Neighbours blocking shared Access-way - no dropped Kerb

makara

stator wrote: »

I would go ahead with the folding bollard.

And play this soothing music to them as they watch it being installed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-r3op0CuGw

facade

makara wrote: »

And play this soothing music to them as they watch it being installed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-r3op0CuGw

Is that how they install them? If you lift that post it will just pull the two bricks out

DandelionPatrol

makara wrote: »

Well observed! And a possible contender - don't have an old bike, but could find something wide enough in our garage perhaps to put a U-lock (and the item) around the drain-pipe.


Cheers!

This is a bit passive aggressive and I fear you risk collateral damage when the object is ripped away from the wall taking the drainpipe with it. If you are going down this road, then the idea from earlier of a 1m^3 bag of concreting ballast is better.

Overall, dealing with this legally may be better. You mentioned way back that the house is now rented out by the former owner-occupiers. Now, if they have plans to sell at any time in the future, they will not want a legal dispute which they then have to declare.

So a quiet word with them that you could take this legal which would have to be declared in any sale may make them think a bit more and force some cooperation from your neighbours.

The other thing to say is that the way your neighbours are parking for months on end is definitely a trespass based on the Land Registry details. [it would be good to know what the underlying deeds actually state - more research required with the Land Registry].

You could deal with this as a straight trespass and check the Registered Keeper with DVLA, write to them and the neighbour as trespassers, with a letter before action and then take them to court

You could also look at the law of bailment. This might yield an solution along the lines of putting a notice on the car and sending a copy to the Registered Keeper, stating that the car is trespassing and after 14 days will be considered abandoned and sold, the net proceeds being retained for the legal owner.

ChumLee

facade wrote: »

Is that how they install them? If you lift that post it will just pull the two bricks out

Yeah about as effective at reserving your parking spot as putting your coat down.

bazster

DandelionPatrol wrote: »

You could also look at the law of bailment. This might yield an solution along the lines of putting a notice on the car and sending a copy to the Registered Keeper, stating that the car is trespassing and after 14 days will be considered abandoned and sold, the net proceeds being retained for the legal owner.

How would you remove it without breaching PoFA 2012?

bazster

facade wrote: »

Is that how they install them? If you lift that post it will just pull the two bricks out

Which would constitute criminal damage, but anyway we know that the "drive" in question is concrete, not bricks.

ChumLee

bazster wrote: »

Which would constitute criminal damage, but anyway we know that the "drive" in question is concrete, not bricks.

Where is the destroy or damage in lifting out two blocks that will slot straight back in?

DandelionPatrol

bazster wrote: »

How would you remove it without breaching PoFA 2012?

Section 54 [4] refers. If there is a legal right under bailment, then PoFA would not apply.

makara

DandelionPatrol wrote: »

Overall, dealing with this legally may be better. You mentioned way back that the house is now rented out by the former owner-occupiers. Now, if they have plans to sell at any time in the future, they will not want a legal dispute which they then have to declare

Fair point - and along the lines of what the Police said earlier today - i.e. best course of action is to involve the Owners, who won't want legal grief / fines.

jellie

makara wrote: »

http://s686.photobucket.com/user/makaras/media/MSE/Rubbish%20pic%20-%202_zpslyfeqt9l.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6


The kind of "Gifts" our Neighbours leave us (their house on the left of the photo) when they aren't using the Access-way as their personal Drive-way.

That looks like fly tipping to me