Neighbours parking on drive and across drive.

man_of_faith

I live in a rented house with a driveway on a fairly busy road.

I have only recently got a car.

And have started parking it on the drive.

My problem is that as there is not much parking some of the neighbours think it is okay to park across the drive and even in it.

I have asked them not to politely not to do this but have had much hassle.

Is there anything that anyone can suggest.

They park over the drop kerb and on my drive way.

I do not want to have hassle but have got to the point where enough is enough.

The police and council have not been any help.

Thanks.

Faith

Yorkie1

If they have blocked you into your drive and you need to leave it, then ring the police as they are obstructing the highway.

If they have blocked the drive and you cannot access it from the road, there's probably nothing you can do.

If they are parking on the drive, is it a shared drive? If it isn't a shared drive, ask your LL if he has given formal permission to them ever in the past to park there. If he's never given them permission then ask him if you can install a drop bollard to prevent them parking there. If he does agree to this, get it in writing and also clarified whether he needs you to remove it at the end of the tenancy.

You are paying money to rent the property with a drive (I presume) and therefore he should enable you to park there.

Buzby

Check with your LL in case there are issues he's aware of that you're not. Only if you have a dropped kerb have you right of access to the highway - if you do, the police can issue a FPN. That usually fixes it.

PasturesNew

It seems odd that people park IN your drive - although I've had that before when neighbours' family/friends would park directly in front of my garage door, on my drive, in my garden, when it was CLEAR it's mine and nobody else's..... so I know some people are just arrogant, belligerent or downright thick.

I also know somebody else whose drive was accessible from a small public car park and people'd park on his drive/in his garden.

There are some oddballs out there.

Are you 100% sure it's your drive, yours just for you, entirely yours?

[Deleted User]

The house where my mum and aunt used to live is in the town centre, and every Tom, !!!!!! and Harry in town used to use the drive as a car park. On the day when my mum moved into a flat of her own, there was car in the drive blocking access for the removal van, so we rang the Police. They just looked at the car, shrugged, and went away again.

So the removal men parked the van on the double yellow lines out in the street, and brought the whole town centre to a standstill on a busy Saturday morning.

BobQ

You have posted this on the wrong thread. This one is about buying and selling houses.

There are others that cover motoring and parking issues. Ask for it to be moved.

man_of_faith

The drive is part of the house.

The landlord is not bothered. He appears to have no intrest. He has not given anyone permission to park there.

I do not share the drive with anyone else.

I have got a long piece of chain and an going to put accross the entry. Is this legal.

I hope to be able to park in the drive I pay for.

Faith

BobQ

man_of_faith wrote: »

The drive is part of the house.

The landlord is not bothered. He appears to have no intrest. He has not given anyone permission to park there.

I do not share the drive with anyone else.

I have got a long piece of chain and an going to put accross the entry. Is this legal.

I hope to be able to park in the drive I pay for.

Faith

Yes you can put a chain across as long as it is within the property. Could be some liability if someone trips over it in the dark. You will need permission to make the fixings for the chain.

If anyone blocks you in then call the police it is obstruction of the highway, but you cannot do much about blocking your access from the road. If people park there when you are out, take photographs (including date) of the car involved. The council should act if someone persistently blocks the drive. But its a civil matter.

If you use the MSE search engine for the forums you will find many threads with discussions like this on it and may get some experiences of people dealing with the Council on such matters. But they will be on other threads than the one you have posted on.

AnnieO1234

There is a product on the market that provides you with a post and base that you add concrete to. It makes the post extremely heavy (two person job type heavy) from which you can secure a chain. This would prevent any damage to your landlords property and keep the driveway secure from all but the most determined idiots around. Xx

pinkshoes

I'd be tempted to break the window, take the hand brake off and move it onto double yellow... (don't do this!)

Is it a small car? If so, could you get some strong friends to bounce the car onto double yellow, then call the traffic warden?

man_of_faith

Thankyou for the suggestions and replies.

It really can get you down something so trivial to some folk.

Will try to keep the upper hand.

Faith.