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Neighbours using our drive as their path

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Peedoff24 · 02/08/2024 19:19

We live in adjoining terraces, both with driveways. All other houses in our terrace have walls or hedges between them. We don’t but there is a decorative border type thing to delineate them. So it’s very obvious when you step off their property into ours.

They fit 2 cars onto their driveway but this is only possible because we don’t have a wall. They need to open their car door across our drive to be able to get in and out. This I don’t mind.

However, because it’s a squeeze to get between their cars they and their visitors, deliveries etc use our drive as a pathway to get to their front door. It’s got to the point that people literally step out of their door, step over the decorative stone thingy and then walk across our drive to the street.

We have a ring doorbell so get alerted every time somebody does this. It’s now got to the point that our drive is used as their pathway even when they only have one car parked and therefore plenty of space on their drive.

These are neighbours that don’t acknowledge my presence if we see each other since I complained when they had builders dumping rubbish on part of our garden.

WIBU and petty to go and buy some trellis and put it up to stop them from doing this? It would also mean they’d have to rethink their parking!

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ChockysChimichanga · 02/08/2024 19:47

I had the same issue. A fence isn’t possible so I moved my bins to block the route they were using.

HappiestSleeping · 02/08/2024 19:28

High fences make good neighbours.

We have a similar problem. Our neighbours are constantly driving across our drive as they can't be bothered to use the steering wheel. In the great cosmic oneness, it is hardly a big issue, but when their car leaks oil over our drive, I confess that it grinds my gears a bit.

We are going to put a fence in, and I bet they say something.

MissMoneyFairy · 02/08/2024 19:22

Buy the trellis or plant a hedge, cheeky f.

Dillydollydingdong · 02/08/2024 19:21

No, it wouldn't be unreasonable. I'm surprised you haven't already done it.

Bannedontherun · 02/08/2024 19:21

Large wall even better

Arlott · 02/08/2024 19:21

Get a fence!

Mountainpika · 02/08/2024 19:21

Your garden, your space.

EmoIsntDead · 02/08/2024 19:20

Time for a fence