Shared driveway problems

Mojisola

firsttimebuyer92 wrote: »

I believe the mortgage company hold my deeds and all I got was something showing the boundary which was half of the drive.

Your house should be registered at the Land Registry. You can buy a copy of the deeds from them. The details of the shared drive should be on them.

It would be worth buying the neighbour's deeds as well.

firsttimebuyer92

I can get the title register and title plan. I'll just park there for now when I'm not on night shifts so he has to ask me to move to go to work etc while I wait for these to come in the post

Mojisola

firsttimebuyer92 wrote: »

I can get the title register and title plan. I'll just park there for now when I'm not on night shifts so he has to ask me to move to go to work etc while I wait for these to come in the post

It would be better to keep the moral high ground. It's going to be difficult for you to legally tell him he's not allowed to park on the drive when that's what you've been doing.

moneyistooshorttomention

DCFC79 wrote: »

Link

http://postimg.org/image/4li8g9u87/

So the red van is his and his the red car his or yours ?

In that photo it looks as if he is parked on the pavement - in that case it must be down to either the Council (to tell him to stop parking on their pavement) or the police then isnt it?

firsttimebuyer92

Yes he parks on the pavement if I park where he usually does. Following the above advice I will park on the street if possible and when I'm off I'll keep pestering to get out the back when he returns home everyday I'm off (5 days in a row) and wait for the deed copy

PasturesNew

parking_question_chap wrote: »

I disagree with this. Breaking it down simply..

The owner of the van doesnt have a problem. He finishes work early and parks on the drive which is within his rights. Its that simple really.

The op has a problem because they have to park in the next street.

You have two options, you get into a battle with this person, calling the council, blocking him in etc etc.

Or you could just let it go and park on the street and hope he moves out fairly soon.

I would be inclined to do the latter but re-evaluate if they are still there this time next month. The less stressful of two evils.

No. It is a shared driveway - nobody has the right to park there.
They each have the right to pass/repass across the shared driveway in order to access their back gardens and/or a garage.

Neither has the right to park there, especially blocking the others' access.

While it'd be churlish to object if somebody were having work done, or a delivery, to take it upon oneself to park there full-time, daily, regularly, all the time is simply not one of the rights of the driveway.

The OP bought a house with access to a rear parking space, with access over the shared driveway. The neighbour is in a house with a garage (full of cr*p) with access to that garage across the shared driveway.

Both have a right to pass and repass without notice, on a whim, night or day.

shaun_from_Africa

firsttimebuyer92 wrote: »

I'm off (5 days in a row) and wait for the deed copy

Make sure that you apply for a copy of the documents from the official government website:
https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry
and not from one of the many lookalike companies who you will find on the internet.
These will charge you well in excess of the £3 per document charged by the land registry.

BoxerfanUK

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Make sure that you apply for a copy of the documents from the official government website:
https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry
and not from one of the many lookalike companies who you will find on the internet.
These will charge you well in excess of the £3 per document charged by the land registry.

You can also download a PDF of the title register or plan online, no need to wait for snail mail.

Cheeky_Monkey

It's worth remembering that it isn't even his house - it's belongs to his mum!

As has been said, neither property has the right to park on the drive, it is for access only.

OP - you can only park on the road in front of the dropped kerb as long as his car is not there. I believe that it is illegal to block someone's car in on their drive (in case they need to use their car in an emergency) but not to stop them accessing it in the first place.

Although, if you do that, he will simply do the same to you when you go out to work.

spannerzone

I had all this nonsense but with neighbours parking in a lane that they didn't have a right to park in but blocking my driveway.

I found that after waking up the 4 neighbours at 4am when I was going out early seemed to get them to be less troublesome and that occasion it was someone in another street blocking me in, so had to call the police who woke the inconsiderate idiot up.... up till then it was always 'sorry mate, just stopped here for a few mins' every single time. Their parking problems became mine.


If you let him carry on he'll just think he's intimidated you into submission.