Neighbour row erupts as driver damages his car after reversing onto homeowner's driveway

In a post on Mumsnet, the anonymous resident said she moved into the property three months ago.

She explained that just weeks after moving in, she began to notice her next-door neighbour reversing onto her driveway.

She said: "I noticed that the neighbours across the street were reversing onto my property when they left their house.

"The road is pretty narrow, so they can’t really turn around without reversing onto my drive.

"Plus, another neighbour parks his car on the pavement by their house, which makes it harder for them to pull forward and turn around."

The Mumsnet poster affirmed she was not intending to start a neighbour row, and did not talk with him about the issue.

She instead placed a number of rocks from her garden in the corner of the driveway.

The neighbour then knocked on her door and fumed "that his car got damaged because of the rocks", adding that the cars were half on the pavement and half on the driveway - a claim the homeowner refutes.

The neighbour then "asked why I didn't tell him I was putting them there so he could avoid driving over them".

The Mumsnet poster said: "Why would I need to inform him? His car wouldn't have been damaged if he wasn't using my drive…"

With his now damaged car, he allegedly got "really aggressive" and said the previous homeowners never had a problem with his use of the driveway.

He then threatened to "call the police and a solicitor about the damage to his car", according to the poster.

The anonymous woman said that she has not heard anything from her neighbour since, and said she "felt a bit intimidated by him".

One commenter on the post said: "He’s an idiot if he calls the police over this."

Another said: "He hasn't got a leg to stand on and possibly he hopes you'll worry and fret over this, waiting to hear from police/solicitors and the like.

"Don't give him the satisfaction and put his stupid actions out your mind."

However, not all social media users were in agreement with the homeowner.

One commenter wrote: "So let me get this straight, to get off his drive, which he parks on rather than blocking the road further, he drives on your drive. And instead of talking to him about it, you stick rocks in the way to stop him."

The anonymous poster added: "Firstly, in what way is he inconveniencing you?

"Secondly, why didn't you speak to him if you are so upset and let him block the road instead.

"Thirdly, yes the damage is down to him, he drove into a stationary rock, even if it was on the pavement... what is so difficult about being a good neighbour and letting him just drive into your drive... are you that petty?"