In a nutshell:
I am feeling really upset about parking issues with my NDN's brother, who lives elsewhere.
He is deliberately parking partway across my driveway, making it difficult to get in or out.
My car is blue, NDN's is green and the brother's is red.
Full explanation:
All the houses are owned by a housing association. The ones at the top of the picture have parking behind them. Not all houses have cars, but those that do like to park behind their houses.
The houses at the bottom have driveways.
Housing association have been wishy washy saying residents can park anywhere in the car park. Technically it is resident only parking, but unenforced for years.
NDN have many visitors and sometimes park at the spaces at the backs of houses. The brother parks directly behind his sisters car. At one point I put my bin out to discourage people from blocking my drive.
This seems to have had the opposite effect on him.
I've had to text/call/knock my NDN a few times to ask him to move. I've never spoken to him.
Yesterday I saw him pull up so I went outside politely said "please don't block my car in". He immediately became angry, and said he would only be 5 minutes, asked if I was going out or not, then said he always sees my watching him park from my window, and he wasn't moving and I could call police if I wanted. I said there was no need to involve the police, and I had asked nicely. His sister came out, pointed out the other free spaces, and asked him to move, which he did. She kept saying she "doesn't want any trouble". My early 20s daughter came out and said "don't shout at my mum" and he waffled something about me to justify it. He said he didn't park on my drive, called me stupid and went inside. I said to my NDN I didn't know why he was being horrible and I didn't want any problems either, and said we had lived here peacefully for years and had a good neighbourly relationship. I don't know if she was upset with him or me as well?
I know that the police can assist if car is blocked in, as it's preventing access to a public highway.
I am also aware that there's nothing you can do if someone parks on your driveway.
I'm now worried he's going to do this, and could be really horrible and park right up by front door.
I'm also worried he might block me in again and I have to call police each time, which may take hours.
I hate confrontation and found it difficult to sleep last night. I've got an anxiety disorder so was ruminating for hours.
Options are:
Keep asking NDN to help, as he listens to her.
Speak to housing association about issues - this would mean essentially complaining about my neighbour, as it's her visitor. Other neighbours have complained before but been fobbed off.
I've kept a log and photos and if continues could maybe constitute harassment?
I just want it to stop.