Shared driveway

xxxpinkladyxxx

I have a shared driveway which leads on to my garage and to my neighbour's back garden (they don't have a garage). I have lived in my house for about 5 years. We don't use our garage but if a car is parked up our sideway, it blocks access to it. Since I have lived in my house, for most of that time, my neighbour has felt it is ok to park and leave their car up the shared driveway, therefore blocking access to my garage if I did want to use it. The current car they have up there has been there for 2 years and not moved. Back in June or July last year, I asked them if there was any chance they could move it. She said that she would but asked if I would mind waiting until August once they come back off their holiday. I said this was fine, no rush. Anyway, September, she knocks and says they've ordered parts for the car and will then get it moved. October, November, December and January goes by and nothing. Car still up there. So I asked her again when the car was going to be moved. She apologised again and asked me to give her a couple of weeks and she'll get it moved. I said "ok". It's now the end of March and it's still up there.

I've actually had enough of asking her to move it now. She's blocking access to my garage and it also makes it difficult to get our bins out on the bin collection days. I've googled this and, from what I've read, it seems she has absolutely no right whatsoever to park up the sideway. I am going to ask her one final time before I take this any further but my question is, if she still doesn't move the car, what action do I take? Would I need to get solicitors involved or is this something that the Council can deal with (our houses are privately owned)? I just don't want to have to pay legal fees for a solicitor because she won't move her car - or would she be responsible for paying these fees?

ormus

nothing to do with the council. you can enforce right of way through the courts.
any fees incured maybe claimed back off the other party, but thats not gauranteed.
some judges will make an order to pay up, others wont.

try any/all means to settle the dispute before taking drastic legal action.
it cost money (to somebody) and leaves a bad taste between neighbours. not the best idea in the world.

Curly

tow rope :P lol

if you did want to move it your self tho you can use 2 trolley jacks ( the one with wheels that garages use) just jack up the back middle and front middle then role it

alanobrien

Avoid getting the legal bods involved if you can it will only end in grief and cost. Could it be moved elsewhere so you have access ? Could you offer to help and tow it ? Personally i would take that approach and resort to the law as a very last resort.

xxxpinkladyxxx

I've thought about buying a chain saw and cutting the car in 2 and then putting the other half on their half of the driveway I often give accidentally on purpose whack it with my wheeley bin when I'm bringing that out. Apparently if damage happens to their car while it's on part of my property, then it's their problem (I'm not sure if that's right or not though but read that somewhere).

It could potentially be moved into their back garden or outside the front of their house - but for this it would need to be taxed and it's not going to be taxed because it would never pass an MOT.

I just think they are taking the complete !!!! now and it makes me so angry. And their son also likes to park his car up the sideway as well most of the time so they end up taking up the whole of our driveway!!!

I don't want to take legal action because it's agro and especially if there's a chance I'd have to pay for the legal fees but I don't care about bad feeling between us and them because I couldn't care less.

They have another car so they wouldn't need help in towing it.

pimento

If there's space in your garage for your car, tell them you're going to start using it, and do.

MrYorke

doesn't have to be on the road to be taxed.

Give them another go and tell them to move it. Then, when it is, park your car there for a while and see if they like it.....but hopefully they wont 'bump' your car with their bin as you have done and admitted....lets hope they're not savvy savers like yourself and reading this haha

goodluck