Nuisance neighbour causing parking mayhem

poppasmurf_bewdley

Why would a roofing contractor have clients calling on him most evenings?

Are you sure there isn't any other sort of (funny) business going on?

SephirothX

Doozergirl wrote: »

Are you at home during the day? There’s not a chance these clients are roofing clients. I run a significant sized building company from home and I can count the number of client visits to my house on one finger. Our registered address was Home, now it is our accountant’s office. Your roofer friend may have moved from his accountant’s office.

I’m just wondering if the girlfriend is running some sort of beauty business or similar (if it isn’t drugs )? Unlikely to be incorporated at Companies House.

I think your most sensible answer came many posts back. Park your car in a way that people can’t fit in that shared area. It may well be that you shouldn’t have to, but if it solves a problem cheaply then it’s the best solution for you.

And then perhaps a little more investigative work into the purpose of these visitors if it’s so regular.

I'm not normally at home during the day as I work fulltime. I am this week as we get the period between Christmas and New Year as extra time off.

You may well be right that these clients are unrelated to the roofing business and could be for the girlfriend's activities. But it is strange that this has only been such a big problem since the summer which is when the address was changed on the company. I'm not really sure how I can find out why they are there, asking would be rude.

I could park my car on the shared accessway but that would make it difficult for my next door neighbour to get out unless they started reversing into their drive. Also still runs the risk of someone parking in front of my car as such: == ||

Slinky

I'm also thinking the girlfriend could be running a beauty business. Have you observed the vehicle drivers? Are they coming out looking better than when they went in?


You could try Goodling their address to see if you can find a business for her based there. It's amazing what you can find with some sleuthing.


Are they renting? They may be breaking the terms of their rental agreement.

kerri_gt

I know it's annoying but in the short term could you leave your wheelie bin in a way that prevents people blocking your access but doesn't affect your neighbour (the one without all the vehicles) It is hard when the number of vehicles per house exceeds the spaces, we have neighbours who have grown up children at home so there can be five or six cars for that house at any one time when you include visiting friends. They have made provisions as far as possible to increase their own parking spaces but it still eats into the other residents spaces at times (spaces for residents and visitors but no actual set space per house) it's not their fault though, it's just the way it is.

Perhaps you could pop round and mention their visitors parking when you see a visitor going in to gauge what might be going on? Is it a set demographic visiting / do you see the same vehicles / people or is it always different?

yoshiyella

I would buy a banger of a car (a £50 one) - park it on your drive and when someone blocks it in - go and do some "car maintenance" and whoops the hand brake goes!

PersianCatLady

I have a similar problem to you.

My road has a dropped kerb all along and there are covenants that state no parking at all on the road.

One particular set of neighbours refuse to obey these and make our driveway unusuable.

When you buy a home with restrictive covenants, you expect them to be followed in order for you to get what you paid for (ie use of your own driveway).

Yet no-one does anything about them, even the police have supposedly told these neighbours that they can park their as the restrictive covenants are unenforceable.

unforeseen

If the road has been adopted or classed as a public highway then the police are correct

PersianCatLady

unforeseen wrote: »

If the road has been adopted or classed as a public highway then the police are correct

Hi Unforeseen,

Was your reply directed at me?

If so, thank you for your reply. Can you tell me why it is acceptable to park alongside the dropped kerb when it blocks driveways?

(I might sound direct but I am asking a genuine question, not being sarcastic)

unforeseen

I was talking about the restrictive covenant side. The covenant is not enforceable but there may be other restrictions due to legislation that could be enforced

For a drop kerb it is not an offence to block it if no vehicle on the drive (there may be byelaws but they vary depending on the council). However it is a criminal offence under the Protection of Freedom Act to block a vehicle in that is parked on a drive. Whether you can get the police to take action on that is another matter. This assumes the road is considered a public highway. If the road is private then the police don't care, it is considered a civil matter. In which case you may be able to enforce any covenants by going to court.

PersianCatLady

unforeseen wrote: »

I was talking about the restrictive covenant side. The covenant is not enforceable but there may be other restrictions due to legislation that could be enforced

For a drop kerb it is not an offence to block it if no vehicle on the drive (there may be byelaws but they vary depending on the council). However it is a criminal offence under the Protection of Freedom Act to block a vehicle in that is parked on a drive. Whether you can get the police to take action on that is another matter. This assumes the road is considered a public highway. If the road is private then the police don't care, it is considered a civil matter. In which case you may be able to enforce any covenants by going to court.

Thanks for your advice it has been very helpful!!