Right of access over drive.

rosyw

I think you're right to stick to your guns! Informal agreements are all well and good, until someone abuses them When I bought my place I soon discovered that my neighbour was in the habit of using my drive as a turning point, due to the layout it made it easier for him to revers into his drive, which is at right angles to mine, he also too liberties with regard to parking on my drive if they had a few friends over. Had he asked I probably wouldn't have minded, but he didn't & he wasn't the friendliest of people, so when he was at work one day I had a large pair of gates put up, that stopped him!! Not a single word was said about it :rotfl:

Moriath

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Some council tenants own cars. Get over it.

Think the original post was sarcasm. Maybe it was too smart foryou

groovychick69

That's exactly my issue, they drive, park and block it when it suits them, we have cctv so I see exactly what they get up to when I I'm not in - Including driving over the bit we already own at the front. Hubbie had suggested lets just have block paving stones sunk in a line where the boundary is but that won't stop them abusing it and I'll just end up getting more wound up. I'm hoping the council will side with us and I'll get permission for the fence to the road. I already have a contractor on standby and I roughly know the neighbours shift pattern for work! 😂

Ozzuk

Your post makes sense now. If they aren't modified their behaviour to allow you to park on your own land then its down to you to remedy. I'd stick the fence up, perhaps leaving the last panel out as a compromise, you can always add it later.

pimento

Cakeguts wrote: »

Why have the council let a property to tenants who can afford to run a car? Aren't there people in your area who are more deserving of a council property? People who can't afford a car? It seems most unfair that poor council tenants are subsidising these tenants with cheap rents so that they can have a car.

Quite right. Tell your next door neighbours to get rid of their Rolls Royce and buy a bicycle. They'll be able to get that on and off without a problem.

G_M

When I was growing up, very few council tenants could afford bicycles. We used to laugh at them and call them the 'Cycle Toffs'.

The rest of us had to use shanks pony, but that was a nightmare when you had a hole in your shoe. Assuming you could afford shoes....

hazyjo

I would be doing everything to lose the 'shared' tag now that you know it was never actually meant to be shared. I would never touch a house with a shared drive, and it would put many others off too. The longer you allow them to cross the boundary/use as shared space, the more likely they are to claim rights over it in the future. I would be marking the boundary very clearly (wall/fence/chain, whatever). If it means they have to park on the street or elsewhere, so be it.


Not a case of being awkward, I'm usually a very accommodating person, but you have to think of resale.

PasturesNew

No. They have no rights. You're lucky to have the Council sorting this out so everybody's clear.

Nobody minds helping out, but many bullies will just "take advantage" and get aggressive and territorial over rights they don't have at all. They will get 4rsey with you when it's THEM in the wrong.

Don't let them bully you into doing something you don't wish to do.

It is THEIR problem, it is not yours. Do not allow them to make THEIR problem your problem.

Nobody minds a little give and take, but when it's being taken with menaces and spite then they can p155 off.

Everybody wants to be a good neighbour, but you can't let people ride rough shod over you and your rights to the land that you lawfully own.

I'd find a way to landscape the front in such a way that they can no longer continue to take the p155.

groovychick69

The council visited the neighbour yesterday (I met with them last week and put my case across) still no update for me so I assume the housing manager is needing to speak to her boss etc etc. The nice legal services lady who I've been dealing with since day 1 is very nice and appears to be in agreement with us. Whilst it's a council house the tenant still has rights so they are needing his co-operation and agreement. Hoping it won't drag on much longer - this all started in January!

Norman_Castle

groovychick69 wrote: »

Whilst it's a council house the tenant still has rights so they are needing his co-operation and agreement.

Without shared access the tenants rights end at your boundary. Hopefully the council are tactfully explaining this to the tenant and trying to provide a solution to access their property. While its good to be agreeable, don't feel obliged to agree to anything you are not entirely happy with.