A Harold Hill man who has had three cars scraped by London buses said his "measly" pay out will not cover the cost of repairs due to the "severity" of the damage.

Reece Manning, who lives in Tees Drive, previously told the Recorder his car was scraped most recently when parked on the road outside his house on May 31. 

Two other cars parked outside his house have been hit by London buses - his old car in February 2021 and his mum's car in June 2023 - and Reece told this paper parking there now feels like "spinning a roulette wheel".

After the latest scrape, he contacted Stagecoach and Transport for London (TfL) demanding that they compensate him.

Reece says Stagecoach's claims department agreed to pay him just more than £2,000 for the damages.

The most recent incident happened on the 256 bus route - and Reece says it often parks along Tees DriveThe most recent incident happened on the 256 bus route  (Image: Reece Manning)

However, he has claimed that the cost of repair would be £5,000.

Reece said: "Stagecoach [is] offering a measly pay out that will not cover the cost of repair.

"Due to the severity for me to have it repaired it will cost a lot more, as such this is going to cost me my own money to have the car repaired.

"I am not in a financial position to have it repaired myself, so I have no idea what I’m going to do next."

Reece has claimed the cost of repairs for the latest damage would total £5,000Reece has claimed the cost of repairs for the latest damage would total £5,000 (Image: Reece Manning)

After an initial inspection of the damage, Reece said he was informed by a garage that his car would need a whole list of repairs, including to the bumper, wheel alignment and rear panel above the wheel arch line.

Reece told the Recorder that he had successfully received compensation for the previous two incidents - the second of which resulted in his mum's car being written off.

He added that his car is the "light of my life" and that even waiting for his pay out for each incident has been stressful enough. 

"I don't want anything from them [Stagecoach] at the end of the day - I just want my car to be fixed."

He has also urged Stagecoach and TfL to properly investigate the incidents to prevent any future scrapes on the road.

Stagecoach referred us to TfL when contacted for comment.

Rosie Trew, TfL’s head of bus service delivery, said: "We'd like to apologise again to Mr Manning for the damage to his vehicle.

"Safety is our top priority and we have reviewed these incidents with Stagecoach and are putting steps in place to ensure that this does not happen again."

She added that the final level of compensation is determined by the bus operator's insurance company.