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*New thread* AIBU to use NND dropped kerb

131 replies

Cleo2628 · 29/05/2018 00:36

Thought it would be clearer with this photo. Previous owner left note saying she used his dropped kerb. AIBU to use it?

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Original poster
Cleo2628 · 29/05/2018 00:37

The lighter patch is the dropped kerb!

OP posts:
FASH84 · 29/05/2018 00:38

YABU it's not yours you didn't pay for it. Get your own drive or bump up the curb and expect to be blocked in because what you have is a paved front garden not off road parking.

EveningHare · 29/05/2018 00:38

I dont think you're going to get a different answer, you need to pay to get your kerb droppes

giggly · 29/05/2018 00:42

I’d do my nut if my NFN done this to me everyday. The bins there to tell you to piss off are you really that naive?

EveningHare · 29/05/2018 00:45

On your other thread, you seem to be understanding that you are being unreasonable, why have you started another one?

ParentInCharge · 29/05/2018 00:47

I'm not sure this would bother me. Yes I'd be pissed that I paid for the kerb drop and NDN didn't but the fact is, you don't own pavement. You're only allowed to pass over it. Any wear and tear on it is the responsibility of the council is it not?

You really should get your own dropped kerb though. And in the meantime, look into movable kerb ramps. You just place them against the kerb and hey presto, it's now drivable.

Floralnomad · 29/05/2018 00:48

They are obviously putting the bin there because you are cutting across the bottom of their driveway , even though you claimed on your other thread that you don’t go on their drive . Just stop doing it , get your own kerb dropped or park on the road . The neighbours were probably pissed off with the previous owner as well , bloody cheek .

Thorsday · 29/05/2018 00:49

Why can't you park on that giant brick space? Are you taking pictures of other people's driveways??

TimeToDash · 29/05/2018 00:51

Not if you have to drive over the NDN's property! Why don't you get your kerb dropped too??

ineedaholidaynow · 29/05/2018 00:57

I was going to ask why you don't park on the brick bit? In your other thread I think you say you don't have a drive and don't have space for one. But you do seem to have space

ParentInCharge · 29/05/2018 00:57

@Cleo2628 out of interest, is the dropped kerb part of their property (within their boundaries) or it is it just pavement? And if it is pavement, at any point does your vehicle drive over their boundary when accessing yours?

SevenStones · 29/05/2018 00:59

I was going to ask why you don't park on the brick bit? In your other thread I think you say you don't have a drive and don't have space for one. But you do seem to have space

That's a different driveway thread altogether!!

IWantMyHatBack · 29/05/2018 01:01

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bumbleboots · 29/05/2018 01:07

YABU you need to get your own curb sorted out

NotMyFirstRodeo · 29/05/2018 01:11

You won't get other answers OP!
NDN is trying to tell you by parking as far down his drive as he can and putting the bin where it is to very kindly do one. By ignoring that you are
escalating it. Park off-road outside your house.

Littleredboat · 29/05/2018 01:14

The photo makes it even clearer.

Stop driving over their dropped kerb and the unreinforced pavement outside your own house.

Do what everyone else has to do and pay to create your own driveway.

1forAll74 · 29/05/2018 01:34

Oh, it looks nice where you live OP. spacious.with open views and some posh driveways..You should really only use your own driveway space though and not encroach on others.

viques · 29/05/2018 01:34

So someone, I assume the previous owner , went to all the trouble and expense of having the front garden paved but couldn't be arsed to apply for and pay for a dropped kerb. No wonder your neighbour is peed off, for the cost of the paving the kerb could have been dropped,but hey why go to that expense when you can use someone else's investment in their property to access your fancy parking space.

RumerGodden · 29/05/2018 01:35

And when the corner of their dropped curb breaks because their arsehole neighbour keeps driving over it, are you going to pay to repave the whole thing ?

thebewilderness · 29/05/2018 01:45

He is showing you he does not want you to use it but does not want a war with his neighbor.
Get yourself some of those wedge ramps to use until you can afford to have the curb worked on.

ThanksForAllTheFish · 29/05/2018 02:07

Posted reply on old thread but will post it again.

Firstly NDN does not own the dropped kerb (see photos on previous thread for examples) so technically you can legally use it.

However from your photo it looks like you have to go over the footpath a little and that isn’t allowed.

Also you might not be able to get your own dropped kerb put in as he already has one and yours would extend the existing dropped kerb above the maximum. (If yours and NDN combined are over 3.8m it is likely to be denied.) Previous owner may well have tried and been denied. I’m sure there is a way you can check this with your local council.

I highly suspect this issue has been going on for a long time before you moved in and at this stage I think you might have some legal comeback. If this has been an ongoing issue that was not disclosed when the house was sold then I’m pretty sure you can go back to your lawyer who handled the sale (not 100% sure of the ins and outs but disputes like this should have been mentioned at the sale).

Your local council area would really help OP as they all have slightly different rules.

NotMyFirstRodeo · 29/05/2018 02:09

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ThanksForAllTheFish · 29/05/2018 02:13

Also from looking at the photo you posted their bin looks like is on your property/ drive (going by the brick work)

NotMyFirstRodeo · 29/05/2018 02:16

If they own the wall, the bin is on the actual boundary line?

viques · 29/05/2018 02:33

Thanksforallthefish

There IS no legal comeback.

OP hasn't got a dropped kerb and it is illegal for her to drive over an undropped kerb.

The neighbour HAS got a dropped kerb but quite rightly doesn't want the OP using it because using it means she drives over the bottom of his drive , ie his property, to access her drive. For whatever reason the neighbour apparently tolerated the previous owner using the dropped kerb (or rather old neighbour claims he did) he does not want the OP to do so, his prerogative.