Petty parking problem

Midnight_EG

Evening lads, have a funny one here. Outside the house is one spot, and I know it's first come first served and all that and I've no problem with that as we're a two car household and space for 3 in the garden so its fine. But... Our (lovely :pac:) neighbours park out there each evening, but once she leaves she makes her husband park his car outside just to keep the spot, and leave their garden empty. It's unbelievably petty and has made birthdays and occasions awkward for parking, but I've noticed his car hasn't a single in-date disc in the window. I'm curious of the legalities of his car being there if anybody can advise

Whocare

It small world he could be reading this too

Sonny noggs

Grass him up.

Carpentry

Whocare wrote: »

It small world he could be reading this too

Infernal Racket

Contact the local 50, they'll slap a ticket on that sumbitch

Car99

Life is too short.

Apiarist

Sonny noggs wrote: »

Grass him up.

Exactly, let the war begin. Have you tried a diplomatic solution already, that is talking to your neighbours?

InTheShadows

Go for a walk OP.

Infernal Racket

victor8600 wrote: »

Exactly, let the war begin. Have you tried a diplomatic solution already, that is talking to your neighbours?

The time for diplomacy is over, make the call. Do it

tomwaits48

Time to hit them over the head with a hammer

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Evening lads, have a funny one here. Outside the house is one spot, and I know it's first come first served and all that and I've no problem with that as we're a two car household and space for 3 in the garden so its fine. But... Our (lovely :pac:) neighbours park out there each evening, but once she leaves she makes her husband park his car outside just to keep the spot, and leave their garden empty. It's unbelievably petty and has made birthdays and occasions awkward for parking, but I've noticed his car hasn't a single in-date disc in the window. I'm curious of the legalities of his car being there if anybody can advise

Rat him out!

Charlie19

Torch the car with him it.



























I've a grand flashlight in the shed that I bought in Halfords, its very powerful.

colm_mcm

Park outside their house.

Midnight_EG

victor8600 wrote: »

Exactly, let the war begin. Have you tried a diplomatic solution already, that is talking to your neighbours?

I'm living beside them 18 years, they wouldn't even allow access to their back garden to replace fencing that we didn't ask a penny for :P

corks finest

tomwaits48 wrote:

Time to hit them over the head with a hammer

If the hammer breaks you might actually have to chat to him,just on the off chance like

Sonny noggs

The OP didn’t come on here looking for rational / useful advice such as talk to the neighbour.

The Satanist

Snitches get stitches.

Hammer time.

Borderfox

Everything moves with biscuit tin lids

colm_mcm

Nothing stops things like brake fluid.

antodeco

zilog_jones

Get some old bangers and park them outside their house. Preferably very broken, and with bricks instead of wheels.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

are they scum ?
if so - better to think about next steps carefully

H3llR4iser

Donate them to science - finding out what goes in the mind of this kind of people will probably be as massive a step as the moon landing...

(Little you can do if they are unreasonable, anyway)

Henry Ford III

colm_mcm wrote: »

Nothing stops things like brake fluid.

That's a real nasty one.

Carpentry

Henry Ford III wrote: »

That's a real nasty one.

Agreed, really hard to remove stain from driveway.

my3cents

Carpentry wrote: »

Agreed, really hard to remove stain from driveway.

Paint stripper?

Isambard

it's not a petty problem, it's a very selfish neighbour laying claim to ownership of a "public" space irrespective of the needs of their neighbours. I'd "dob them in to the Feds" if the car isn't road legal, no hesitation.

Tazzimus

Do you have a dog? Teach it to use their garden and front door step as it's toilet.

Or just go lay one on at their front door yourself, whichever is handiest.

I also like the brake fluid idea, write **** on the car with it

Infernal Racket

Tazzimus wrote: »

Do you have a dog? Teach it to use their garden and front door step as it's toilet.

Or just go lay one on at their front door yourself, whichever is handiest.

I also like the brake fluid idea, write **** on the car with it

I suggest if you're taking this approach, drop a dookie in a brown paper bag then set it on fire before ringing the doorbell

Titzon Toast

Buy a cheap bag of scrap and park it in that spot first chance you get.
Or block the old lad's car in with two bags of scrap.
If you can't have the spot, no one can.

GrumpyMe

Long term solution is to grow a tree beside the spot and feed the birds well.

colm_mcm

That’s really playing the long game!

punisher5112

my3cents wrote: »

Paint stripper?

Stripper maybe....

Get a hobo to move into the car....

It's very windy out the reg plates might fall off....

Super glue the door handles and wipers...

Midnight_EG

GrumpyMe wrote: »

Long term solution is to grow a tree beside the spot and feed the birds well.

Funnily enough it's under a tree, and their cars do be destroyed in sap and bird poo! It's gas, they're gone away for a week now and their garden is empty yet they've the dodgy car parked outside in that spot!

daheff

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Funnily enough it's under a tree, and their cars do be destroyed in sap and bird poo! It's gas, they're gone away for a week now and their garden is empty yet they've the dodgy car parked outside in that spot!

Ah if they are gone, a call to the local Garda advising a cars been dumped outside the house. No tax or reg plate...etc

Be sure it’ll be gone by the time they come home

KB22

Not the gardai, the local council will have it removed if it has no reg. plates.

Charlie19

If the car can be identified the council will take pictures of the car and post them to the last registered owner of the vehicle, notifying them of the obstruction and giving them the opportunity to remove vehicle within a two week period or the council will remove it.

Midnight_EG

Midnight_EG wrote: »

But... Our (lovely :pac:) neighbours park out there each evening, but once she leaves she makes her husband park his car outside just to keep the spot, and leave their garden empty. )

they likely do this around the same time each evening. Get in your car around this time, engine running and as soon as she moves, park there- if you can at all, leave it there for a few days- but if you leave, get your partner to replace it with their car- you'll have made your point very clearly and I don't think you'll have this problem anymore.

Midnight_EG

KB22 wrote: »

Not the gardai, the local council will have it removed if it has no reg. plates.

It has reg plates, but I won't be interfering with it personally to make them 'fall off'.

Atlantic Dawn

If you know their phone number take a few photos of the car and stick it up on Donedeal for something like €30, have in the ad 'Selling due to having no space to park it and not able to afford NCT, tax or insurance', should make an interesting hint.

enricoh

It wouldnt cost me a moments thougjt to lift the phone n dob them in.
I cant abide people driving with no insurance. Plus it'd annoy the tits off them n they sound like hard work!

alias no.9

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Funnily enough it's under a tree, and their cars do be destroyed in sap and bird poo! It's gas, they're gone away for a week now and their garden is empty yet they've the dodgy car parked outside in that spot!

Ideal timing for it to be lifted

mickuhaha

Get under the car and cut the handbrake cable. Then push it down the road. I am sure the insurance will cover the damage.

robtri

op is the space outside the house in front of your house solely, or is it between the two houses as in most estates?

if its solely outside your house, then they must have a space outside theres?

road_high

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I'm living beside them 18 years, they wouldn't even allow access to their back garden to replace fencing that we didn't ask a penny for :P

Clearly head cases living under a siege mentality. They’re very common and all the same behaviors

corks finest

colm_mcm wrote:

That’s really playing the long game!

18 years is a long game

Midnight_EG

robtri wrote: »

op is the space outside the house in front of your house solely, or is it between the two houses as in most estates?

if its solely outside your house, then they must have a space outside theres?

It's between our house but mostly mine. He's at it again today driving off and herself sitting behind it immediately to move down the spot.

Atlantic Dawn

I'd hate the game and not the player if his car was insured, taxed, NCT'd, on this case the scrote needs to be exposed on Garda Twitter as someone who should be taken out of general population.

I'd report him without question and love it.

punisher5112

Do what the loonies do in China where they jump on the bonnet and dive into the ground....

JeffKenna

Does he be gone long? Seems very risky to be driving around without insurance. Is the other car insured?

Sexual Chocolate

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Funnily enough it's under a tree, and their cars do be destroyed in sap and bird poo! It's gas, they're gone away for a week now and their garden is empty yet they've the dodgy car parked outside in that spot!

There's a dickhead on my road that does the same. Has a driveway, has space outside the driveway and still choses to park his car across the road depriving others of a space.