My Mad Parents and Their "Mad" Neighbour

Sometimes there's been previous, unknown incidents that cause a reaction that appears to be OTT, where somebody has suffered years of various people blocking them in/out or even actually parking on their driveway, then somebody new turns up, gets subjected to a load of rage and thinks it's the other person being completely unreasonable.

Last week the new tenants of a house in our street arrived with a removal van to find somebody parked on the driveway so also blocking their garage to which they'd had prior access and had stored loads of stuff in, but couldn't get the doors open with a car parked in front. They were knocking on every door in the street trying to find out who's car it was, and luckily (as we're out and about all day, every day) knew who's car it was and they got them to shift it.

Before that, because some tenants had appeared to have moved out of another property, a neighbour felt entitled to start using their driveway for parking and got a nasty shock when they returned with a van to collect the last of their stuff, found somebody parked on the driveway of the house they were still renting and got told to move.

That same person started parking on a neighbouring driveway after the owner died, opening the gates and letting herself in, rather like some people we knew who moved out the village leaving their house on the market and somebody put 2 cars on their driveway.

Loads of people have had large vehicles using their driveways cause damage to the gateposts, walls, railings, etc. they've hit. Even larger vehicles have bust light duty manhole covers, sheared drains and rutted surfacing.

Then there's the contractors, etc. who turn up, and because the owners/occupants/etc. haven't shifted their own vehicles to make room for them, they simply park across other people's driveways saying "there's nowhere else to park".

On the subject of (able bodied) Contractors, there appears to be some misconception that if they are working on the property of a disabled or elderly person, that gives them the right to park in disabled parking spaces, or anywhere else they take a fancy to.

 

Ah, yes, I see. Thanks for pointing that out

 

Just to update this thread. Neighbour has decided to put up CCTV in the driveway now. My sis called the police who then told her to contact the council.

What are the laws on CCTV?

 

They can only "film" on their own property

http://www.nfh.org.uk/resources/Articles/cctv/part_2.php

 

That would appear to imply it's a Council Housing Estate and/or your parent's neighbours are council tenants who would require their landlord's permission to install CCTV.

Otherwise

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...o-stop-homeowners-snooping-on-neighbours.html

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/tvp_domestic__advice_leaflet.pdf