Driveway wars - picture/diagram included

[woolythoughts]

I don't thin IABU to want to do something but I have no idea what.

We share a drive way with a neighbour - basically he has to drive over our drive to get to his. When we block paved the drive we actually paid for his to be done as well in order that it looked aesthetically pleasing otherwise his would have been left as tarmac since he's a tight git who wont spend a penny he doesn't have to.

Anyway, the issue is we've been having quite a lot of work done over the last couple of years since we moved in - getting the house done how we want. This has meant quite a lot of deliveries and workers at the house at various times. Works have included:
converting the garage to a utility room
Landscaping and installing a pond in the garden
new kitchen
new bathrooms (three of them)
New bedrooms

Basically the whole house has been redone. I'm only saying this so that I can acknowledge that we have had a lot of workmen to and from the house. which I know can be annoying but we've tried to be as respectful as possible and haven't had anything done evenings, mornings or weekends.

The diagram shows the drives. When we are both at home, there are two cars on the drive (satellite image must have been when one of us was out) hence I've put the second car on the drive as a block.

We've always said, if there was ever a van or delivery blocking his exit, just to let us know and we'd get it moved so he could get out. Where possible, they park up tight to the fence opposite or where the second car would be but obviously cant if the second car is there or they have a big van.

Last couple of months, EVERY time we have something being delivered or someone working, he storms out of the house and says "I need to get off my drive now, please move".

it is literally EVERY time. I don't believe for one minute he's not doing this on purpose. Not sure if its jealousy as he always comments about "not another project", or "we can't afford that, we're retired" blah blah blah.

When you speak to his face to face he's nice as pie and claims he has no issues yet the next time someone is at the house, he kicks off again. The window cleaner pulled up this morning and 30 seconds after he got out the van, neighbour insists he has to leave RIGHT NOW.

I don't want to fall out, but its getting ridiculous.

When you have workmen and vans park your car/s elsewhere and have them use your spaces.

It is a massive liberty to use a shared drive as a default position and expect him to ask to get your visitors moved.

It's not his drive any more than it's OP's drive. It's a shared drive.

I've sometimes wondered what a revolting neighbour thread would be like written from the POV of the CF/revolting neighbour.

This thread/OP answers that quite clearly.

Looking at the photo I would assume the area you call your drive is in fact the "road" up to his house, your actual drive is the area directly in front of your house where you park your cars. If this is the case then really you should be moving your cars somewhere else to allow the work people's vans space to park all day without blocking his drive.

I do wonder if the fact you paid to block pave his drive has given you a sence of ownership over the whole area.

I am coming at the us from the pint of view of someone who shared a long drive with 4 other houses and one of the houses thought nothing of regularly blocking the entrance and exit with a massive motor home!

So I think you may well be BU, however, you can't control quick deliveries of parcels so if he's kicking off about that he's being a bit of a prat.