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I have had a similar issue. My advice is to make it THEIR problem as well by parking them in at every opportunity – this will be effective in odd hours – if they don’t answer the door, you can call the Police to knock on their door for you – they will tell you it is out of their jurisdiction being a strata issue BUT they can intervene on the basis that the situation could escalate into some sort of altercation if not resolved which then becomes their issue . You wrote you have parked them in but were abused when you explained why. Keep doing it and when they honk their horn for you to move your car, take your time. Then there are a couple of ways you can go about it. Either don’t talk to them when you are moving your car (either outright ignore them or pretend you are on the phone) or take a dictaphone with you and if they abuse you, say calmly “I am recording this”. However, if you think this will escalate their abuse, you CAN record them discretely, even though people say you cannot record someone’s voice without their permission, you CAN do this, you just may not be able to use the evidence in court, although this may be possible as I have been in a court hearing where the Magistrate was willing to listen to my recordings of my stata plan neighbour verbally abusing me. If you want to stop the verbal abuse, show them they are being recorded but if you want to use it as evidence, it is up to you if you want to disclose the recording. In my case, showing the dictaphone shut them up. All they would then say is “You can’t record my voice.” But I can and did and was allowed to use this. The worst thing you can do is give up your right to park/access your garage as it will get worse.