Neighbours blocking shared Access-way - no dropped Kerb

ChumLee

makara wrote: »

We have guests VERY rarely - and we always ensure they are NEVER parked there on a Sunday (the day Rubbish is supposed to be left out, so the Rubbish collection service can pick it up on Monday mornings).

We also never have any visitors (guests or tradespeople) park for longer than say half a day AT MOST.

We wouldn't dream of letting our friends or relatives stick their car in the Access-way for 2 weeks (or 5 months as our Neighbours did when they first moved here...) just to save on Airport Parking charges - because we recognise it would be an inconvenience to our Neighbours.


And we don't clog up the Access-way with Rubbish


- it will be hugely ironic when those huge Foxes that are attracted to the Access-way by our Neighbours' rubbish bags (and then jump into both of our back gardens to devour said Rubbish) one day happen to stumble across their very young children (a Baby, a 2 year old girl and a 5 year old boy)...

Yet again back to the original issue, your guests can't park there if your neighbour is occupying the space.

Why not put a fence up?

ChumLee

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

So you own half of it ... build a lean-to on your half with doors front and back so that you can pull a wheelie-bin all the way through.

You beat me to it, but I think my option maybe on the moneysaving side.

makara

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

So you own half of it ... build a lean-to on your half with doors front and back so that you can pull a wheelie-bin all the way through.

I like it ;-) - a Wheelie-way ;-)

PasturesNew

If you read the deeds you'll most likely discover that nobody has the right to park, ever, at any time.... while that would be overlooked if an occasional delivery driver arrived, or a tradesman on site for 1-2 hours once every 2 years .... in the main nobody should park on any part/side of that driveway ever because it'll say there's a "right to pass and repass", so you, the neighbours, other people, can only use both sides to go over the space.

Not to occupy the space.

So you can't build anything on your side. But, to be legal, you can exercise your right to continually want to pass and repass....

makara

PasturesNew wrote: »

So you can't build anything on your side. But, to be legal, you can exercise your right to continually want to pass and repass....

Thanks - we won't be building anything (save installing a Parking Bollard IF it is allowed, to prevent people leaving their cars in there for weeks on end).


I'll be sure to remember that part about "the right to pass and repass" when next communicating with the Police (they have already mentioned it, albeit in different wording).


Appreciative for the reply.

Mojisola

PasturesNew wrote: »

If you read the deeds you'll most likely discover that nobody has the right to park, ever, at any time.... while that would be overlooked if an occasional delivery driver arrived, or a tradesman on site for 1-2 hours once every 2 years .... in the main nobody should park on any part/side of that driveway ever because it'll say there's a "right to pass and repass", so you, the neighbours, other people, can only use both sides to go over the space.

makara wrote: »

I'll be sure to remember that part about "the right to pass and repass" when next communicating with the Police (they have already mentioned it, albeit in different wording).

As PasturesNew says -read your deeds and next door's deeds to check that you have a right of way over each other's land.

It's very common in this situation.

forgotmyname

If you have the right to pass then you may find the neighbours also have the same right and will prevent you or visitors from parking there in the future.

EDIT: just a thought, but how do they get their bins out?

makara

forgotmyname wrote: »

If you have the right to pass then you may find the neighbours also have the same right and will prevent you or visitors from parking there in the future.

EDIT: just a thought, but how do they get their bins out?

Since we never use the Drive-way for our own vehicles - and rarely have Guests who have the need, it will not hurt our household as much as next door's.


They get their bins out by temporarily moving whichever vehicle they've left in there (to the roadside) - then quickly moving said car back in...

stator

Hang a bird feeder on your side near to the car. Birds love decorating nearby cars

specialboy

Just put a bollard in, what are your neighbours going to do?