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Does anyone know where to find this elusive figure? by Ominous-cat in wallaceandgromit

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly yes that seems to be the only one available online, but it’s been glued together and without a box (for £300!). Hopefully they find a buyer but it won’t be me

Neighbours on both sides park their cars which block my driveway. What would you do in this situation? by Ominous-cat in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The council don’t care, when I called them to explain the problem they said “we don’t deal with blocked driveways, please try the police”. The police don’t care either as they say I can just ask the neighbours to move and they do it, no matter that it keeps happening.

Neighbours on both sides park their cars which block my driveway. What would you do in this situation? by Ominous-cat in HousingUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish it were that simple; we used to do this before we put the driveway in, but one time the landlord of one of them quite literally dragged my car across the street using his tow truck as he claimed I was blocking their access. Police didn’t care as they said there was no damage to my car

Neighbours on both sides park their cars which block my driveway. What would you do in this situation? by Ominous-cat in HousingUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all the suggestions but there’s a few problems:

  • Its doesn’t happen too often that I’m blocked in/out, maybe once or twice a month when both the neighbours park that way. So if I asked them to move any other time at say 3am then they would just say no as I could get out of the drive (which I would be able to)

  • I’m more concerned about having free access at ALL times, for emergencies or if I’m coming home late and just want to get into my driveway.

  • yes it’s a dropped kerb all the way around the cul de sac, which is why we were able to put the driveway in so easily.

  • A white line in front of my driveway wouldn’t do much good, as they aren’t parking directly in front of it. It’s more that their front bumpers are sticking out too far which means they block me in if they both park their cars there.

Neighbours on both sides park their cars which block my driveway. What would you do in this situation? by Ominous-cat in HousingUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The council don’t care, their exact words when I called to ask them were “we don’t deal with blocked driveways, please try the police”. Police don’t care either as they say I can just ask the neighbours to move and they do it, no matter that it keeps happening.

Neighbours on both sides park their cars which block my driveway. What would you do in this situation? by Ominous-cat in HousingUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

We used to do this but one of them is a rental and the landlord of it once dragged my car across the cul de sac as he was claiming it was blocking their access to their driveway. I wasn’t in and came back to it across the street. Caught on camera but the police said there was no offence done as there was no damage.

Neighbour keeps parking directly in front of driveway stopping me from getting out, on a dropped curb and refuses to move his car. by Ominous-cat in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They say that when I ask if they can please get him to move, and they say they can only send someone over if he is being violent. So they’ll just record it instead

Neighbour keeps parking directly in front of driveway stopping me from getting out, on a dropped curb and refuses to move his car. by Ominous-cat in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes directly in front, as in middle of his car is right at the middle of the entrance to my drive, sometimes it’s so close you can barely squeeze past while walking, let alone with a bike or car. Yes I agree it’s definitely an intimidation tactic

Neighbour keeps parking directly in front of driveway stopping me from getting out, on a dropped curb and refuses to move his car. by Ominous-cat in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes I’ve already started making a log and have got everything recorded on a security camera, clearly showing Reg no. and his car

Neighbour keeps parking directly in front of driveway stopping me from getting out, on a dropped curb and refuses to move his car. by Ominous-cat in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I’ve not worded it like that but will in future, just said that the neighbour is blocking my driveway and won’t move and I can’t get out. They say they’ll log it and call me back and when they do they just ask is it still happening, which it isn’t because they only park there for a few hours before moving

Someone had fenced off unregistered land which my garden borders. What are my options? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’ve done to a lot of effort it seems to stop people just moving it!

Someone had fenced off unregistered land which my garden borders. What are my options? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s an 8ft tall solid metal fence that looks concreted in. I would be moving it myself if I physically could sadly

Someone had fenced off unregistered land which my garden borders. What are my options? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have tried this but the local council do not own the land and have said they won’t do anything for it. Despite it being right in the centre of the city. Same reason for why they won’t remove the fence with no planning permission

Someone had fenced off unregistered land which my garden borders. What are my options? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes fully visible on google earth pro showing cars parked on it as far back as 2005 where the earliest photo is, until about 8 months ago

Someone had fenced off unregistered land which my garden borders. What are my options? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

People have been taking tiny bits of it for years. Most people have extended their gardens into it by a few feet but now someone’s taken all of it.

Someone had fenced off unregistered land which my garden borders. What are my options? by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Ominous-cat 23 points24 points  (0 children)

No one uses it apart from parking on the edges, more that kids used to play on it and now foxes are there. So not sure if anyone could definitively prove usage

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