Man in a car parked outside my house all afternoon

[PyongyangKipperbang]

Since at least 2 pm. Terraces with on street parked so directly outside the house. He is has just been sat there all the time, engine on for half an hour then off again, presumably to stop the battery draining if he is using something electrical.

There are plenty of car parks in the area so no reason to be here. He saw my come back and go in the house so presumably its nothing to do with me, but its freaking me out a bit (and pissed me off as I had to park on another road!).

We are not on a road with shops or a school or doctors etc so no reason to be waiting there for someone for such a long time!

Worth taking the reg in case he comes back tomorrow do we think?

That fraud investigator shouldn't be telling you what he does, unless it's your DH.

Could he be using one of your neighbours WiFi?

You reminded me, our local paper did once run an article about a strange car being seen down a local cul de sac (strange, only in that it wasn't owned by any of the residents).

The headline tho, was about a couple having a chip pan fire, which they'd successfully extinguished - without needing to call the fire brigade, and with no harm done at all. 😂

What a boring life you must lead. Get a grip!

I think they can discuss generic facts like 'I spend a lot of time sitting in my car'.

I don't think that's a breach of anyones privacy!

The whole street founds ridiculous.

It’s someone parked in their car.
It’s literally a non event.

But it's a MAN parked in a car!

If he parks outside yours again tomorrow could you go out and ask if he’ll be there for long as you’ve got to go out and bring back heavy shopping/ elderly parent/child or whatever you feel like to ask for access to your house and see what he says.

Social Worker and snap!!

Surveillance of someone's house?

The idling is illegal, and illegal because the pollution is bad for people in the area, so that is reason enough to report him or go up and ask him to move on.

But even if he weren't idling, I don't think you're unreasonable to think it's worth keeping an eye on. There are all sorts of reasons for someone to sit in a car for hours in a place they aren't recognised. The vast majority of them are perfectly normal, though not particularly common. But there are also nefarious reasons related to crime so it's not unreasonable to let your local police know. If you give them the registration (and, if you're any good at it, a description of the driver), they can see if it's linked to known criminals or other reports or they can swing by and check it out.

He could be a detective or plain clothes policeman.

Very unlikely, because obviously someone operating in secret wouldn't draw attention from every fucking house on the road by leaving their engine running...

Is he using your WiFi????

He could work for the social, have you any 'disabled ' neighbours claiming disability, but got climbing up ladders, biking and all manner of activities?
The have undercover officers watching these people, they get photo evidence and prosecute, benefits fraud is a big thing, these officers rely on tip offs

This happened to me years ago - turned out police were monitoring Cynthia paynes brothel - was very freaked out at the time

You're not the only one. I would also be freaked out as well. If he comes back again tomorrow and does the same I would be tapping on his window and ask what he's doing

Why would someone parking on a street freak you out??

Who has time to worry about this sort of stuff

Maybe cost? If he is a worker, it would add up if he was buying a £5 coffee several times a day. There are lots of jobs where you drive between clients, and I have, in the past, parked and done calls and paperwork, in my case in public car parks but still, apart from the idling (and I didn't do that), don't see a problem.

Did you live in Streatham?

So….. Go and ask??

Just a guess. Someone else said same later. Christ the jumpers on here today. Like I’ve been fed to the lions. 🤣

That would involve too much common sense. Much better to post about it here and speculate.

I lived in Streatham round about the time it all went on. I cant remember the name of her street but I always had a good nosey when I went past 😆