Neighbour parking overhanging driveway

root

courtneysmummy wrote: »

Unless you are in a situation the same, then please don't make assumptions. I have dealt with this since May and have put up with enough.

If you parked overhanging a corner on a main road, would you be alright? No you woudn't be, so a driveway should be similar.

I asked for opinions on what else I could do, not for people to make me out to be some overdramatic clown.

I paid out all monies for my driveway, I paid the Council to put this in, I went above board for everything.

I am not being 'overdramatic'. I am being conscious about what I have to do.

I have always been a careful driver and have never had a problem really at my driveway until my neighbour got the car.

As I say it is a one-way street and I am not prepared to damage my car in any form or manner due to an inconsiderable neighbour who deems it satisfactory to park over the driveway.

Actually I do have a similar situation, which is why I was following this thread in the first place. I live on a narrow one-way street and someone parks directly opposite my drive which makes it a little less convenient to get in BUT it's completely do-able and it is certainly not "endangering lives" as you put it. I definitely wouldn't consider complaining about it as I passed my driving test having been taught to use my mirrors and manoeuvre a car safely.

I think you are being over dramatic to be honest and unless you are being completely prevented from getting in and out, then you don't really have a leg to stand on. What you are basically complaining about is that it's a little more tricky to get in and out quickly.

[Deleted User]

Park on the road outside your drive right up to the disabled bay until they get the message.

Is the disabled bay even fully legal? Council here seem to paint them outside peoples houses willy nilly but they have no traffic order on them or signs up saying that it's a disabled bay, etc.

courtneysmummy

root wrote: »

Actually I do have a similar situation, which is why I was following this thread in the first place. I live on a narrow one-way street and someone parks directly opposite my drive which makes it a little less convenient to get in BUT it's completely do-able and it is certainly not "endangering lives" as you put it. I definitely wouldn't consider complaining about it as I passed my driving test having been taught to use my mirrors and manoeuvre a car safely.

I think you are being over dramatic to be honest and unless you are being completely prevented from getting in and out, then you don't really have a leg to stand on. What you are basically complaining about is that it's a little more tricky to get in and out quickly.

At the end of the day, it is an issue when she keeps coming further back and parking further over it. I can't keep worrying about whether I can get in or out safely. There is also a van at the other end making my view restricted, and as I say it's a fast and busy road, other drivers don't think about anyone coming out of driveways, so it's an accident waiting to happen because of this.

courtneysmummy

Deleted_User wrote: »

Park on the road outside your drive right up to the disabled bay until they get the message.

Is the disabled bay even fully legal? Council here seem to paint them outside peoples houses willy nilly but they have no traffic order on them or signs up saying that it's a disabled bay, etc.

I don't really want to play tit for tat, but feel it may be my only option.

The disabled bay is not fully legal as doesn't have the sign up yet which my Council have not enforced the TRO on any of the spaces yet.

[Deleted User]

courtneysmummy wrote: »

I don't really want to play tit for tat, but feel it may be my only option.

The disabled bay is not fully legal as doesn't have the sign up yet which my Council have not enforced the TRO on any of the spaces yet.

Not tit for tat at all. If someone was everyday parking next or opposite my access blocking me in, I'd just be parking outside my access until they got the message. Better than being blocked in/out.

Norman_Castle

What options are there for this neighbor to park elsewhere as the council have put a disabled bay outside her house?. Is the bay in use by a resident?

courtneysmummy

Norman_Castle wrote: »

What options are there for this neighbor to park elsewhere as the council have put a disabled bay outside her house?. Is the bay in use by a resident?

The bay is used by another neighbour. There is other spaces available in the street at most times, you don't have to see your car at all times.

It is not residential parking, hence the reason the driveway was put in.

Before I had the driveway I had to park miles down the street as there was no space at my end. I didn't just decide to park my car somewhere where it would cause a hassle.

EdGasket

If you have a dropped curb, the council should come round and fine anyone parking over it. Have you contacted them? Also the police should move the car if it is blocking you in and parking over a dropped curb but unfortunately not if you are already out and trying to get back in. If you can't get out phone 101.

tycoonalan

courtneysmummy wrote: »

My neighbour got a car in May and since she got the car she has been parking overhanging my driveway constantly making this a complete hassle for me to get out of my driveway freely and safely. Have asked her to move her car which she ignored and have been to local housing about it but they won't help at all keep saying they can't do anything and police won't do anything.

I live in Scotland and need advice have been to a solicitor who wrote asking that she desist from parking there but she continues to do so and has admitted she is doing this but still nothing happens.

I feel a complete wreck and feel like I'm being trapped in my own home as she has worked out my times for coming in fromm work and taking my daughter to her activities.

I need something to be done. The main reason this is also happening is because of where my local housing put a disabled parking bay int he street leaving not enough room for a car to park in between my driveway and the space, which the Council have refused to move which I feel is unacceptable.

My solicitor has advised to go for an anti-social behaviour order or an Interdict which I now feel is my only option if the Police can't do anything.

Can anyone help? Is the Highways Act 1980 legal in Scotland? As there is a Section in this which could help me and as far as I know the Highway Code is United Kingdom fully.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

You sound quite like my neighbour - She called the police on me because I apparently slightly parked over her drive.

The police attented my house and talked to me about it and said they couldnt do anything as I wasnt doing anything wrong and not parking in front of someones drive is just a courtesy.

I think the best way of dealing with this would be to talk nicely to them - Sending a soliciters letter has prob just made it worse for you as in Scotland theres no law to say you cant park infront of someones drive.

usignuolo

Still not clear. Is she obstructing your driveway by parking with her wheels on your drive? In which case you can put a bollard on your drive. If the disabled bay then prevents her accessing her drive that is the council's problem. Does the disabled bay prevent you from clear access to your drive? In which case I should have thought you could have taken action against the council for obstructing your access. Not sure how it works in Scotland, but if the second is true, would approach them to take it up with council officers on your behalf.