He continues to park his work van over the front of my drive way over a dropped curb.

Ive asked him politely just 2 days ago to please stop doing this and he said he would and now he’s gone and done it again.

I feel like crying.

OP posts:
BruceAndNosh · 09/05/2022 14:35

Ask him to move it.
Every.
Single.
Time.

Cheesechips · 09/05/2022 14:36

Ask him to move it each time he does it. Call the police if he persists.

Capri3 · 09/05/2022 14:36

Park over his driveway so he can see how annoying it is.

Botherfreedays · 09/05/2022 14:37

Ask him to move it - knock on his door late at night/early morning to do this.

debwong · 09/05/2022 14:38

Diagram!

OnTheBenchOfDoom · 09/05/2022 14:38

Be seen by him taking photos of him parking like that. Might make him wonder what you are doing with the pics. Plus it is evidence for you if needed. But ask him to move it every single time you see it over your drive. Not when you need to get out, but because you need access to the highway at all times.

PrettyMaybug · 09/05/2022 14:41

What he is doing is illegal. Report him the council - take photos of him blocking you in first for proof - and report him.

PrettyMaybug · 09/05/2022 14:44

You can call 101 too (police) but they do advise you contact the local authority first... Frankly, if someone constantly stopped me from getting out of my own drive, I would call the police.

www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/nuisance-parking/

Original poster
Throwthevodks · 09/05/2022 14:54

Capri3 · 09/05/2022 14:36

Park over his driveway so he can see how annoying it is.

He doesn’t have a driveway, his has a wall at the front of his house - and I don’t. I park on my driveway and so he parks across what would be his drive and mine.

I’ve just gone round and almost cried with frustration. His excuse “it’s a long van”

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KangarooKenny · 09/05/2022 14:55

He’s just a knob.

FGSWhatNow · 09/05/2022 14:57

"It's a long van"
"If you can't manage something that size then maybe you ought to get a smaller one that you're able to park."

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 09/05/2022 14:58

It's a long van? Oh, he's card, isn't he?

As others have said, take pictures, let him know you will continually ask him to move it as you need to use it. Be prepared to report to whomever will listen. His van being too long for that space is not your problem to solve, it is his!

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 09/05/2022 14:59

KangarooKenny · 09/05/2022 14:55

He’s just a knob.

And maybe not a very long one at that Grin

LookItsMeAgain · 09/05/2022 15:08

Is it a work van (as in one provided by his employer that has the company logo all over it)? There might be a vehicle reference number sticker like those "How am I driving?" stickers that used to be around a few years ago.
Contact the local branch/outlet of said employer and report that you'd really like to give some feedback on the driver of van XYZ. Then report it to them about how poorly their driver parks their work vehicle.

Just a suggestion.

Original poster
Throwthevodks · 09/05/2022 15:13

I’m sorry but he bought a semidetached house from the 1880s in a narrow road with no driveway and drives a van, I shouldn’t have to suffer the consequences of his poor choices.

I purposely only looked at houses with driveways as I didn’t want parking issues and then I get landed with this.

I’d love to say he’s not going to do it again but I’m 90% sure he will. I did say to him it keeps happening and I’m fed up of it. It’s hard because you don’t want enemies as neighbours but I’m tired of being polite when someone knows their being a dick.

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AllThingsServeTheBeam · 09/05/2022 15:15

Has he moved it?

Does he park with wheels on the verge? I'd get big bolders to put there if so

NormalForNuneaton · 09/05/2022 15:20

I would make a point of knocking on his door early morning, late night and throughout the day asking him to move it so you can leave/return to your driveway.

When you're out, get your partner/sister/mum/friend to do the same.

He'll soon get fed up

(but yes, also do the more sensible things that people have mentioned)

crowsfeet57 · 09/05/2022 15:25

It drives me insane when people park across my drive. If it happens in the daytime I sit in my car with my hand on the horn for as long as it takes. Usually about 10 minutes. It hasn't made me very popular but I bought a house with a drive so I could use it.

BruceAndNosh · 09/05/2022 16:11

"It's a long van"

It's YOUR long van and MY drive

Tessasanderson · 09/05/2022 16:24

Start parking half way over your drive and half the car taking up more kerb space which will stop him being able to park at all.

We had something similar when we moved house but we were the problem. My boy used to park in front of our lawn but his car did admittedly creep right to the edge of the adjacent parking spots for other houses. I used to lecture him every day until i got sick and asked his mum to park her smaller car there to ensure it wasnt an issue. Eventually i paid over £1k to put extra parking in so we didnt inconvenience the neighbors. Makes me much happier

HeckyPeck · 09/05/2022 16:32

Can you park your car across your driveway instead?

He's being a dick.

custardbear · 09/05/2022 16:34

What an arse! Does he park over his own drive?

Original poster
Throwthevodks · 09/05/2022 16:46

Well he moved it up as little as he could get away with but now it’s completely gone.

He does park across the front of his house too - basically our front doors are at the side of the house and my front garden is a driveway (majority of the houses on the street are set up like that and it’s small so there’s only room for one car) but his is just an overgrown garden with a wall around it and no dropped curb.

if I wanted to be a dick then I could use his space for parking as it’s just the road and I work from home so I’m in throughout the week whereas he’s out. If he does it again then I might start doing that.

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CoralBells · 09/05/2022 16:50

One option when people park across your drive is to park across your own drive. You shouldn't have to obviously!

Indicatrice · 09/05/2022 16:52

CoralBells · 09/05/2022 16:50

One option when people park across your drive is to park across your own drive. You shouldn't have to obviously!

Yes, do this.