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[JamesV6CDX]

While I was on holiday I pinched the front OS wheel off my elite, to act as a full size spare for my estate. In place of the elites wheel I let it rest on an old knackered steel wheel with a duff flat tyre.
This is all on my own private drive off the road.

In my absence my neighbour thought I'd had a puncture. To stop the weight of the car damaging the tyre he has jacked up the offside front. He has used a non suitable jack, has destroyed the jacking point, and also trashed the sill cover which is now totally bent out of shape.

He is one of those old busy body types who interferes in everything we do including going through our bins to check we recycle correctly..(!)

At breaking point

[Rog]

It's ok

I think that there is such a thing as "justifiable homicide"   

[brendan1983]

Surely this is classed as criminal damage?

Tell him he needs to pay for it to be put right, or pursue it through police/small claims.

[2boxerdogs]

New patio & disappearing neighbour springs to mind !!

[JamesV6CDX]

Surely this is classed as criminal damage?

Tell him he needs to pay for it to be put right, or pursue it through police/small claims.

It is technically criminal damage, because the law doesn't require the damage to be intentional - a reckless act also counts.

The reality is though it wouldn't go anywhere. He is an old boy who, whilst incompetent, was trying to do a decent thing. As such very unlikely to be in public interest.

I also don't want that friction with a next door neighbour. I'm going to make it clear he isn't to touch our cars in future though!

[brendan1983]

Perhaps build a nice big wall to separate things?

[05omegav6]

Surely this is classed as criminal damage?

Tell him he needs to pay for it to be put right, or pursue it through police/small claims.

It is technically criminal damage, because the law doesn't require the damage to be intentional - a reckless act also counts.

The reality is though it wouldn't go anywhere. He is an old boy who, whilst incompetent, was trying to do a decent thing. As such very unlikely to be in public interest.

I also don't want that friction with a next door neighbour. I'm going to make it clear he isn't to touch our cars in future though!

He has effectively written the car off, so 'dangle berries' to neighbour diplomacy. Get a colleguiy to accompany you next door, with an estimated cost of repair. He then gets a reasonable period of time to reimburse you or you take legal action, through your insurers legal assistance if required.

Re the damage the covers do twist off under pressure, might be a busted clip or two, so that is cosmetic. What isn't cosmetic is the damage to the jacking point as this is on a structural seem. So any repair there needs to be proper to retain strength and also stop it dissolving, as a split seam might allow water into the sill...

If it were my car you'd have heard the yelling from Spain...

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Surely this is classed as criminal damage?

Tell him he needs to pay for it to be put right, or pursue it through police/small claims.

It is technically criminal damage, because the law doesn't require the damage to be intentional - a reckless act also counts.

The reality is though it wouldn't go anywhere. He is an old boy who, whilst incompetent, was trying to do a decent thing. As such very unlikely to be in public interest.

I also don't want that friction with a next door neighbour. I'm going to make it clear he isn't to touch our cars in future though!

Sorry to hear this James

The old boy sounds like a Victor Meldrew or a Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles

Bloody annoying!

[SteveAvfc.]

Put him in your recycling bin then send him of to the tip where the seagulls will pecks his eyes out nosey old git. 

[minifreek]

'dangle berries' to him, all he had to do was ask if he could help or even put a suggestion forward to you....

He'd be getting a bill off me for the damage done...

[omega3000]

Difficult one , he wanted to do the decent thing but should have asked first . So as not to cause friction just send a letter saying although you seen he was only trying to help he has damaged the car and caused a big repair bill and you need the car repaired at his cost ... See what happens 

[Toledodude1973]

Smash his car up, you'll feel better

[TheBoy]

Smash his car up, you'll feel better

I tried that (buried a garage door into 2 of the neighbours cars). I felt quite bad about it

[JamesV6CDX]

Surely this is classed as criminal damage?

Tell him he needs to pay for it to be put right, or pursue it through police/small claims.

It is technically criminal damage, because the law doesn't require the damage to be intentional - a reckless act also counts.

The reality is though it wouldn't go anywhere. He is an old boy who, whilst incompetent, was trying to do a decent thing. As such very unlikely to be in public interest.

I also don't want that friction with a next door neighbour. I'm going to make it clear he isn't to touch our cars in future though!

Re the damage the covers do twist off under pressure, might be a busted clip or two, so that is cosmetic. What isn't cosmetic is the damage to the jacking point as this is on a structural seem. So any repair there needs to be proper to retain strength and also stop it dissolving, as a split seam might allow water into the sill...

If it were my car you'd have heard the yelling from Spain...

It's not just the jacking point cover, the sill cover is screwed, won't go back in shape

This is just one issue though, there is a wider issue in that he won't leave us alone.

He is always pottering about in his garage which us right next to mine, it would be so awkward if I got any kind of authority involved, despite the fact I've tried hard to tell him nicely....!

[05omegav6]

That was how I read it re the damage... pop the sill cover off and go from there but be prepared to find the sill stoved in

You need to nip his behaviour in the bud now. And you cannot leave the car ignored. My neighbour reversed into my car and didn't tell me for four days (apparently he hadn't seen me ) and only fessed up when I knocked on his door... long story short, I got a quote, presented it, he paid and that was that, job jobbed. Still on sociable terms five years later.

Whether you involve the police or not depends on his reaction. But ignoring it is the last thing you should do, because he will keep pushing as long as you take it.

On the plus side, at least you know why the previous owners moved