Restrictive Covenants

James_Richard

My neighbour has been damaging my car by parking on the end of their drive to create a path and using my driveway to swing open their door. Is putting plant pots breaching a restrictive covenant which states "no building erections or structures" are potted plants considered as either? 

steampowered

No, potted plant pots are not a "building or a structure".

An extension would be a "structure". A shed might be a structure if it was permanent. Plant pots are fine.

AdrianC

Ask the person responsible for enforcing the covenants what they'd regard as such - but it's unlikely.

Of course, if you're putting plant pots there substantial enough to prevent their door hitting your car, but without impinging on their driveway, you probably have sufficient space to simply park a bit further away from the boundary yourself.

James_Richard

My drive is pretty tight being a typical new build everything built to the minimum requirements. I'm limited in space terms just at a point where I cant afford to keep fixing my car from damage which would not happen should the neighbours use the drive in the correct manner and not insist on using my land