The family opposite me have 7 cars.
They have to park 2 on the road when they are all in.
There's a bloke along the road who sells cars from home, he never has more than about 4 cars out front with only 1 or 2 on the road.
Whats the difference really?
Although his wife also runs a dog grooming business from home, so I suppose I should alert Special Branch and get them done.
Legal cars parked on street shocker.
Call the cops. Get the cops to shoot the owner, place the cars in the shape of a vertical cross and burn them kkk stylee.
Either this or worry more about actual problems OP.
I take it you know the guy then when you can say all that so confidently? Must be great to have all his personal information and bank records to hand to make such a statement. Tell me though, why are you wasting your talents on this guy and not the ones who owe millions? Methinks you have your priorities wrong somewhere.
Don't worry, I am, I've recovered £105k in the last 4 weeks. I do my work on here for free. 🙂
Post pics of this congested street so we can see how inconvenienced you are. If you dare 🙂
My neighbour trades scrap from his gaff and although he weighs about 30 stone, is quite grubby and smells pretty bad, he is a diamond geezer and would do anything for anyone..
Nice guy? If he doesn't have the right permit (which I am guessing he doesn't if it from his house) then he's running an illegal waste site. He's not paying the permit fees, not abiding by the rules in such permits which protect the environment, unfairly undercutting legitimate business's and quite probably (knowing scrappies very very very well as I do) supporting the metal theft criminals by buying their stolen goods off them cos there isn't any traceability with his "business".
How bad does a crime have to be before STW will report it......
Nice guy?
yes
Did I stutter?
My neighbour's started leaving body parts littered around the street. I didn't mind when it was just under the patio and decomposing on his front lawn, but the dog keeps dragging them onto my drive and the smell is quite unpleasant. Thing is though, he's a diamond geezer and despite being a serial killer, he's always happy to help with stuff around the house and he organised a brilliant fireworks display for the kids the other week.
I've half a mind to report him for littering, but I don't want to get him in trouble. Are there any other avenues I could explore? Anyone been in a similar situation and found a neighbourly solution?
How bad does a crime have to be before STW will report it......
Well, if it's someone else feed 'em to the pigs, if it's one of us however,
.Legally, morally and in terms of anti social behaviour it's not the same thing.
Even if it quite demonstrably is (legally).
So we don't mind a trader selling cars off the street, and presumably acting as a private seller to avoid his obligations under the sale of goods act? I don't mind the neighbours scattering cars all over the place but I wouldn't be that happy if they were sitting there waiting to be sold!
A lot of presumptions there, keep going, there's still room for more...
Did I stutter?
No, but as a STW stammerer/stutterer I am now outraged and feel persecuted (well it's a demographic that hasn't been covered yet in this thread) 😆
Even if it quite demonstrably is (legally).
OH RLY???
Well this has snowballed was just seeking some advice...
lets hope he doesn't find out it was you who turned him over and decide to make Your life a misery in some other (not nice) way.
just a thought.
Lawnmanmx - as I said was just seeking advice, didn't specifically say i would do anything with it. I've not turned him over, and whilst I've been given lots of options ill decide what I feel is best. I wouldn't say he's making my life a misery but yes it's not good having 5 cars outside your house. Thanks for your thought.
If he's a ****t, which he sounds like, complain to the council.
You can report untaxed cars via the Dvla website and it won't be long until the anpr van arrives to check.
Failing that, dog sh1t in paper bag. Doorstep, light fire to bag, knock hard and run.
Could be worse, he could park a caravan in his front garden. That will take 15% off house prices in a 10 house radius. Scum.
"That will take 15% off house prices in a 10 house radius. Scum."
really ....
id hate to live next to any of you lot.
my neighbours are ace - they make noise at times - i make noise at times- give and take. - i have a half built car on my drive , i apologise and they ask why im apologising for it.... its a hobby - we all need em
that said im waiting for the day the planned "executive luxury homes" go into the field across the road and look at me..... that will result in some interesting conversations i'm sure.
bargain luxury home for the guy looking at my house im sure.
This place never ceases to amaze me.
Break the speed limit by a small fraction or get a borderline scam parking ticket and everyone and their mother are queuing up with [s]patronising[/s] helpful suggestions of variations on "you do the crime, you pay the price."
Yet, someone posts about a neighbour who aside from being a minor public nuisance may well be breaking any number of laws (infringement of the Clean Neighbourhood Act, trading from a residential property, driving without insurance, untaxed / un-SORNed vehicles on the public road, etc, etc) and everyone's here calling him petty and much worse and telling him to wind his neck in. Where are the self-righteous "BUT A LAW WAS BROKEN ZOMG!" brigade today then, is the Professionally Indignant AGM running at the moment or something?
+1 to that Cougar.
id hate to live next to any of you lot.
I was actually being sarcastic, though I genuinely do hate caravans with a passion, and wouldn't buy a house near where one was parked up 😉
I would; neighbours who own a caravan presumably go out a lot, and there's no better neighbours than ones who aren't there.
"Where are the self-righteous "BUT A LAW WAS BROKEN ZOMG!"
possibly waiting for proof an actual law has been broken rather than speculation one may have been broken.
just selling cars from ones home a trader does not make.... i sell cars from time to time at my house.... i have in the past had more than one for sale at once - does that make me a trader ?
I would; neighbours who own a caravan presumably go out a lot, and there's no better neighbours than ones who aren't there.
Those ones not so bad, but still a lot of an eyesore, imo of course. The ones that never move and are left to rot are much worse.
I also sympathise with the OP, wouldn't want 5 cars for sale outside my house. Just inverse snobbery on this thread.
Well done, you're all very ghetto.
Cougar - quality of driving is a matter of life and death, possible tax evasion issues aren't, generally.
Could be worse, he could park a caravan in his front garden. That will take 15% off house prices in a 10 house radius. Scum.
Bollocks.
"wouldn't want 5 cars[s] for sale[/s] parked outside my house."
OP states he had to look online to find out they were forsale.
i sympathise with him sure - i wouldnt dream of parking 5 cars on my street - i like my neighbours....but i still dont see other than being antisocial what hes done wrong in the eyes of the law provided they are all taxed /insured and tested - and not insured under a traders policy.......- if they are he hasnt a leg to stand on - hes a trader.
when i bought my house i paid extra (a tax if you will) to have room to park a few cars on my property to avoid just this situation.
and there's no better neighbours than ones who aren't there.
I prefer neighbours you never hear rather than neighbours you never see FWIW
Could be worse, he could park a caravan in his front garden. That will take 15% off house prices in a 10 house radius. Scum.
When we were looking to buy we saw a great house, with a large campervan parked on the drive next door effectively blocking part of the view/light of the front bay window.
We didn't buy.
Trailrat- if you intend to make a profit, it's a trade, even if it's only once a year. Hope you and the original neighbour both advocate declaring income tax on any profits of a trade. HMRC's hidden economy folk would probably consider 5 cars at once to be a trading activity and might even take an interest if prompted.
Says a caravan owner (who consistently lacks demonstrable empathy, and fails to appreciate other peoples point of view). What a surprise.
Lol oh really. I'd love to see this demonstrated. Especially given I spend most of my time on here arguing for other people's points of view, that I don't even hold. I even get flamed for it.
Exactly why is my caravan such a bad thing on my property? Do you know where it's situated and in what position? Do you know whose view it blocks?
possibly waiting for proof an actual law has been broken rather than speculation one may have been broken.
Like the one he's definitely breaking as mentioned on the first page of this thread (and again in my post), for instance?
The others are speculation, sure (that's what 'may' means), but if he's reported, the police look at it and decide he's operating within the law, no-one's lost anything (other than a bit of police time) and the OP can have his mind put at rest.
Cougar - quality of driving is a matter of life and death, possible tax evasion issues aren't, generally.
I'll remind you of that should you ever get knocked off your bike by an uninsured driver.
Is there a list of crimes which are and aren't 'proper' crimes somewhere then? Just wondering, so I can correctly calibrate my moral compass to STW standards.
Exactly why is my caravan such a bad thing on my property?
It tells everyone you're a caravan owner.
Says a caravan owner (who consistently lacks demonstrable empathy, and fails to appreciate other peoples point of view). What a surprise.
I am sure he aims for your high levels of understanding of others views and the empathetic style you have posted
PS you really should pop into a religious thread as he is irritatingly effective at displaying empathy and appreciation others views. The only true thing there is he is a caravan owner basically.
EDIT: christ on a bike it got worse . IMHO ignore the obvious Clarkson style trolling Molly and happy caravanning
When we were looking to buy we saw a great house, with a large campervan parked on the drive next door effectively blocking part of the view/light of the front bay window.We didn't buy.
A little shortsighted there, no?
not at all, he saw it clearly
I prefer neighbours you never hear rather than neighbours you never see FWIW
You appear to be confusing neighbours with "children." Easy mistake to make, children are usually smaller and harder to get rid of.
grey area.
FWIW ive never intentionally made a profit on a sale as i buy old cars cheap run em into the ground as second cars and flog em on for market value or should i count my cheap motoring miles as profit 😉
It tells everyone you're a caravan owner.
Maybe I'll move it round the front now, if it keeps Clarksonites away 🙂 Having said that the bloke opposite seems to have moved out along with his BMW 635 convertible and Audi A8.
Thanks Junkyard, you still coming down for the Velothon Wales? 🙂
Are you capable of understanding that a significant proportion of people would not want a caravan parked in the driveway next to their house?
Yeah, I am. I don't really want dozens of cars parked all over the road in the way of everyone when they could be on driveways; I don't really want the access roads to the estate blocked by car-sharers either, but sometimes you just have to let it slide.
When I decided to park the caravan there (next to my house, not next to anyone else's) I thought carefully about whether or not it would inconvenience anyone, and I decided it was no worse than all the other vans and cars in the street.
If anyone objects to caravans specifically then they should probably sit down and have a think about their irrational dislike of caravans.
ah yes , with the tact the police have i dont suggest calling them round to look....
they will arrive in a liveried up wagon - look at the issue decide A or B and then come to the OPs door to tell him...
clearly showing the OPs neighbour who ratted on him.
- this actually happened , only it was one of the lads on my lane and a group of caravan dwellers camped out in a field opposite his house.
his life was hell till they left.
"Are you capable of understanding that a significant proportion of people would not want a caravan parked in the driveway next to their house?"
they have housing estates for people like that.
similar to the one that the housing association on a fife estate of old people that told my mate he had to get rid of his car as it was too old to be in the estate.....
maybe those who feel he's not hurting anyone by clogging up the road with cars can provide their addresses and let him leave his stock outside their house 🙂
crack on .
dont bet on it lasting too long - someone parked their golf between my drive and the road end last weekend and went for a walk- i did suggest it was a bad idea but got told "its taxed and insured theres nothing you can do about it"
tractor took his wing mirror off.
i did have wee chuckle to my self when they came back.
