Neighbour using our drive again!

[NickyEds]

More of a wwyd as I really don't think IABU!

So, we have a garage and drive at the bottom of our garden but we don't have a car. In March I started a thread because I'd came home to find one of our neighbours had had a huge amount of building materials delivered onto our drive and there was a couple of builders working in the drive. He hadn't asked our permission and when asked about it he said that he'd squared it with our ll. Everyone agreed that IWNBU and after some snotty texts from him we sorted it out.

A couple of weeks ago the same neighbour parked his car on our drive and went on holiday for 5 days!

Yesterday I got a text from my ll saying neighbour was having family to stay and wanted to park in our drive, hope that's ok. It isn't, we have family coming to stay and need the space. She said she'd pass on the message. I've just got a text from the neighbour. It says that he's fine to move the car and we just need to text him whenever we need to use the drive!!

AIBU to think he is the cheekiest sod in the world? Help me write a response?

Penguin bollards follow you forever! Well, until you clear your cookies

As a LL myself , I would be saying to your NDN 'sorry, nothing to do with me, you'll have to ask the tenant.'

Don't waste your breath on telling them again - just call the towing company and have the car taken away.A shock and a hefty bill might get the message through!

Rather than gates it would probably be easier just to get a couple of planters (the type you can move) and place them in the middle of the drive.

I had a neighbour like this. He was a grumpy old man as well. One morning, about 5 am, I went and knocked on his door. Not a polite knock knock but a very very loud bang bang bang. He came to the door white faced and said he thought the police were raiding the place. He said, "What the hell are you doing, I nearly had a heart attack." I said, "I need to park my car so move yours now." He never did it again but he moaned about me to everyone in the road. The ones I know told him he was in the wrong don't know what anyone else thought.

He also told me my husband had given him permission to park there, a total lie, so I said, "Well its my name on the deeds so he had no right to do that."

I remember that cheeky incident and your photos explaining the situation. Cheeky then and cheeky now. You don't have to explain your plans to use the driveway to your neighbour. You have one at your disposal for when whoever visits you wants to park on it. Neighbour should be contacting you not his mate the LL.