Neighbour parked on my drive - any advice?

kazwookie

Where do the visitors to the care home park? and delivery vans / lorries etc.

Exemplar

They wont refuse... they will be a business, they have no option but to agree to a meeting.

Sheepstar

kazwookie wrote: »

Where do the visitors to the care home park? and delivery vans / lorries etc.

If their own three parking spaces are already full, visitors / deliveries usually park on my land as it's closest. (I've had to ask workmen / gardeners to move their trucks so I can open my garage door before.)

reason2

under what regulation do they have to accept a meeting request... as far as im aware there is no such law or rule.. they can simply say there is no problem and as such no need to waste time from their "busy" schedule

Gordon_Hose

alcot33uk wrote: »

They wont refuse... they will be a business, they have no option but to agree to a meeting.

They don't have to agree to anything.

Sheepstar

alcot33uk wrote: »

Some people on here really do talk utter nonsense....

Arrange a meeting with the care home owner and all parties attend. And I mean owner not Manager. If it is part of a group arrange to meet at the home.

Before this happens evidence yourselves with photographs and times of vehicular movements. e.g. X123VAG - VW Polo arrived at approx 1300 hours and left 2100 hours and was parked at X position (backed up by time stamped photographs).

Present the facts only to the owner (or the group representative) at the meeting in a dossier, one for each party, but an extra for the care home Manager (if present).

Explain your concerns to that person in an adult, non judgmental manner.

Ask them to offer suggestions as to how to resolve and make sure that the meeting is minuted and agreed 'Mr/Mrs X agreed that they would perform X task by X date and this would be a permanent resolution to X issue'.

Once the meeting has concluded ensure that all aprties are emailed/ written to within 2-3 days stating what was discussed and agreed. Give all parties 7 working days to agree/ disagree to the notes.

This is what I would do/ have done in the past.

Deal with it as a business transaction.

Alex

Thanks for the suggestions, Alex

I and my neighbours have already had many verbal conversations with the owner. (He is also the general manager, but mainly the carers are just left to get on with it.)

I doubt he would agree to a meeting, but it's certainly worth a try. I would like to send a collective letter from all the neighbours, calmly reiterating in writing what we have said to him verbally in the past. Safety in numbers, after all.

You're absolutely right about behaving in an adult manner, and I have done so at every stage. It's important to me to behave in a proper manner, and so I've gone out of my way to be courteous, polite and friendly (even when it's been difficult to keep civil)...

I have been taking photos of every occasion for the last few months, and will certainly use that to build a dossier of evidence.

Jamie_Carter

Sheepstar wrote: »

If their own three parking spaces are already full, visitors / deliveries usually park on my land as it's closest. (I've had to ask workmen / gardeners to move their trucks so I can open my garage door before.)

So fire engines can get down the track then?

If by their poor parking, they are obstructing access for a fire engine, then you need to contact the fire service. The care home are required by law to do their own risk assessments, which should include access for fire appliances.

Sheepstar

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

So fire engines can get down the track then?

I don't think a fire engine could get up the track. I've seen an ambulance get through, though.

The road out the front is about 15ft lower than the houses, there's only a steep set of stairs. Hence the parking being at the rear,

If there was a fire, I presume the fire service would stop in the road out the front as a fire engine can block a road, then have to carry their equipment in by hand.

Makes you wonder how a property on such a small and inaccessible piece of land ever got permission to become a care home...

Jack_Regan

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

So fire engines can get down the track then?

If by their poor parking, they are obstructing access for a fire engine, then you need to contact the fire service. The care home are required by law to do their own risk assessments, which should include access for fire appliances.

Why are you so obsessed about a fire engine getting down?

The alley doesn't go anywhere and there is a road at the front.

Mallotum_X

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