Neighbour deliberately destroying verge
Discussion
Bought a house in an estate about 7 years ago.
About 50/50 council built vs private. Ours is ex council.
Our driveway ends on a pavement, then about 15ft further to the dropped kerb is tarmac with a grassed area either side- with yet another path the other side. Whole street is largely the same. Everything past our drive is council owned.
A neighbor across the road has taken to parking immediately outside our house on this peice of grass. The area now resembles The Somme with deep rutted tracks and mud absolutely everywhere. Looks a proper state.
We've tried talking to them and all i got was abuse and threats - typical chavvy couple. This has obviously made them even more inclined to do it.....
Where do I stand with some sort of bollards being put in?
A number of other houses in the street have done the same due to similar issues. Some using rocks and others old sleepers/posts concreted in.
I couldn't care less if they parked in the road outside - I'm just sick of it looking so roughed up.
Council have apparently warned one person about bollards but when challenged for precedent they backed down.
Should I be asking them first or "asking for forgiveness" after?
I obviously want to protect myself from the neighbour potentially trying to claim anything like their car got damaged/ they tripped on it etc....
About 50/50 council built vs private. Ours is ex council.
Our driveway ends on a pavement, then about 15ft further to the dropped kerb is tarmac with a grassed area either side- with yet another path the other side. Whole street is largely the same. Everything past our drive is council owned.
A neighbor across the road has taken to parking immediately outside our house on this peice of grass. The area now resembles The Somme with deep rutted tracks and mud absolutely everywhere. Looks a proper state.
We've tried talking to them and all i got was abuse and threats - typical chavvy couple. This has obviously made them even more inclined to do it.....
Where do I stand with some sort of bollards being put in?
A number of other houses in the street have done the same due to similar issues. Some using rocks and others old sleepers/posts concreted in.
I couldn't care less if they parked in the road outside - I'm just sick of it looking so roughed up.
Council have apparently warned one person about bollards but when challenged for precedent they backed down.
Should I be asking them first or "asking for forgiveness" after?
I obviously want to protect myself from the neighbour potentially trying to claim anything like their car got damaged/ they tripped on it etc....
Edited by Biker9090 on Friday 23 January 00:36
Copy your neighbours, get some enormous boulders and place them haphazardly on the verge so it's impossible to park anything with less ground clearance than Bigfoot, it's common enough in the nearest town to me on streets with that layout, pavement-grass-road, as some people are just selfish pricks. They do need to be big though, otherwise they're too easy to shift even by lazy selfish pricks and boulders that big will be expensive.
Have you spoken to the council as they are the land owners?
Perhaps send them some photos of the car and the damage.
(Being PH, I hope you have checked for MOT, Tax and insurance)
We've had similar, although the land was privately owned. We found boulders are expensive and often get stolen, so used bits of tree trunk to good effect.
Perhaps send them some photos of the car and the damage.
(Being PH, I hope you have checked for MOT, Tax and insurance)
We've had similar, although the land was privately owned. We found boulders are expensive and often get stolen, so used bits of tree trunk to good effect.
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