What do I do? She left a shed blocking my front door

Posted by isntitdotty@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 461 comments

I need some advice as I’m completely lost and feel like I ran out of options.

I’ve been dealing with an annoying neighbour for over a year now but I will just discuss her latest behaviour as that’s the one I’m most concerned about.

In July 2025 she has had her garden redone and she has removed a tall slim tool shed out her garden and placed it on my other neighbours driveway. She didn’t ask her permission just left it there. 2 weeks later she announced to her that she will remove it in a week or two as she can’t fit it in her car so she will have someone remove it for her. Skip forward 10 month the shed is still there. My other neighbours driveway had asked to remove it but she has ignored her. 2 weeks ago she asked her again as she just got a brand new car and now she has two cars on her drive so she ran out of space when the shed is there. She ignored her again. So she had moved that shed like 1m aside but now it’s blocking te alley way into my back garden. Our buns are also stored there. So now there’s only a foot gap between her shed and the fence so I’m blocked. My son uses the bak garden to access the house. He only has a back door key. So now he can’t access the house. I had delivery of some materials as I’m working on my garden and needed to access it so I have removed that shed and put it in front of her house. Nicely put up against her brick wall. I also removed all the bins (mine and hers) so there’s a clear fire evacuation path through my and her garden. At 8pm last night when she got back home she moved that shed and placed it in front of my door. Literally blocking my door. She also moved her bins back the alley so now my back and front of the house is blocked. I can’t move the bins as there’s no room to squeeze between them and my neighbours car. I’ve called police and they told me to move the shed back onto her property. I did that but so what. She will be back again after work and god knows what she’s gonna do. She was banging on my door last night but I was scared to open it. She came over 5 times banging on my door and windows shouting.

She also walks in front of my house directly in front of my window every time she puts her bins away. Atound 2/3 times a day which annoys me.

The police filed a harassment case but I still have to deal with her. They won’t intervene until there’s some physical violence.

I have wrote to council, housing association and even fire department as she’s blocking the fire evacuation path. I’ve been told it’s a civil case. So I’m just lost. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you