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Parking on my driveway?

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sierraveronica · 02/07/2021 20:36

I don’t currently live at my property - bought 3 months ago and was doing renovations.

Drove there last week and someone was parked on my driveway. Turns out to by my next door neighbour (they have no drive) as she likes parking there because my drive has no tree hanging over it so it’s less likely for a bird to poo on her car (the street is lined with trees).

Drove there today and a new person had decided to park there. No idea who.

Am I being unreasonable that I should be neighbourly and let people park there because the house is vacant? Because I’m getting pretty pissed off now. A driveway was high up on my needs list when buying the house as I couldn’t be bothered with the stress of finding a space every day, and now this seems worse.

OP posts:

Iggly · 03/07/2021 18:00

I’m stunned that people would just park on a drive that isn’t theirs without asking?!?!?

LookItsMeAgain · 03/07/2021 18:23

You need to have a chat with the neighbour who is parking on your driveway to let them know that their days of being able to do that are numbered.
You should also say that while the renovations are being carried out, you don't mind them doing it but it is not a free-for-all and only their car is allowed to park on the drive way.

I'd imagine that they might have mentioned to one of their friends that there was a parking space going a-begging and they jumped at the chance of being able to park somewhere that gave the impression that there was someone in the house.

Anyway, that's what I would do. Make your introductions to the neighbourhood, find out who is parking on your driveway and basically tell them to stop.

StoneofDestiny · 03/07/2021 19:05

I'd say nothing but just get gates with locks put up. That way, no I'll feeling, just looks like you are improving your home.
Must admit I'd never assume I could park on someone else's property.

FAQs · 03/07/2021 19:11

Report to Police - as if they don’t have enough to do! Why do some posters always say this, or log with 101

ozymandiusking · 03/07/2021 19:13

I wouldn't allow them to park there under any circumstances. Give folk an inch and they'll take a mile. Just leave a note on the car asking them not to park there. Access needed at all times.

Datsandcogs · 03/07/2021 19:15

I’d leave a polite note next time and then after that I’d block them in, staying long enough to inconvenience them.

lazyarse123 · 03/07/2021 19:20

@beigebrownblue

I would put up a large sign along the following lines:

THIS IS MY SECOND HOME. I DONT LIVE HERE I LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

HOWEVER I SPENT MY EVENINGS WORRYING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE USING MY PARKING SPACE

(OF A HOME I DON'T LIVE IN)

Good luck with the neighbours if you are in Wales. or Cornwall

If you're going to be a twat I recommend you read the op and get your facts right.

Drovememad · 04/07/2021 10:46

*beigebrownblue
I would put up a large sign along the following lines:

THIS IS MY SECOND HOME. I DONT LIVE HERE I LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

HOWEVER I SPENT MY EVENINGS WORRYING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE USING MY PARKING SPACE

(OF A HOME I DON'T LIVE IN)

Good luck with the neighbours if you are in Wales. or Cornwall
If you're going to be a twat I recommend you read the op and get your facts right.*

Agreed! Some people's utter jealousy that someone could have a second property actually stops them being able to see straight!

Op I've had exactly the same thing, but my neighbour is batshit crazy and if anyone puts a toe on her drive, becomes hysterical! But it was fine for the various blokes she's had living with her to park there.

hookiewookie29 · 04/07/2021 10:50

Agree, it's to your benefit . However they could have asked!
Hope their cars don't leak oil....

LaLaLouella · 04/07/2021 10:52

Jeez, calm down. Don't fall out with your neighbours before you even move in!

A car in a drive of an as-yet unoccupied house is not a major issue, just block them in if you arrive so you can park near your house and explain why if they turn up.

Once you move in and the house is obviously occupied I think they will stop. If they don't, then you go fir some of the suggestions on here...

Don't start a massive row before you even move in!

VeganVeal · 04/07/2021 11:31

@AnotherKrampus

Sorry to hear that you accidentally splashed paint over on whatever is on your drive but accidents can happen...

Yes criminal damage is always the best option. Maybe slash the tyres and say you dropped a knife, whoops

Biker47 · 04/07/2021 11:50

@FortniteBoysMum

Leave a note on their car requesting they do not use your drive. Note their number plate and if it happens again report to police for trespassing, clamp them or have them towed. Alternatively put something on your drive in front of them blocking them in. Then don't use it

All three things which are no use. Trespassing isn't a criminal matter, especially when it's just a car; so nothing to do with the police. Clamping it would get you in more trouble with the police than the car owners, same goes for trying to get it towed.

As mentioned before, don't go starting a war before you've moved in and don't know the person well enough yet to know if they can be reasonable, or a straight up psycho. I'd say just block it in when you're their doing stuff at the house, and if they come asking you to move it to get out, explain to them then. Or if you move in and it's still happening, then think about going in guns blazing. In a reasonable world, once they see it's occupied full time, they'll stop doing it of their own accord.

Doubledoorsontogarden · 04/07/2021 12:03

I would just pull up behind what ever dar is there and park, move stuff, do stuff. If someone comes out say that you need your driveway

Kinneddar · 04/07/2021 16:11

Sorry to hear that you accidentally splashed paint over on whatever is on your drive but accidents can happen

Ffs there's always one....

Fabulous advice. Damage a car, risk criminal charges and a permanent fall out with neighbours rather than just acting like a reasonable person and asking them to move it.

Dixiechickonhols · 04/07/2021 16:21

If you are coming and going a lot especially with items to drop off I can see it’s very annoying. Ideally speak with neighbour if you know whose car it is if not a note on car or a sign on drive. If you are having deliveries eg washing machine it’s inconvenient to you and risk of car getting scratched.

pigsDOfly · 04/07/2021 16:30

I had this with a house I bought some years ago and it can be very annoying.

I didn't move in straight away because I was still living in the house I'd lived in with my exh and was gradually moving stuff in.

Every time I went there the next door neighbour was parked in my drive and I had to ask him to move so I could park there or block him in.

Turned up one day to meet the man delivering my new tumble dryer what was going in the garage, as I didn't have room in the kitchen, and found I couldn't get the garage door open because next door neighbour was parked right up against it with someone else (his friend) parked behind him. And he wasn't answering his door.

Sorted it out eventually, but it pretty much soured any good neighbourly feeling I might have had towards him.

WeAreTheHeroes · 04/07/2021 16:30

I can't believe some of these replies. If I were the OP, I'd go and knock on some doors - starting with CF neighbour who has parked there before - and ask if they know whose car it is then ask them to move it as you need to use your drive. No rows or fallings out needed. Aside from making the place look occupied, it sounds as the OP is being inconvenienced and putting up with it when she is there.

TourdeTarte · 04/07/2021 17:27

I'd block them in every time.

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