...to think I have a CFN? (parking, diagram...)

[HappenedForAReisling]

We have snow. Quite a lot of it. On my side of the road we all live downhill from the road we live on so our driveways slope up to the road.
Us and nice NDN (who shares the top of our driveway) work quite hard to clear snow so we can get our cars in and out.
We have a neighbour who lives in front of us (I have a long driveway so nice NDN and I live behind those houses who are close to the road) who has a car that is not suited to snow. His drive is completely covered in snow. He has taken to parking just off the road on the top of my driveway.
I am pissed off that rather than getting off his arse and shovelling the snow off his own driveway he's decided to use someone else's driveway that someone else has worked to keep clear.
Do I have a CFN?

[GrannyGrissle]

Cheeky Fucker? Ignorant Cunt more like.

[diddl]

" He went to get milk and bread and came back 5 Minutes later to find some fucker had parked in the space."

On his drive?

If not, why did he cover the other car in snow?

[StripeyDeckchair]

In your shoes I would write CFN a note pointing out that they are parked on your drive, acknowledge that it's difficult to stop him parking their but point out that he is causing you and nice neighbour difficulties in accessing your properties therefore he must accept that parking there is at his own risk and if his vehicle is damaged by you trying to access your drive then you accept no responsibility.

If it's private property rather than public roads then this is absolutely true.

[DarkJustBeforeDawn]

Happened - oh, I understand that - I didn't realise you hadn't seen it yourself. Hopefully the cleared spot will "encourage" him away from your drive! Good luck, enjoy the snow (wishing it was cold here instead of 32C and soooo humid).....

[HappenedForAReisling]

Moose 4 ft should do.

Dark tbh I hadn't seen it for myself. DD has whinged about it each night because she's home late but I don't really want to take action unless I see it for myself. I've cleared a spot for him to park in so that "should" be the end of it. If he still dec
ides to take the piss I will contact him directly.

[DarkJustBeforeDawn]

Sorry to be blunt, but why on earth don't you just ask him to move? If someone parked on my driveway, I'd ask them to move - politely but making sure they realised it was not negotiable. If they didn't, I would somehow block them in - my driveway/land, my rules.

Surely it would save so much fuming, angst and stress to just tell them to move?

[MooseBeTimeForSnow]

Small child for scale 😊

[MooseBeTimeForSnow]

Clearly a CFN.
I’m happy to help. How much do you need?

[HappenedForAReisling]

Branston, there is a clause in the deeds allowing NDN use of my drive from the top of his to the road. Although I own the whole thing I tend to think of that top section as "our" drive rather than "my" drive because of the time and effort he puts in to maintain that section. He's not the issue though, he's not the CFN.

The CFN actually rents his place. If he asked if he could park on my drive because of the snow and his car's inability to cope with it I would have no problem with clearing a spot and saying "no problem, park here." It's because he didn't ask, did nothing to help but had no problem leaving his own drive covered in snow and deciding to just dump his car on a part of MY driveway that I worked to clear that pisses me off.

For those that think I'm a good neighbour, thank you. I have the most wonderful neighbours (nice NDNs) who have rubbed off on me and inspired me to help others, apart from CFNs

[RebootYourEngine]

Branston the clause is for the nice next door neighbour not the CF.

I would juat clear more snow from your land and block him in.

[branstonbaby]

If there is a clause in the deeds giving him use age if your drive, but surely that is to access his drive, not to park in it though?

[CircleSquareCircleSquare]

You sound a very nice neighbour.
There is SNOW way I would let CFN get away with this though, even if it meant getting up in the night to cover every inch of his car in a foot of tightly packed snow.

[Storminateapot]

Kindness is a courtesy. I'd be glad to have you as a neighbour.

[HappenedForAReisling]

So you think he shod clear his own so he is presumably physically capable. Yet as reward for his cf you cleared a spot for him?

I'm an enabler.
I cleared a space to get him off my own drive. He obviously thinks this is great because his car is safely tucked up in said cleared space but no word of thanks.
DH said to send snotty text or leave snotty note on windscreen if he does it again. Will follow DH's advice.

[Bahhhhhumbug]

should

[Bahhhhhumbug]

So you think he shod clear his own so he is presumably physically capable. Yet as reward for his cf you cleared a spot for him?

[Storminateapot]

CFN award right there. Snow packed around every wheel next time and water poured around ready to freeze into a sheet. Marvel as you watch him furiously spin,

What an arse. The parking at the top of your clear drive on your land is unforgivable,

[HappenedForAReisling]

I'm in Canada. I'm curious to know where Positively Perf is, too.

[Time40]

My arse of a neighbour parked in front of my house, tight to the edge of my drive, when I had spent a couple of hours breaking up the frozen snow and ice, so I could park my car, so I packed the snow tight under the front, back and around the wheels. Every fucking bit of snow I cleared away was packed around his car to refreeze solid, overnight. I could hear him screaming and shouting about going to be late for work, through the walls. It was like music to my ears

Brilliant!

Where are you all, though? It's been lovely down here today - warm and sunny. I was thinking that spring was on the way at last.

[HappenedForAReisling]

He should have spent some time clearing a car sized spot on his own drive.

Exactly, or just parallel to the road on his own land, which is the bit I cleared for him today (his car wouldn't deal with the incline on his drive).

Even with a shovel it wouldn't have taken more than 10 minutes.

[Mollypolly2610]

My son-in-law spent a couple of hours outside their house digging his car out of the snow and made a nice big space round it. He went to get milk and bread and came back 5 Minutes later to find some fucker had parked in the space. He took the rage and screamed, jumped up and down and then covered the car completely in snow packing it in!

[Yambabe]

You getting in and out isn't the issue though is it? He's parked on your land ffs.

[GetOutOfMYGarden]

You can get in and out now. What if you or NDN needed a lorry to come for some reason, or were having family to stay?

He should have spent some time clearing a car sized spot on his own drive.

[HappenedForAReisling]

We can get in and out but I'm just annoyed that rather than clearing his own drive he's looked at mine and thought "Hmm, that's nice and clean, I'll park there"

[GetOutOfMYGarden]

Of course you have a CFN. Can't be arsed to clear their own driveway so they're blocking yours.