Dealing with neighbours inconsiderate parking

[Tooshyshy123]

One particular neighbour keeps parking on the small footpath which runs down the side of our house. In fact he parks on it so fully there have been times we cannot get out of our gate and have had to clamber over our wall to get out. We did speak to him but he still continues to do it even though there's loads of space further down and there's no reason to park on the path.
Anyway we are thinking of putting some planters on the path outside our gate, possibly right on the edge of the pavement close to the road. Obviously this will stop him parking on the path but will we get into trouble? There will still be room to walk down the path though in an estate of only 6 houses, we are pretty muchnthe only ones who uses it.
Already tried speaking to council who refused to consider dropped kerbs, yellow lines etc

"If it's not on your land then no you can't put pots on it"

If it's not a dropped kerb it can't be driven ) parked on either but the council enforcement seems lax in this case......

I've known people put large rocks on the pavement verge which the council do not remove for ages and unlike a car can't be traced to their owner either.....

I’d be putting birdseed on the roof and bonnet every single time he parked me in. What a twunt

Maybe buy a cheap trailer (two wheels and trolley-type of thing) and park it there? Make sure to put bricks and whatever else there to ‘pad it up’ so it doesn’t slide anywhere. Maybe even try to do it when the guy isn’t there just to avoid direct confrontation.

Never move the trailer and let it rust in its spot if you have to.

Complain to the council on a regular basis.
Start taking photos and make a diary.
Keep on at them.
At some point they will put bollards there.

Someone parked over DGM’s gate, no path so on the road, she phoned the police because she was unable to leave her property. In her case they sorted it but it may depend on your local area policy.

You could go the other way entirely and scare him off as though you’re his biggest fan. Leave little friendly notes and offerings on his bonnet. Chocolate bars wrapped in bows and rambling mad love letters sprayed in perfume with lipstick. I give it two days before he chooses another spot

Or waits by the car with no trousers on...

I’d leave your bin out there. It’ll look untidy but when neighbours / complain just say it is to stop the parking.

As you don’t drive, buy a very cheap car, doesn’t matter if it’s not working. Park it in the spot

alternative

friends going on holiday, ask if they’ll park the car in the spot, but not on the pavement. If you can get two weeks without a car moving it’ll make him change his habit. Then do it again with other friends

I’d just fuck my gate open and hit the car to be honest .

This is a great idea. And one where it won’t be obvious what’s happened. Unlike my idea which was to rub margarine and flour on the windscreen. It’s a bugger to remove, and takes ages…..

The answer is simple.

Put in a second gate at the other end.
He can't block both.
It will utterly enrage him and you get to keep your dignity/sanity

I would think that no one can park blocking or partially blocking the main entrance of a house. It is a hazard. Entrances are exists in case of fire. If an ambulance is needed there is no space etc etc.
I would take photos and send the to the council as PP suggested. Going through that route, the hazard he deliberately create.
Forget about the pots, it is not allowed and they are another hazard. If someone trips you will have to re mortgage your house to pay damages.

If this is the only entrance to your home then I would take a photo every day and would report him every day. Phone 101; someone has parked outside my gate and I can’t leave my home. Also phone the fire service-they are quite hot on shit like that. If he gets a police visit that should wipe the smirk off his face. By reporting him daily it shows it’s not a one off. He will soon stop.

Sorry if I've missed something, but have you asked him to park a bit further back so that your gate is not obstructed? We had ( sort of) the same with a neighbour parking so that it was impossible to safely pull out of our drive as it was impossible to see past his very large van down the (cul de sac) road. When I spoke to him, I made him aware that I don't have x ray eyes, so I would be unable to see kids, and especially his kids, zooming along on their bikes until it was too late......he got the message and parked elsewhere.

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OMG lol!!! What if he takes you up on your love offerings haha.

Which council do you need to speak to? Is it parish, district or county. (We have a friends in local politics.) The county council in our area, will cut down overgrown hedges protruding from a property as they look after highways and byways. But they don’t know what is overgrown unless someone complains. Perhaps the plants just appeared. Our close has a public green and we thought of planting a memorial tree on, amongst others, and it appears no-one is sure whether we can, the worst that will happen is they will pull it up if they notice. Imagine a car can’t block a public footpath and anyone can report that anonymously.

In the old days we’d put superglue in his car locks or do his tyres.
I guess you could just egg his windscreen each day until he stops?

Get two old bikes and park them in the spot he uses. Then you’ll have more room and he can’t park there. He is clearly being an arse.

if the police aren’t bothered by his vehicle they won’t be fussed about two rusting old bikes outside your gate.

If you know his employer, can you approach them apologetically to ask for their assistance?

The old bikes might work I think too.

This ^^

He'll just pick the bikes up and move them . And if it's anything like our neighborhood if someone sees some junk they think "Oh goody" and dump a load of tat .
Like one person left 4 tyres on the pavement ( goodness knows why because they need to be properly disposed of ) within a few days there was half a skip worth of rubbish on them.

Even a cheap car that goes nowhere you'd need to insure and tax to have it on the road .

Friends cars is a better bet .

Are the wall and gate around your property recent installations? I’m just trying to understand his mentality tbh, why he believes he should be able to park there? How do you manage on bin collection day etc?