“My neighbour occasionally parks his car or lets his friends park outside my house. It’s a public road and I park there myself, but he has a garage and I don’t see why he can’t use it instead of parking outside my house.
I’ve tried speaking to him about it but he laughed at me and suggested I put one of my three cars in my double garage, but I can’t because I’ve turned it into a workshop. I lean my bins against his car now as a motivation aid to stop him parking there but it doesn’t seem to be working.”
^^^ the train of thought that goes through my neighbour’s mind. He’s started harassing anyone who parks outside his house, demanding to know how long they’re going to be parked there and interrogating them about whether their insurance covers them parking on the road, insinuating that accidents happen. Is this the sort of thing the local community police officer might be prepared to have a chat to him about?
I’m pretty sure he’s mentally ill or suffers slightly from Aspergers, but equally I don’t think that’s an excuse to have a go at anyone who parks perfectly legitimately and spoils his view of, uh, the house opposite.
Half tempted to buy an old caravan and dump it there permanently.