Shared access driveway

Diane1987

We have lived in our house for two years now. We are the end house. It is mainly a shared drive way up to my house but my house is the last in the row so no where else to access beyond mine. On the deeds of the house a small potion in front of my house remains shared access the rest is private parking and driveway for me. My issue is my dad was emptying the car today and he was parked on the ‘shared’ part of the driveway. And my annoying neighbour came out and instantly started taking photos. This has happened a couple of times now. Do they have any grounds for legal action. No one has ever parked there for longer than 30 minutes and they are always emptying the car or similar (like Tesco delivery etc) during this time they had full access to their driveway and were not blocked at all. It would only have affected them if they wanted to reverse park at that particular moment as it would be the turning circle. Sorry for the essay I’m just baffled.

Alan2020

Would you be happy if the neighbour parked on the shared part of theirs, if I was the neighbour I would park like you on their shared part of the driveway for only 30minutes just as you are about to leave for work/school etc, until you learn the meaning of shared! Honestly what is there to be baffled :-)

Diane1987

I think you misunderstood if they were to park on their part they are denying me access to my house. I am the end house so by me parking there to unload the car doesn’t deny them access to their house. Thank you for you rude and irrelevant reply. I am not and would not deny anyone access to their house or driveway.

Cakeguts

If it is shared access no one is allowed to park on it.

Alan2020

Ha Ha, you are the rude person, not me, I just wanted to illustrate to you. If they can't reverse park, you are blocking access for 30mins, in the same light they can also teach you some manners by blocking you in. So you expect them to hang around for 30mins to reverse park their car and go to bed, whilst your holiness cannot be late for work by 30mins. See who is the annoying neighbour ;-)

Diane1987

No I don’t as I previously said we were unloading the car of tools and boxes so the car was manned if they had arrived home to park the car it could have been moved immediately

Mickygg

I would want full access to my property at all times and not have to ask someone to move should I need to reverse park. I too wouldn't be happy. But then again I wouldn't take photos. If it got to me that much I'd speak to you.

FTBAngst

Perhaps they’ve had issues with a blocked shared drive in the past and are tired of having to ask the neighbour to move, especially if they feel they have a legal right to unrestricted access to the shared drive which includes a turning circle for reverse parking.

bouicca21

If there is a right of way then that is what it is - a right to pass over the shared drive, not to park or unload.

I have a neighbour who parks on the ROW, sometimes obstructing, sometimes not. Now the daughter does it as well. They drive me crazy with their selfishness and sense of entitlement.

Of course reasonable people would do the GM tea and cake negotiations, and would shift their cars with good grace when asked, rather than do it with a frown and bad tempered muttering. Tea and cake don’t work on my neighbours because the entire family are [insert here rude word of your choice].

Davesnave

Most people in situations like this manage just fine; they know their neighbours, get on OK with them, and if there's some sort of temporary infringement it's not an issue.

Your situation isn't like that, because you have a person taking photos, instead of discussing whatever problem they have with you in a civilised way. My conclusion is that either they're weird, or there's been a problem for them in the past, sufficienly bad to elicit this behaviour. We are only getting one side of the story.

What also bothers me is that, apparently, you did nothing to change the situation. If it had been me, I would have spoken with them in a friendly way and asked why they were filming. That way, I could have explained that I understood the shared access and promised never to block it by parking my vehicle unattended.



Rights of way must not be blocked by parked vehicles, but it is usually understood that the needs of people loading and unloading should be allowed for. 30 minutes is a very long time to be doing that activity.

onwards&upwards

Davesnave wrote: »

Most people in situations like this manage just fine; they know their neighbours, get on OK with them, and if there's some sort of temporary infringement it's not an issue.

Your situation isn't like that, because you have a person taking photos, instead of discussing whatever problem they have with you in a civilised way. My conclusion is that either they're weird, or there's been a problem for them in the past, sufficienly bad to elicit this behaviour. We are only getting one side of the story.

What also bothers me is that, apparently, you did nothing to change the situation. If it had been me, I would have spoken with them in a friendly way and asked why they were filming. That way, I could have explained that I understood the shared access and promised never to block it by parking my vehicle unattended.



Rights of way must not be blocked by parked vehicles, but it is usually understood that the needs of people loading and unloading should be allowed for. 30 minutes is a very long time to be doing that activity.

Yep, this was the thing to do.

Taking pictures is the method of an oddball or a very !!!!ed off reasonable person. Which are they?