Neighbour who has a private right of way is parking and leaving their things there

gun_raider

Gavin83 said:

Is there anywhere else for him to realistically park his bikes? I appreciate that’s not your problem but it might give some indication to what his reaction will be. If the garage was his only parking and he’s now converted it I expect he’ll be extremely resistant to any change, despite how unreasonable this is. Saying this it’s a terrible idea removing the only parking from your house so I assume he has somewhere else.

It’s even more cheeky given he has no ownership of this land what so ever. He’s clearly tried to buy it in order to use it how he wants, failed and figured he’d just do what he wants to anyway.

I agree with the others here, your first step it to politely approach him. Before you do this though work out what you want as a solution and stick to it. Given what you’ve said so far I suspect he’ll tell you where to go so you also need to have a think about what you’ll do in this situation too.

What are your plans? Are you planning on living there a while or moving in a few years?

The plan is to live here for 5 years

gun_raider

Gavin83 said:

Is there anywhere else for him to realistically park his bikes?

Yes, in his own garden. He also has the option of purchasing a parking permit for the motorbike (not sure how they work for motorbikes tbh) 

Flugelhorn

I would just ask him if he realised that the land belonged to your property and while you appreciate that he has ROW that parking vehicles / placing bikes and storage units on it was permitted. He may realise the game is up and do something about it 

GDB2222

I suspect that, however tactfully you handle this, he isn’t going to be a happy bunny. But, still, do your best!  

gun_raider

Will do. Thanks guys, I’ll keep you updated! 

JGB1955

I think I would be tempted to reverse my car up to MY garage door, then leave it there.....

Norman_Castle

gun_raider said:

thegreenone said:

GDB2222 said:

Out of interest, where do you park your car?

This is what I was going to ask.  Can you get your car into your garage?

Just to clarify there isn’t enough space to fit a modern car inside the garages unless you drive one of those smart cars. They’re just there for storage purposes.

Motorbikes will fit. Has he got a parking permit? Why should you pay for a parking permit when you could park outside your garage?

Tranboy

How much value will you lose on selling if this situation is not resolved? or worse it escalates and he takes more space. Time to install that removable bollard.

Section62

Tranboy said:

How much value will you lose on selling if this situation is not resolved? or worse it escalates and he takes more space. Time to install that removable bollard.

If I've understood correctly the neighbour has a right of way over the land.  Installing a removable bollard wouldn't help the situation.

theoretica

Norman_Castle said:

gun_raider said:

thegreenone said:

GDB2222 said:

Out of interest, where do you park your car?

This is what I was going to ask.  Can you get your car into your garage?

Just to clarify there isn’t enough space to fit a modern car inside the garages unless you drive one of those smart cars. They’re just there for storage purposes.

Motorbikes will fit. Has he got a parking permit? Why should you pay for a parking permit when you could park outside your garage?

But he possibly can't park there according to the letter of the deeds - if he would be blocking his neighbour's right of way (to drive into what is now a blank wall).