to expect neighbour to text or call me before allowing her friend to park on my drive?..

[neighbourhasfatarse]

pay parking round the corner if no visitor permits.

really peeved off, neighbour has done this before thinking it's ok to use our property with stupid after the fact notes! she has my mobile! she once slipped a note through my door then allowed her builders to jump over the fence into our property to fix her window!! then they did it again that afternoon with no notice!!

told woman i was not impressed her parking in my drive, used her baby as an excuse, actually don't care, my 2 kids were in my car waiting to park!!she told me "life was too short".... not even a thank you, so rude i told her!

i think i'm living on another planet!! i must be!

yanbu
I would be livid and make the person move

I would go with the post thing. We used to have a similar problem. We physically lifted and removed the offending car and relocated it down the street - cars aren't that heavy if you have eight of you moving them - twas hilarious when the owner turned up. They never tried parking there again.

If you are really smart btw you repark them on a red route and then film them being towed and post it on youtube for fun.

Yeah. For "I'm sorry you feel that way," read "I couldn't give a shit and I think you're being pathetically anal. Oh, and too thick to realise that I'm not actually apologising even though the word sorry was in my sentence."

I don't get how people think this is OK. If she had a dinner party she wouldn't send her guests to sit at your table. Just because it's outside doesn't make her any more entitled.

clam well put, exactly my point!!

whomovedmychocolate that is berluddy hilarious! if only i had 8 guys around to help me at the time! just 2 hungry toddlers strapped in their car seats wanting to get out!!

She's probably parking in other neighbours drives. Actually passing students will be willing to do it for a can of beer. And in our case it was eight women, several of us quite scrawny looking.

New plan! Getting a sign and a clamp then charge them to have it removed! Watched this on Telly once about it being legal!

Have you got any further info about clamping on your own property being legal? I'd be very interested!

I would go with the post/chain.

No need to put it up everytime you go out just wait until she parks there again, then put it up and block her in.

Then go out.

They wont park there again.

Let your kids out on the drive to play football or cricket. When the bat accidentally hits her car, she will think twice about parking on your drive.

are you sure the clamp thing is legal? i have the same problem so would be helpful to know... dp thinks its not legal

Did not have parking on my drive but across it (opposite school), nice did not work but letting two tyres down did.

Neighbours who had 2 cars would park one on our drive when my partner had gone out. When i would go out and tell them to move the car they would say 'but it's empty' !! yes, until my partner has come back and then he wants to park there!
People would put their hand up in my face and say they didn't want to park on the road in case their car got damaged!! - like that was a valid reason to trespass on private property.

One neighbour sold her flat saying it had permission/shared ownership of our drive. When the new people moved in they kept parking there and we had to prove they had no right to. They felt that as they had been sold the flat under false pretenses we should allow them access - like we were to blame for them not checking the contract or for the lady lying!!
I am getting really angry just thinking about it.

Anyway, the police would do nothing as it was private property and neither would the council. We contacted a private company who charged a small fee. They put a sign up saying any unauthorised vehicle would be towed and charged for release (apparently you legally need to have a sign) and then every time a car parked there we called them and they towed it within 30 mins. The company keep the profits.

We were told you can also clamp them as long as you have a sign too apparently. Just as private car parks can.

Next time just do this :o

I'm that people have the audacity to park on other people's drives and then behave in such a way - block them in, get them towed, torch their car they deserve no less

"Found this company" that issue tickets you get £10 back each time but I think need to buy the sign?

Or here just over a "fiver for a clamping sign" Actually think it's legal as long as you have a sign and licenced clamper? spuddybean private company great idea can i ask name of company please?

however thinking about it i would prefer towing then I can get back into my drive quicker!

Dh doesn't like the idea of gates, chains, bollards... He likes to drive out and drive in without having to get in and out of car!

nowt to add but wanted to say your name has made me laugh & snort a big snot out!

It migh not be what your DH likes, but the red-and-white plastic chain is not very expensive, and is easy to see.

A ring-bolt or vine-eye in the fencepost or wall at each side would hold it, and an outdoor padlock (you can use an easy hook, out of sight, once you've made your point. You could laminate a sign in large print saying "private" and hang it on the chain sometimes. The chain can be coiled up neatly and hung at the side when not in use.

Once people have got used to the idea of you defending your territory, you haven't got to do it every day

If anyone does park there when it isn't up, you could always lock it behind them and put a note on their windscreen "please knock and I will unlock it when I have a free minute"

Use sticky tape to put the note on, preferably something like masking tape that leaves an annoying deposit that has to be cleaned off.

Spike strip slid up under the car next time someone parks there.

They won't notice it when they're backing out, until they've got four flat tyres.

Seriously, I think get one of those clamping companies onto the case.

It was in the news a few months ago that it was becoming illegal to clamp cars parked illegally on private land - bbc report

It made me mad.
Yeah - I get the point that private companies were charging out of proportion release fines, but if you are arrogant enough to think you are entitled to park on other people's property, you deserve to be brought down a peg or two imo.
There was even a local hero type story on the london news about a guy who had parked illegally and sat in his car for 24hrs or so so they couldn't tow it. People were bringing food etc to him in his car.
I just don't get it.

neighbourhasfatarse - We got the info from the local citizens advice bureau.

www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/t_wheel-clamping_on_private_land.pdf

We lived in south east London then - i can't remember the company name, but it was local. If you call around/google it i'm sure you'll find one. Unfortunately this kind of thing is all too common.

also, please don't forget about us- I'd love to hear a follow-up on this!

I can't believe how common this is either ...
What is wrong with people ?
I would never park on someones drive ... Just wouldn't occur to me ..
Our house has a studio flat underneath - there used to be a cellar .. So people who visit the flat think they can park on the drive - even if it blocks us in - which it does as there is only an entrance wide enough for one car iykwim..

What gets me is that if the git that visits to work on the underneath flat had actually been polite enough to knock and ask if he could use the drive I would have said no problem ....however, now I am out for his blood and am almost disappointed when I see him park up on the paid parking opposite !!

two hungry toddlers? mmm. struggle to get past the car? sugest feeding toddlers a very sticky snack (just as they have got out of your car of course.) sticky fingers?? sun cream/nappy cream is a pain to get off car paintwork, ours liberally daubed by ds/dd. my ds would be happy to run his car up and down the side want to borrow him? then apologise of course, you did your best but they did not understand because it was on your drive. tempting yes, legal,not sure.