I’m after some advice for my parents. They live in a property with a shared drive. They are at the end of the drive - their house is on the right with space for up to 4 cars right in front. Their neighbour’s house is to the right of theirs. Because of the shared access/drive which passes his house, he only has room for two cars.
The man next door has been so difficult since they moved in. He doesn’t work and he sits in his front room all day, which has a full length window looking onto the shared drive. When he’s not in the front room he’s cleaning his two cars.
Every time someone drives past to my parents house he comes out to ‘clean his car’ or look under the bonnet or something. He hates them having visitors. He claims to be worried about his cars but no one has come close to hitting them.
He’s made numerous complaints and demands over the years. He told them they couldn’t have four cars on the drive and they complied for a while.
He’s had a go about delivery vans etc, so they have Amazon parcels delivered elsewhere (he refuses to take them in). They’ve tried hard to appease him but they’re very busy, with lots of children and grandchildren and other friends and family visiting. And they like to look after their house so they have workmen, people to cut the hedge etc.
He has a big go at them every couple of months - usually after a particularly sociable period. They find it very stressful. What do you think is the best approach for dealing with him and would they be able to report him for harassment? They’re both in their 70s now and it feels like bullying to me.