Neighbour being a knob

fluffyotaters

So I've just moved back home to my parents house for work reasons and I'll be there until the end of August......anyway my neighbour who has always been unreasonable to say the least is being an extra special knob :rolleyes:

He has 3 kids at home and they park their cars in front of the house but there isn't enough room so they inevitably park over on our side. Now that I'm back I need to park in front of my own house, my parents park out the back of our house and there isn't any room left....no problem or so you would think...

Yesterday I cam home and sure enough their cars were parked leaving no room for me to park in front of my own house. I went to the door and was met with an attitude that basically meant fook off we'll park where we want. I was so shocked I just walked away...now I'm asking the AH boardsies for some advice How to deal with this muppet and his muppet family?

Ideas for pranks to be played on said muppets are most welcome. It's on!

AnonoBoy

Burn down his house.


(Hey it worked on the headshops!)

bonerm

"I've got your kids"

/argument

Lux23

Traffic cones? Put them down when he drives off, he is already acting like an ass so I don't see why you can't act like one too.

cosmic

Invest in one of these

Cheap Thrills!

Burn out their car.

Tabnabs

Rob the number plates and call the county council abandoned cars number :pac:

Kevtherev

Remove the number plates from there cars, front and back and then call the council and tell them they've been abandoned. The council will tow them away.

KerranJast

Unless they're parked on your land you've no rights to get them moved. Street parking is first come.

El Weirdo

KerranJast wrote: »

Unless they're parked on your land you've no rights to get them moved. Street parking is first come.

^^This. Suck it up.

ballsymchugh

smear dog****e on the door handle.

stealthyspeeder

you dont own the street outside your house... get over it.


Wait till they move their car, park in the space you want (make sure not to leave room for them) as they dont own the street either!

I love good old fasined wars of attrition with your neighbours!

Theta

fluffyotaters wrote: »

Ideas for pranks to be played on said muppets are most welcome. It's on!

I have neighbours like this. Pain in the arse I tell you. Whats worse is they will park in front of our house before they will in front of theres and across our driveway.

Just buy some complete heap and tax it and leave it out in front of there house gathering dust.

I mean some ****en junker. Once its taxed it can be parked wherever you like.

bonerm

Buy a second car and just leave it there 24/7. Oh wait you're back home with mammy and daddy so you're clearly broke.

super_furry

Tough. You don't own the space outside your house, they've every right to park there.

Vanbis

fluffyotaters wrote: »

So I've just moved back home to my parents house for work reasons and I'll be there until the end of August......anyway my neighbour who has always been unreasonable to say the least is being an extra special knob :rolleyes:

He has 3 kids at home and they park their cars in front of the house but there isn't enough room so they inevitably park over on our side. Now that I'm back I need to park in front of my own house, my parents park out the back of our house and there isn't any room left....no problem or so you would think...

Yesterday I cam home and sure enough their cars were parked leaving no room for me to park in front of my own house. I went to the door and was met with an attitude that basically meant fook off we'll park where we want. I was so shocked I just walked away...now I'm asking the AH boardsies for some advice How to deal with this muppet and his muppet family?

Ideas for pranks to be played on said muppets are most welcome. It's on!

I had a similar issue and while they have every right to park outside i made sure to knock in everytime they blocked my drive or space and they got the message soon enough. I even get the odd hello now most days .

If i was you i would get your parents to park their car outside and you park your around the back? I would assume your parents are home most days so they will have the space for you. I'm sure if you keep knocking in they will get the message soon enough.

AnonoBoy

KerranJast wrote: »

Unless they're parked on your land you've no rights to get them moved. Street parking is first come.

I actually thought the OP was talking about an open driveway type arrangement.

If you're just talking about street parking then I'm on your annoying neighbour's side. Hope he doesn't take my advice and burn down your house though!


Is it just me or does parking cause more amounts of rows between neighbours than noise complaints?

judas101

Try the old broom on a chair trick

sorrywhat

Yea, you cant make them move. Its a cut throat world, is the world of on street parking.

Stake out the car and wait til they leave and then do a ninja parking jobby.

star.chaser

let the air out of their tyres

AnonoBoy

judas101 wrote: »

Try the old broom on a chair trick

Standing on a chair and banging on the roof with the broom?

That only works when the people in the flat above you are making noise.

Silly judas. :P

bonerm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Is it just me or does parking cause more amounts of rows between neighbours than noise complaints?

It's probably just you. I agree with the policy that parking is open season for the path outside your house as it's not your land.

stovelid

Accept the area outside your house is public space and it's first come first served. Park somewhere else and walk the additional distance to your house.

Sorry for such a complex insight. I couldn't think of a more simple solution.

Jumpy

KerranJast wrote: »

Street parking is first come.

My wife is screwed then.

bladespin

Reminds me of 'bread' the sit-com from the BBCyears ago.

Try to get you parents to park their car on the street, if they're there during the day they should have opportunity, and you use the drive/yard.

Simples.

The dog poo on the handle sounded funny but probably isn't the best way to go, wouldn't bee too mad about handling it either.

Vanbis

Theta wrote: »

Just buy some complete heap and tax it and leave it out in front of there house gathering dust.

OP i may be able to offer you a heap in a week or two for free that you can have, i think it may be taxed for a couple of months as well. PM me your details if you want it and i'll let you know soon enough. You will be doing me a favour

NothingMan

KerranJast wrote: »

Unless they're parked on your land you've no rights to get them moved. Street parking is first come.

We don't need none of that sense talking round these parts.

I say just competely and professionally respray his car, that'll confuse em.

That or flaming bag of dog poop on his door step.

petes

bonerm wrote: »

"I've got your kids"

/argument

"I've got your kids Dan, I've got your kids"

Dave!

Get some bird seed and leave it around their car, hopefully the birds will have a good feed and then sh*t all over it.

Think that might have been in an episode of Scrubs...

Leave a few nails around the place and maybe they'll burst a tire?

I've seen people leave some sort of wooden 'contraption' in the space and move it when they're using it. Dunno if your neighbour would go to the bother of getting out of the car and moving it, maybe they'd just park somewhere else.

stovelid

Dave! wrote: »

I've seen people leave some sort of wooden 'contraption' in the space and move it when they're using it. Dunno if your neighbour would go to the bother of getting out of the car and moving it, maybe they'd just park somewhere else.

A neighbour used to pull a similar stunt with a traffic cone in the space outside their house. Best thing to do in this situation is to specifically take that space (even if others exist) and sit the traffic cone on the roof of your car.

They stop doing it then.

tomcollins97

If there is grass in your front garden pave it and make your drive way bigger. It annoys the sh1te out of me when people who have driveways insist on parking on the street

LizT

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055863861

judas101

Win


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fluffyotaters

OP here! Thanks for all the advice guys I must say it has given me a good ould laugh

It's not street parking it's kind of one drive leading up to two houses if you get me Anyway even if it was street parking where did being a decent neighbour go? Some of the stuff that he has done and said to other people in the area though is quite nasty so i really could care less about being 'fair' with him. I asked him nicely does he mind if I park in front of my own house and was met with his ignorant attitude :rolleyes:

Yes I am back living with mammy and daddy but only til August with work then I'm off again. I just happened to be moved to my area....:cool:

Funny someone mentioned the old broom and chair trick, another neighbour of mine actually does this and it works haha

KerranJast

fluffyotaters wrote: »

It's not street parking it's kind of one drive leading up to two houses if you get me

Who owns the drive then?

stovelid

If it's a public road, you no more have the right to park outside your house than you do to arbitrarily tell people not to stand outside your favourite shop. If anybody pulled me up about parking in "their" public spot, I'd tell them to fuck off, neighbour or not.

Dave!

stovelid wrote: »

If it's a public road, you no more have the right to park outside your house than you do to arbitrarily tell people not to stand outside your favourite shop. If anybody pulled me up about parking in "their" public spot, I'd tell them to fuck off, neighbour or not.

You have the right to close the door on someone instead of holding it, doesn't mean you should. Surely it's common courtesy to try and keep your car/s within the width of your house and garden? Sometimes it can't be helped, but when it can I certainly always aim for that.

Cabaal

Worth buying some heap of ****e car as suggested, tax it and park it outside the house just to piss them off

az2wp0sye65487

KerranJast wrote: »

Unless they're parked on your land you've no rights to get them moved. Street parking is first come.

El Weirdo wrote: »

^^This. Suck it up.

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

you dont own the street outside your house... get over it.


Wait till they move their car, park in the space you want (make sure not to leave room for them) as they dont own the street either!

I love good old fasined wars of attrition with your neighbours!

super_furry wrote: »

Tough. You don't own the space outside your house, they've every right to park there.

bonerm wrote: »

It's probably just you. I agree with the policy that parking is open season for the path outside your house as it's not your land.

stovelid wrote: »

Accept the area outside your house is public space and it's first come first served. Park somewhere else and walk the additional distance to your house.

Sorry for such a complex insight. I couldn't think of a more simple solution.

KerranJast wrote: »

Who owns the drive then?

I took it to mean that they were parking across the access to his driveway? - ie directly in front of his house?... No?

AnonoBoy

fluffyotaters wrote: »

OP here! Thanks for all the advice guys I must say it has given me a good ould laugh

It's not street parking it's kind of one drive leading up to two houses if you get me Anyway even if it was street parking where did being a decent neighbour go? Some of the stuff that he has done and said to other people in the area though is quite nasty so i really could care less about being 'fair' with him. I asked him nicely does he mind if I park in front of my own house and was met with his ignorant attitude :rolleyes:

Yes I am back living with mammy and daddy but only til August with work then I'm off again. I just happened to be moved to my area....:cool:

Funny someone mentioned the old broom and chair trick, another neighbour of mine actually does this and it works haha

I'm back to 'burn down his house' so.

Wow, I'm changing sides so often on this debate I should consider going into politics!

biko

Whatever prank you do, your parents will still have to live there after you're gone again end of summer.
Do you REALLY want to bring on a feud?

stovelid

Dave! wrote: »

You have the right to close the door on someone instead of holding it, doesn't mean you should. Surely it's common courtesy to try and keep your car/s within the width of your house and garden? Sometimes it can't be helped, but when it can I certainly always aim for that.

As somebody who lives on a estate with only on-street parking, common courtesy (and whiny exhortations to heed it) often boils down to don't park outside my house because I'm too lazy to walk an additional 100 yards and would rather show the discourtesy of fighting with my neighbours by claiming dibs on public space.

I once drove to the shops and my wife spotted our (admittedly corpulent) neighbour leg out of the house, go to their car (parked at most 60-70 yards away) and pull up into the space I had vacated.

KerranJast

Abram Orange Handshake wrote: »

I took it to mean that they were parking across the access to his driveway? - ie directly in front of his house?... No?

Blocking access is a different situation and is not allowed. The Gardai can be called to move the vehicle if the owner refuses to move it in that case.

gagiteebo

Dave! wrote: »

You have the right to close the door on someone instead of holding it, doesn't mean you should. Surely it's common courtesy to try and keep your car/s within the width of your house and garden? Sometimes it can't be helped, but when it can I certainly always aim for that.

I agree. Fair enough if it's street parking or ye both own the drive then you both can park wherever you want but Dave is right when he talks about common courtesy. If everyone had the attitude of f*** you I'll do what I want then it wouldn't be a very nice world to live in would it.

Most people are reasonable and decent imo, you just happen to live beside one who isn't

stovelid

I took it to mean who has the right to park in public spaces. I obviously wouldn't block access to somebody's driveway either.

Ruu_Old

Have sex with his wife then give his kids a few karate chops.

-Trent

biko

Give chops to his wife and have sex with

him

C Eng

Attempt one: Next time you put out your parents (very full and heavy) whellie bin, accidently on purpose bang it off their car or door mirror. Terribler the way its hard to control a full bin properly.

Attempt two: would be to get a pedal bike and ride past their car very closely, with the brake lever or handle bar just lightly touching their car.

You need to make it uncomfortable andd risky for them to park there

gagiteebo

stovelid wrote: »

I took it to mean who has the right to park in public spaces. I obviously wouldn't block access to somebody's driveway either.

For the sake of being neighbourly and all that surely it isn't too much to ask to let the OP park in front of his own house?

How did you feel when you came back and your twat of a neighbour was parked in the space you'd just vacated? Fair enough he was entitled to do so, even if he does seem a bit sad :rolleyes:...but you were a bit pissed off I'll bet? I know I would be

Noopti

C Eng wrote: »

Attempt one: Next time you put out your parents (very full and heavy) whellie bin, accidently on purpose bang it off their car or door mirror. Terribler the way its hard to control a full bin properly.

Attempt two: would be to get a pedal bike and ride past their car very closely, with the brake lever or handle bar just lightly touching their car.

You need to make it uncomfortable andd risky for them to park there

Why not just kick the wing mirror and key the car? What you have suggested seems like an inordinate amount of extra work to do the same thing.....

C Eng

Noopti, that would be mallicious and wilfull damage. At least the way I described it looks very accidental and clumsy. (Could have happened to anyone)