Go for it so. If erecting a wall at a cost of maybe a few grand is what it takes and influencing his behaviour on his own private property is so important to you.
Childish Neighbour
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FredBloggs
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Why don't you park the other way round i.e. with the drivers door on the other side?
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Surely he could argue that you are parked too close to his car? You are both obviously parking as close to the boundary as possible.
As already suggested, either park on the other side of you driveway or reverse in & see what you can do to get to the bottom of what happened a few months ago, his nose is out of joint about something and as you could be living next door to him for years, try to sort it sooner rather than later.
Perhaps he got annoyed as you were parking close to the boundary first?
If, by him parking at the edge of his boundary without crossing into your drive, means that you cannot open your door then it would suggest that you are also parking at the boundary. You need to park on your drive in a way that ensures your door can be opened without crossing onto his drive. That way he cannot block you without crossing onto your driveway.
It seems he is doing what you had been doing all along in order to prove a point.
If, by him parking at the edge of his boundary without crossing into your drive, means that you cannot open your door then it would suggest that you are also parking at the boundary. You need to park on your drive in a way that ensures your door can be opened without crossing onto his drive. That way he cannot block you without crossing onto your driveway.
It seems he is doing what you had been doing all along in order to prove a point.
FredBloggs
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.. fair point Clubman.... but if the Op did that all the time he'd have no problem.... other than a thoughtless neighbour
Just curious, does reversing the car in enable you to get in & out comfortably? If so, why not continue doing that? I always reverse in, find it much safer for driving out again.
I'd second this. Seems to be a likely explanation for the unexpected 'cooling off' also.
Talking saves an awful lot of unnecessary strife.
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Ok, I have another suggestion. What about buying a bunch of colourful plants in narrow pots and placing them in a line just inside your boundary?
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Guest120
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Exactly.
The OP is in full control of this situation, and such a trivial one at that.
OP - are you living in the same place?
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showpost.php?p=453098&postcount=46
John Rambo
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The salient point...the OP is doing exactly the same!
Hilarious thread.
Can't believe it got to Page 2 before someone suggested that building a wall would reduce the space available while not solving the problem (well done Clubman).
It's obvious both parkers are doing exactly the same thing. The OP is annoyed because he gets home first and parks as close to the boundary as possible, when all he has to do is move over a couple of feet.
Perhaps the neighbour noticed that the OP, by parking where he does, has to "trespass" to get out of his car and decided to make life a little more difficult.
Petty, but entirely avoidable for both parties. Building a wall? Everyone loses by having less space.
Can't believe it got to Page 2 before someone suggested that building a wall would reduce the space available while not solving the problem (well done Clubman).
It's obvious both parkers are doing exactly the same thing. The OP is annoyed because he gets home first and parks as close to the boundary as possible, when all he has to do is move over a couple of feet.
Perhaps the neighbour noticed that the OP, by parking where he does, has to "trespass" to get out of his car and decided to make life a little more difficult.
Petty, but entirely avoidable for both parties. Building a wall? Everyone loses by having less space.
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rmelly
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check out post #12 (on page 1).
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darraghj
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practice ur golf swings for a couple of days were u normally park ur car on ur property. c if he keeps parking so close
Hi Liffey,
Is it possible that you were consistently parking in a manner that suited yourself and your passenger, weren't too concerned that you were on or too close to his side of the boundry and were unaware and unconcerned that it was ****ing him off? maybe he came home late at night after a work shift tired and emotional and one time too many your car was there and he flipped? decided to take revenge by parking nearly on top of you rather than on his grass as he may have had to previously? sometime we only see what slights we assume have been done to us rather than by us. The high ground would be to park as far away from the boundry, begin nodding 'hello' again and thus get over the nightmare scenario that a bad relationship with a neighbour can become.
M
Is it possible that you were consistently parking in a manner that suited yourself and your passenger, weren't too concerned that you were on or too close to his side of the boundry and were unaware and unconcerned that it was ****ing him off? maybe he came home late at night after a work shift tired and emotional and one time too many your car was there and he flipped? decided to take revenge by parking nearly on top of you rather than on his grass as he may have had to previously? sometime we only see what slights we assume have been done to us rather than by us. The high ground would be to park as far away from the boundry, begin nodding 'hello' again and thus get over the nightmare scenario that a bad relationship with a neighbour can become.
M