My wife and I was talking about this the other day, it seems that nobody is considerate anymore and as long as they are ok nobody else matters!

I personally would make a point of waking them up when you get home and hopefully they are in bed and it inconvenients them!

is the car in front of this van always there, is there room for him to park elsewhere on the street or does he do this as there is nowhere else to park . Seems strange he always blocks your drive ? Does he live next door ? He does sound like an inconsiderate t@@t .

The car in front of the van also belongs to the same house, so that could be moved up to allow the van more room.

There's not usually anywhere else to park outside the house, but could be parked further up the street.

The van belongs to the house opposite me that you can see to the left of the photo.

People park on my side of the street as it's too narrow for parking on both sides.

I had the drive built years ago due to issues with trying to get parked, especially with me coming home at midnight as I would never be able to get parked up at that time as everyone is home.

Well, I stayed calm and went across the road for a word with the man with the van on Saturday at a reasonable time of 4pm, rather than going across there ranting at midnight

He seemed ok and moved the car and then his van up as much as he could and said he would park the van at his mates. I said there was no need to if he just parked it further along, rather than over my drive.
Since Sunday night, a smaller van has been parked over my drive, but not as much as the original van, but still makes it awkward for me.
So I think he's parking his van at his mates and taking his mates van to park outside my house

As for the ones with the gate/gate supports attached to my fencing, well, I went to see them last Monday and they said they'd sort it as soon as they could, so left it at that.
I heard banging and the sound of a cordless screwdriver on Sunday, but as they've been doing work in the garden, didn't think anything of it.
Tonight, I've walked down my path to get my bins ready for collection later and noticed that they haven't moved or done anything regarding the gate supports attached to my fencing, but just finished the job off with the side panel they were missing.

I f**king give up, they are just c***s that do what the f**k they want regardless

Why be nice about it to my face and promise to ask the 'workman' about taking the supports off my fence panel, but then proceed to carry on with the job

If your luverly neighbour is in a Council/Corporation property then they 'should' need permissions to make alterations to their accommodation or curtilage - which if reasonable is not refused by Councils.

Perhaps you can make inquiries with the housing section and get them to confirm what permissions they have given... and if they have given it, what is the route for you to claim damage to your property (a now modified fence panel) and encroachment.

If they say no permission has been given then you go to the Council to make a complaint on the Council not controlling the tenancies and not making regular inspections.

Their is absolutely NOTHING stopping you removing your fence panel whenever you want to regardless of what is attached the other side.

Cite The Part Wall Act as your basis for complaint, and as the Council is the freeholder in this instance it is up to them to correct the wrongdoing.

Its going to cost the Council many hours in administration costs but that is irrelevant to the tort imposed upon you or the damages that you could potentially also claim, even if thats just the cost of a new fence panel.

Sorry to read all this Theresa, I hope this all gets resolved amicably and without any stress.

Maybe find something that you can park in front of your house that stops the van. And just leave it there, in a place that lets you get out.

As for the fence, definitely contact the council, and/or the housing association that owns the house.

It all sounds very annoying.

When I've stripped my old Coupe, I might just push it onto the road and when they find it's not taxed or insured, it might get taken away for free for me

As for the fencing and informing the council, I'm not sure whether to now as it might go on record and I decided last week that I'm giving myself a year to sort the stuff out that I've hoarded over the years and sell up next year and move into rented accomodation.
Could a dispute damage a house sale next year?

I feel a lot happier that after 27 years of putting up with inconsiderate neighbours, which has just got worse year after year, I will hopefully be free of them all next year

After todays winds and rain, I'm also 2 fence panels short of a complete fence too
I managed to salvage one and earlier spent 2 hours battling the elements to try and get it back in place, but just dragged the other one off the neighbours path into my garden and left it.
Now their privacy is exposed and I hope they hate it as much as I do

I think you can complain to the council anonymously, or at least privately. It might not be a formal dispute, simply you are telling the council that one of their tenants is doing something that is inconsiderate or illegal.

you have to declare any disputes when selling your house, the detail required is down to the purchasers solicitor

What you have previously mentioned, i doubt would class as a dispute as i guess you need to disagree on something that then goes official with mediation of some sort

I know noise complaints are anonymous

If you are definitely selling i would just do anything you can but keep shy of going official and then delete these posts

I went around to the council office about 10am (hadn't read your post then H_R )
They said they were short staffed today, but have said they will send someone around to the neighbour regarding the gate, etc. She said they need permission to do stuff like that to the house. I said I didn't care what they did to the house, my concern is my fencing and that they need 'my' permission to do stuff like that to my property

Noise complaints may be anonymous, but after I'd complained 3 times about the neighbour attached to my house, they said they could put noise recording equipment in, but would have to inform the neighbour it's there What's the f**king point?

White van man hasn't got his van parked over my drive tonight, but his Mrs has her shitreon parked over it instead

Jesus, I can't f**king wait to leave here next year. I like my house, I just hate the people I'm surrounded by