Car Claim
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Rear wheel arches are very wide and only gives about 1" either side to do that - not something I am willing to do daily and risk my car.
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I've just checked and he is home now and his van is parked there next to my wifes car.
After talking to him 10 days ago, we are both 100% ok with where both vehicles are now. So the parking is a none-issue now.
But the issue is he claims there was a collision, which he claims happened on the 7th April. I knew nothing of this claim until today, and I handed an olive branch by going over to explain that my wifes car would be parked where it is now so that he has space for his van every day, but in return we ask that he doesn't park his van in the middle so my wife has no space. Prior to that day if my wife came home and he wasn't around she would just park nearer to our house but leaving room for his van behind or more importantly for him to always have space to put his van on his drive which is what he did 80% of the time anyway - but then he started just putting his van in the middle for the sake of it to annoy us and remove a 2nd spot totally from this area. But the issue was he never came to spoke to us, he just started being the child.
He will have started this claim BEFORE i handed him a nice solution. What is worse is maybe he thought i offered this cos of the claim he made too? I don't care about his opinion, but when I went and knocked his door to offer the solution he never said a word about the bogus claim, but then I suppose why would he.
After talking to him 10 days ago, we are both 100% ok with where both vehicles are now. So the parking is a none-issue now.
But the issue is he claims there was a collision, which he claims happened on the 7th April. I knew nothing of this claim until today, and I handed an olive branch by going over to explain that my wifes car would be parked where it is now so that he has space for his van every day, but in return we ask that he doesn't park his van in the middle so my wife has no space. Prior to that day if my wife came home and he wasn't around she would just park nearer to our house but leaving room for his van behind or more importantly for him to always have space to put his van on his drive which is what he did 80% of the time anyway - but then he started just putting his van in the middle for the sake of it to annoy us and remove a 2nd spot totally from this area. But the issue was he never came to spoke to us, he just started being the child.
He will have started this claim BEFORE i handed him a nice solution. What is worse is maybe he thought i offered this cos of the claim he made too? I don't care about his opinion, but when I went and knocked his door to offer the solution he never said a word about the bogus claim, but then I suppose why would he.
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Let your insurers fight it out. If there's no damage, and his car is clearly worthless, they'll fob him off.
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I just went and took pics.
His van
My wifes car
Now my wifes car does show a minor mark above the 3 on her number plate, this was on the car when we bought the car last year, and I have photos that are date stamped on Facebook to prove this
Other than this, there is no damage to the front of her car at all.
I'm interested to actually know what damage he is claiming has been done to his van?
His van
My wifes car
Now my wifes car does show a minor mark above the 3 on her number plate, this was on the car when we bought the car last year, and I have photos that are date stamped on Facebook to prove this
Other than this, there is no damage to the front of her car at all.I'm interested to actually know what damage he is claiming has been done to his van?
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Don't get involved, don't talk to him, don't give him the satisfaction.
Just let the insurers deal with it and reach their own conclusion, backed up by your evidence of the mark already being there when you bought it. No doubt he would have taken pictures of your wife's car to prove the 2 cars made contact and she caused the damage. There is more for him to lose (fraud) than you to gain.
It's incredibly petty though.
Just let the insurers deal with it and reach their own conclusion, backed up by your evidence of the mark already being there when you bought it. No doubt he would have taken pictures of your wife's car to prove the 2 cars made contact and she caused the damage. There is more for him to lose (fraud) than you to gain.
It's incredibly petty though.
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Torch his van. Olive oil his doorstep. Film it. Profit.
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what he said
Joking aside, When this has been settled by the insurance i would try to defuse it and make a peace offering. Having had a run in with the neighbor before it really isn't worth the hassle of dealing with it for the sake of a longer walk to the car :/ After all the stress and hassles and cost I'm sure it would have made life easier if i just let them be the ***ck they wanted to be.
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Counter claim, say it appears he has reversed into your wifes car 
devils advocate - so your wife had, after all, been antagonizing, him for 2 months by blocking the complete location, where, he must have thought, she could have left her car either on the drive as they sometimes do, or outside whilst leaving space for two ?
I would be concerned that everyone at your addresses potentially gets a black mark and renewal hit.
Seems daft, if he would have actually moved his car closer to take photos, since if she had hit him, she would have backed it off anyway ....
I would be concerned that everyone at your addresses potentially gets a black mark and renewal hit.
Seems daft, if he would have actually moved his car closer to take photos, since if she had hit him, she would have backed it off anyway ....
Looking at the state of the van, he is definitely not claiming because you've actually hit him. In it's current state he clearly doesn't care about the odd mark. I imagine he is doing this to get at you, the funny thing is, that a claim like this will probably go 50/50.
Handle via insurance, provide the facts and let them sort it out. Your wife wasn't in the car, it was parked and stationary.
Handle via insurance, provide the facts and let them sort it out. Your wife wasn't in the car, it was parked and stationary.
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Pretty much this I reckon. I would then get CCTV on the area and then park there even more just to wind him up. I would be even tempted to put both cars on there. That's just me though
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I cant believe how much space you all have! I'd move house to just have half of what you and your neighbour have! So many "why don't you's" that could be suggested but to keep on topic, I really hope this insurance scam backfires in his face, what a petty vindictive thing to try. He must actually be slightly unstable. Bet he's twitching those curtains right now.
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I hope he saw my photographing his van and our car last night, but I couldn't see his ugly mug in the window.
I don't think he wants to leave his wife.
That does sound like one petty neighbour indeed!
WRT extending your driveway for two cars, that does look perfectly do-able. That front wall would need knocking out a bit, and with the lamp post in the way would mean one car has to come in at an angle. But that sounds like a much better compromise than having to play tit for tat with a petty neighbour.
WRT extending your driveway for two cars, that does look perfectly do-able. That front wall would need knocking out a bit, and with the lamp post in the way would mean one car has to come in at an angle. But that sounds like a much better compromise than having to play tit for tat with a petty neighbour.
I'm 99% sure your wife's car would fit in front of your driveway without blocking your neighbour. It's tiny. Would be quite close to the lamppost but there's enough space.
Edit:- That van has some mileage on it. Interesting bodge job on the brake pipes. lol.
Would be quite close to the lamppost but there's enough space.Edit:- That van has some mileage on it. Interesting bodge job on the brake pipes. lol.
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My guess is he doesn't want anyone there as it makes it difficult to see when reversing out
He probably uses it when he knows the other car will go out and he saves having to shuffle.
I suspect he would have parked it further forwards previously as that would have been easier when reversing out, and in effect using the whole of the area where both cars are parked.
That van would be a write off with any sort of reasonable damage.
Its hard to see but I think unless its narrower you could fit your wifes car by the lampost, its only going to be tight getting the wingmirror past the post but thats an easy single thing to watch when initially parking
Why dont you go and try it together to see if it works?
(then park in his spot anyway)
He probably uses it when he knows the other car will go out and he saves having to shuffle.
I suspect he would have parked it further forwards previously as that would have been easier when reversing out, and in effect using the whole of the area where both cars are parked.
That van would be a write off with any sort of reasonable damage.
Its hard to see but I think unless its narrower you could fit your wifes car by the lampost, its only going to be tight getting the wingmirror past the post but thats an easy single thing to watch when initially parking
Why dont you go and try it together to see if it works?
(then park in his spot anyway)