Neighbours parking on drive and across drive.

G_M

I received a ticket for parking partly over a dropped curb. So I know for a fact it's illegal.

Keep on at the police and/or whoever is responsible for wardens in your area.

Do you have a local community officer? Many places do.

princeofpounds

Unless they are blocking you in, it's generally up to the council's own policy on dropped kerbs

http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/obstructing_dropped_kerb

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tmaportal/tmafeatures/tmapart6/secparkingfactsheets/parkingonpavements

ukclare

Wow - it is easy to see why things escalate in neighbourhood disputes!
I would not rock the boat by calling the police - you have to live with these people after all!
There was probably a tenant before you there who once said "yeah, no problem use the drive" and this has become a habit without thought for you, especially if it is difficult to park in the area.

I suspect that a couple of pretty (and pretty large) pot plants in the middle of your drive when you are not using it and the "urgent" need to go out every time someone blocks you in will do the trick. If they know you are going to ring to doorbell late at night, or heaven forbid, at 6.30 am they will probably think twice!

ukclare

ukclare wrote: »

I suspect that a couple of pretty (and pretty large) pot plants in the middle of your drive when you are not using it

And if necessary a "Private Parking Sign" slung between them!

moneyistooshorttomention

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

I own my home, so the situation is slightly different.

I found that, when I moved in, there had been some people who had been in the habit of parking in a way that would block my access.

I solved the problem by asking all the people involved not to do this on the one hand and putting obstacles there that blocked them doing so and would damage their car if they tried to drive into my "space" on the other hand.

Try finding some large moveable obstacles (of a type that would damage a car trying to pull into your space) and using them as barriers as required (ie if its pot plants - then make them prickly ones).

But then..I've been known to bend cars wing mirrors before now when they are parked somewhere illicit/in the way.....as sometimes there hasn't been enough space to walk in the walkway to the side of a car because a wing mirror has been in that space. If I belong in that space and a wing mirror doesn't then that's the penalty they pay for being a pavement parker....

J_i_m

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

But then..I've been known to bend cars wing mirrors before now when they are parked somewhere illicit/in the way.....as sometimes there hasn't been enough space to walk in the walkway to the side of a car because a wing mirror has been in that space. If I belong in that space and a wing mirror doesn't then that's the penalty they pay for being a pavement parker....

If those wing mirrors are designed to fold in then I'd say fair enough. But it they aren't, and you're damaging other people's property then that isn't on, regardless of if they've parked on the pavement.

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To the OP, as long as use of the drive way is part of your tenancy then it's not unreasonable to expect sole use of it, especially since you're paying for that privilege.

If anyone else is using it, then it's definitely a little bit on the ignorant and cheeky side.

Personally, I've got the opposite situation at the moment. I live with my parents, so obviously they have first dibbs on the drive way. We can get both cars on it, but a wall makes it a PITA because the opening to the drive is only wide enough for one car.

So often, I simply elect to park on the street. I'm always careful never to block anyone in, or directly across any driveway or dropped kerb. But recently I'm finding that many people have something to say about where I choose to park.

For example;

The family directly opposite doesn't like me parking on the road outside my drive way, because it gives them a tighter turn onto their drive way.

So I moved, to spot a few metres away, I'm not directly blocking anything, but due to the slanting nature of the surrounding driveways I need to be careful not to be too disruptive to people's access.

Also some overhanging tress are creating a real mess of my car (the car wash attendant was appalled and amused in equal measure).

The owner of one of the slanting driveways has decided that my parking there disrupts his view of the traffic when pulling off his drive way, (we live in a quiet cul-de-sac, so maybe he's over reacting a little bit).

I'm not an unreasonable person, I'll try to accommodate everyone's need/right/view etc, but it's coming to the point where I can't do right from being wrong and wherever I choose to park someone has a vested reason why I shouldn't even though it's space beyond their boundary.

I think people do get territorial about parking area, even when they have no direct right over it.

man_of_faith

Thanks for the info.

The neighbours around here can be very ignorant and think they can do what they like.

I am very reluctant to involve the police due to the nature of how people think and act.

I have tried discussing with the parkers but their thought is as the house is rented I do not have the right to park on the drive only the owners do.

Not sure how to get accross the point I live and rent here.

I do not want any further hassle as they are not nice neighbours here.

They think nothing of letting their kids play football and damage tje cars by bouncing the ball off the cars parked.

I am going to put my chain up this afternoon with a laminated sign.

Bankholidays are always fully parked up here.

Thanks for the info.

Faith

plumfin

I have to agree with Jim - we have just moved in to a house with a drive long enough to fit 3 medium cars on, but the previous owners had put gates up 1/3 way down. This meant our cars were sticking out of the front (I have a large car at the moment). The children in the cul de sac are no problem at all, but our neighbours do park right opposite the drive, making it hard to get on. We took our own gates down to fix the problem, but I do think some people don't consider anyone else at all. Perhaps not in a malicious way, but more in a not thinking way.

ethank

One of my neighbours visitors parked in my drive once. I parked right behind their car and refused to move it for 8 hours. None ever parked in my space again.

kinger101

Write to your MP. The police and council should be doing something about this. It's their job.