To call the police if this happens one more time

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I am so sick of our fucking neighbours they just have absolutely no respect for anyone.

There have been a few issues but my biggest annoyance recently is that they and their friends just seem to think it's fine to use our driveway all the time. They have a front garden, we have a drive. They are separated by a fence but there is a gap at the top to get bins in and out of the back of the houses.

Their friends are always riding motorbikes up and down our drive, or even just pacing up and down it taking phone calls. I have gone out and asked several times that they don't do this because it sets off our dog and often wakes our baby from his naps either by the dog barking or the noise from the bikes.

They have just done it again and woken up the baby, so I went out, crying baby in my arms and asked them to stop (politely) and to use their friends front garden if they wanted to get their bike out.

I just received a load of abuse back and he continued off down my drive.

AIBU to think this is cheeky as fuck and to ring the police if I see one person from there step foot on my property again when they shouldn't be?

As soon as DH gets home, send him round to sort them out.

You can report them about the very unreasonable noise but it sounds as if they are abusive I’ll call the police

Get a gate installed. I dont understand these entitled people. It's your land

Start parking your car on their garden .. since everyone does what they like around there 😂

I don’t know what advice to give, my neighbours are absolutely bonkers that think they own the road, had so many dramas that I’m just looking into moving ASAP!

Maybe you can get some spikes the police use 😆

Ooh and get a camera up .. can get the blink ones which are quite good.

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I’m not sure they could if they’re trespassing on private property could they creepy? Would anyone claim for a burst tyre?

Landowners do owe a duty of care to trespassers, although it sounds crazy. I am not sure it would cover anything except personal injury though.

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Can you install a gate and lock it? Can your DH go round and tell the dickhead that lives there that if it happens again the police will be called?

But no point in a gate when you don't need to go that way, needs a solid fence or wll

Move your bins so you’re not having to move them and fence off that part where they can access your drive. If not put down a few cones, cover in oil (use gloves if you need to move them) and if they try to move them they’ll end up in one horrible mess!

I would just hose them down from window if it happens again;)

I'd get a metal gate fixed and put a strong lock on it. Make sure that both gate and posts
are metal and secured in the ground right up against your wall and right up to the fence.
That'll teach them.

The OP would need to open the gate to get to the rear of her own house to get her bins.

I would put a 6ft high gate across the diagonal, with a padlock.
At the end of the drive Id put some sort of lockable bollard or gate to stop them getting in there too.
And install a terrier with gnashy teeth!

My sympathies op I used to have similar neighbours who also treated my garden as if it was their own.

I'd get a fucking pellet gun. Play them at their own game.

Next time your baby is crying (preferably at an antisocial hour) can you go and pace up and down in their garden?

In contrast to others I would talk to the police.

We once asked our neighbours to move their car so we could get off our drive. The next day the police came around - they’d reported us for threatening behaviour... obviously nothing of the sort had happened but the police still came around and spoke to us both. Could be worth a go!

I still like the motion activated water sprinkler and panther approach

Gate for sure, heavy bins in the meanwhile

You need a motion sensor that turns a sprinkler on.

Disclaimer: I don't know if this thing actually exists but it should do.

Also, how about very bright motion sensor lights? And a cheap CCTV system? It might deter them wandering around your front drive if they're brightly lit up while on CCTV. Also gives you a bit of protection for when your DH isn't there.

Obviously this is in addition to a bloody great big locked gate and I would also make sure there's a tall fence. And I'd put gates on the front of my drive too.

Install some sort of CCTV. There are some surprisingly affordable options. I think everyone should have CCTV on their property. It's come in very useful for us so many times. Then again, I've always lived in dodgy areas where the neighbours do stupid stuff. Maybe people with sane neighbours don't need to bother...

OP, I have a roll of rusty razor wire I am happy to donate to the cause. Will even install if you like.

Needs a gate and lock

I’d instal driveway gates that you can padlock and a camera!

As others have said, definitely put a locked gate there to seal your property off.

You don’t say if you own or rent. If you own I definitely wouldn’t make any formal complaints as if you ever want to move it comes up in the searches and will put any buyer off.

Get a fence and block it up. We had todo it when our neighbours kept walking and playing on the drive. They are doing it for a thrill.

Trespass is a civil matter, but once you have told someone not to use your land and they do again you can sue them. If someone refused to leave the police will intervene, but it sounds as if they are not refusing to leave, just using your garden as a cut through. Get a gate put up and lock it is the easiest and cheapest way forward here. If the gate or lock is damaged that would be a criminal matter and could be reported to the police. Who may or may not do anything.