I caught my neighbour once snooping around my back garden in my absence via my front door camera. There was no reason for him to be there, but clearly just wanted to look at something in my property. When I saw him a couple of weeks later, I asked him politely to just let me know next time he wanted to go into my property. He became very defensive and the next time I saw him ( to offer apples from my garden as I did to all my surrounding neighbours) he was defiant and rude.
most recently, I found one of his guests substantially blocked my drive, despite there being abundant spaces in the immediate vicinity . I asked him if he could please move it as I had to get my car out and he was about to do so, when my neighbour came out and insisted that his guest would move it later after he comes inside for a few minutes. I explained that I had to go to the airport and really needed to leave but my neighbour kept insisting that his guest should ignore me and come in the house. Although the friend was clearly abashed and did not linger before coming back to move his car, I felt quite bullied and unsure what I should do in this situation. I shouldn’t have to justify why I need access to my own drive but having done so, I really don’t expect to be told that they will only move vehicles at their own convenience. How would you deal with this situation? I don’t want to have animosity with my neighbour but I feel that he’s deliberately looking for trouble. I also feel sure he wouldn’t behave this way if I were male…