Neighbors vs caravan

[volvoid]

I have had a broken down car on my drive for years.
It would have been fixed and gone lone ago had the prat next-door not -

shouted at me, twiched net curtains, wagged fingers, put nose in air and sniffed, planted spiky plants right up to my boundary, written to the council a dozen times, and generally told me what I shall and shan't do in my own home.
Cheeky bugger started banging on at 11pm a while ago, telling me to move (I suggested he gets together with everyone who agrees with him and give me 10grand each, didnt hear that one again, sadly).

Its is MY car, on MY driveway, which was built with the house. Nothing anyone can do about it. Not legally anyway.

[Simon Jones]

So if your neighbour parked something like this on his driveway so it was what all you could see while stood doing the dishes, you'd wholeheartedly endorse his right to do so? You must be more tolerant than many other folk.

[CNGBiFuel]

I have had a broken down car on my drive for years.
It would have been fixed and gone lone ago had the prat next-door not -

shouted at me, twiched net curtains, wagged fingers, put nose in air and sniffed, planted spiky plants right up to my boundary, written to the council a dozen times, and generally told me what I shall and shan't do in my own home.
Cheeky bugger started banging on at 11pm a while ago, telling me to move (I suggested he gets together with everyone who agrees with him and give me 10grand each, didnt hear that one again, sadly).

Its is MY car, on MY driveway, which was built with the house. Nothing anyone can do about it. Not legally anyway.
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You are correct, you may do as you please, however with that right comes responsibilty. Not entitlements. There's also decency and moral obligation for which no law can enforce you to enact. Yet, if you don't understand that simple fact, and if your words are really how you see it, I don't blame your neighbour. He sounds rather restrained.

You're lucky, your neighbour is not wise, is he? All he's done is wind you up, mincing about waving his hanky. Me? I'd sit quiet, pick my moment. You'd move that car, and be happy to do it.

[canis]

That's all well and good, talking about responsibility not entitlement. And on the whole, I agree with you, but not all of us are equally fortunate. Our caravan is ancient, and filthy. The cars are both rust buckets, even the working one.

I'd love to give it all up and get an £80,000 a year job and chuck all thr rubbish out and just buy new everything. Probably on finance like the rest of them do. New cars every six months, etc. Sprakley new driveway upon which I can park a sparkley new caravan.

But don't worry. Come the revolution, citizen, when we can all be valued equally, we can all be judged equally. Until then, it's my driveway and I'll park anything I want on it. And if they don't like it, they can move. After all, they can afford it.

What I mean is: It's unfair to expect those around you to match your living standards. The caravan might be an eyesore, but at least we own it. The car might be a wreck, but it's legal and it's ours and there's no payments to make on it. We own what we own, and shall not be priced out of our home just because the neighbour (only one, the others are fine with us) is a snob.

[THE FLOCK]

Originally Posted by volvoid

I have had a broken down car on my drive for years.
It would have been fixed and gone lone ago had the prat next-door not -

shouted at me, twiched net curtains, wagged fingers, put nose in air and sniffed, planted spiky plants right up to my boundary, written to the council a dozen times, and generally told me what I shall and shan't do in my own home.
Cheeky bugger started banging on at 11pm a while ago, telling me to move (I suggested he gets together with everyone who agrees with him and give me 10grand each, didnt hear that one again, sadly).

Its is MY car, on MY driveway, which was built with the house. Nothing anyone can do about it. Not legally anyway.

Oh dear i think I'd of said if they dont stop moaning i'd hire it out as a B&B seriously though if its that grosse throw a cover over it, job done. Peaceful life for you.

[cumbrianmale]

Originally Posted by volvoid

I have had a broken down car on my drive for years.
It would have been fixed and gone lone ago had the prat next-door not -

shouted at me, twiched net curtains, wagged fingers, put nose in air and sniffed, planted spiky plants right up to my boundary, written to the council a dozen times, and generally told me what I shall and shan't do in my own home.
Cheeky bugger started banging on at 11pm a while ago, telling me to move (I suggested he gets together with everyone who agrees with him and give me 10grand each, didnt hear that one again, sadly).

Its is MY car, on MY driveway, which was built with the house. Nothing anyone can do about it. Not legally anyway.

Make sure that you cut back any overhanging parts of said spiky plants into a tarp or blanket and then return the cuttings to the owner. Don't dispose of them yourself as that is classed as theft as you have deprived him of his property, just tip the cuttings back on his driveway or step.

[TheLeeds]

Originally Posted by volvoid

I have had a broken down car on my drive for years.
It would have been fixed and gone lone ago had the prat next-door not -

shouted at me, twiched net curtains, wagged fingers, put nose in air and sniffed, planted spiky plants right up to my boundary, written to the council a dozen times, and generally told me what I shall and shan't do in my own home.......

An old neighbour of ours in the 80s had an old car that he was about to scrap because he'd bought another one. He was a nice guy who would help anyone, sometimes without even needing to be asked. Another of his neighbours didn't like seeing the car because it was old, but rather than simply ask if he could park it slightly further down the road, he reported it for not being taxed. So instead of scrapping it, he got another MOT on it, taxed it for 6 months, then parked it right outside the neighbour's house, and never used it once. If he had just asked politely, I bet there wouldn't have been a problem. It pays to be nice.