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Parents live on a road where parking is at a premium anyway. The road can get 6 cars if parked sensibly. A-Hole across the road has 2 garages which can't be parked in front (and has a real hissy fit if you do, i've been the victim when visiting given no other parking option and only for a short time, even though in my head I know thats wrong so don't need a lecture on that one). Said A-Hole has 2 cars and 3 motorbikes (motorbikes live in the garages)
Parents go out in their car and A-Hole moves his cars around (especially at the weekend) to take up the now free space and positions cars to take up 3-4 spaces by keeping largish gaps but not enough to get any cars in. Also, he gets his bikes out of the garage and also uses them to 'reserve' spaces on the road parking, positioning them to fill in any gaps left by people coming to and fro (some shoppers park there at the weekends). Parents return and find absolutly no where to park outside their own home so end up having to park a good distance away but try to keep an eye out if spaces become available.
A-Hole continues to shuffle cars + bikes in an attempt to reserve the entire side until his visitors arrive or the car his missus uses returns, upon which he re-shuffles cars and bikes to make room for her return. Even though they have two garages and could quite easily park in front of their own space.
I've told my folks to take photos and make a diary and maybe speak to the council as a nuisance complaint. What do the knowledgeable people of OcUK forums think a) about the situation my parents are finding themselves in and b) course of action that could be taken to stop this A-Hole from doing this (if any).
My folks are easy going and won't get into arguments with the dude, hes also suspected of damaging vehicles that park anywhere in 'his' spaces but of course no proof so don't want to get their car damaged if they cause a fuss but I'd be sick of it. They want a more legal way of proceeding if there is one so 'go smash his face in' or 'pour paint on his cars' are just nonsense comments and not very useful.
I don't know if it has any bearing, but he's ex-army and a total nutter/phsycho type.
Cheers.
Parents live on a road where parking is at a premium anyway. The road can get 6 cars if parked sensibly. A-Hole across the road has 2 garages which can't be parked in front (and has a real hissy fit if you do, i've been the victim when visiting given no other parking option and only for a short time, even though in my head I know thats wrong so don't need a lecture on that one). Said A-Hole has 2 cars and 3 motorbikes (motorbikes live in the garages)
Parents go out in their car and A-Hole moves his cars around (especially at the weekend) to take up the now free space and positions cars to take up 3-4 spaces by keeping largish gaps but not enough to get any cars in. Also, he gets his bikes out of the garage and also uses them to 'reserve' spaces on the road parking, positioning them to fill in any gaps left by people coming to and fro (some shoppers park there at the weekends). Parents return and find absolutly no where to park outside their own home so end up having to park a good distance away but try to keep an eye out if spaces become available.
A-Hole continues to shuffle cars + bikes in an attempt to reserve the entire side until his visitors arrive or the car his missus uses returns, upon which he re-shuffles cars and bikes to make room for her return. Even though they have two garages and could quite easily park in front of their own space.
I've told my folks to take photos and make a diary and maybe speak to the council as a nuisance complaint. What do the knowledgeable people of OcUK forums think a) about the situation my parents are finding themselves in and b) course of action that could be taken to stop this A-Hole from doing this (if any).
My folks are easy going and won't get into arguments with the dude, hes also suspected of damaging vehicles that park anywhere in 'his' spaces but of course no proof so don't want to get their car damaged if they cause a fuss but I'd be sick of it. They want a more legal way of proceeding if there is one so 'go smash his face in' or 'pour paint on his cars' are just nonsense comments and not very useful.
I don't know if it has any bearing, but he's ex-army and a total nutter/phsycho type.
Cheers.
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