blocked access to garage.

mikey72

You need to look at the title plan and register.
I've seen situations where one property owns the garage, another owns all the land in front, but has to allow passage to the garage. Basically no one can park in front of the garage.
Situations like here, but where the council own everything, and the garages are leasehold, others where the property owns the garage, but nothing else, others where they all own the bit in front as well.
I've seen ones where someone else owns all the land around another house, and there is no right of access, even to the house.

You need to look at the three sets of deeds, yours, and the two immediate neighbours.

prowla

My opinion is that you should both have unhindered access to your garages, and neither should block the other.

TrickyWicky

Feel free to park your van there is what I say. The moment she blocks you in she's obstructing access to the highway - something the police must deal with (they'll try to tell you its the councils parking dept when you call the control room so don't be put off - persist and ask for a constable to visit).

Blocking someones vehicle access to the highway is an offence and she may well find her car being towed.

TrickyWicky

mikey72 wrote: »

I've seen ones where someone else owns all the land around another house, and there is no right of access, even to the house.

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mikey72

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Feel free to park your van there is what I say. The moment she blocks you in she's obstructing access to the highway - something the police must deal with (they'll try to tell you its the councils parking dept when you call the control room so don't be put off - persist and ask for a constable to visit).

Blocking someones vehicle access to the highway is an offence and she may well find her car being towed.

Not if there is no right to access. And if you try to tow that car, and it is her land, you'll be prosecuted.

Dave_C_2

This is one of my pet hates, where people park in front of the garage instead of in it. In most cases you have £100 of junk in the garage and £10,000 worth of car in front of it!

All their insurance forms will say "parked in garage". I'm quite suprised the insurance companies haven't clamped down on this.

Back on topic, is it possible to park on the road behind the offending car, leaving just enough manoeuvring room for a 63 point turn.

Dave

Sgt_Pepper_2

Dave_C wrote: »

This is one of my pet hates, where people park in front of the garage instead of in it. In most cases you have £100 of junk in the garage and £10,000 worth of car in front of it!

All their insurance forms will say "parked in garage". I'm quite suprised the insurance companies haven't clamped down on this.

Back on topic, is it possible to park on the road behind the offending car, leaving just enough manoeuvring room for a 63 point turn.

Dave

How do you know what we've stated on our insurance?

TrickyWicky

mikey72 wrote: »

Not if there is no right to access. And if you try to tow that car, and it is her land, you'll be prosecuted.

First i heard of the police being prosecuted for towing a vehicle but if you know something I don't..

Lum

Difference is. If you leave the car outside the garage it will probably still be there in the morning due to being locked.

If you do it the other way around, car in the garage and the pile of stuff in the road outside, it will either get ruined by the rain or stolen by passing opportunists.

In the OPs case they are using the van to run a business. They don't state exactly what but from the comments about needing to bring the van up to the garage for loading I would suspect that the garage is full of the tools of their trade. This could be a bunch lawnmowers, cement mixers, lengths of pipe etc. You don't know but it probably needs to be in there.

Dave_C_2

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

How do you know what we've stated on our insurance?

a) I know some people who have admitted it.
b) Cynicism

Dave