Parking - would a fence be mean?

[Fwaltz]

Hi
We have recently moved house and have a parking question. We have a detached double garage with parking in front of it. To the right of this, there is a strip of parking (marked in yellow on the pic) where a neighbour from another street parks their car (and then goes through a gate into their rear garden). Then there is a 6ft fence to our actual neighbours property.

Their little strip of parking is a mess (full of weeds, poorly maintained) and makes our parking area look like a shared car park (which it isn’t, we own our land).

Would it be really unreasonable to put a fence in to clearly delineate where our property ends (green line on pic)? They have a Fiat 500, so it’s not a massive car to get in to the space, but it would probably make it feel tight for them when opening doors etc. They don’t have kids or pets, so just able bodied adults getting in and out. My husband thinks it would be really inconsiderate to do this. I can see his point, but we’ve worked hard to get a nice home abs I want it to have nice kerb appeal.

So:
YABU - do not put a fence up
YANBU - your property, put it up if you want.

YANBU

Put up the fence! This would annoy me too

Yes do a fence definitely

Yes, do the fence.
I wish I could fence off my front garden, but it’s in the deeds that I can’t.

Is there a restrictive covenant? You may not be allowed to put a fence there, so check this first.

Otherwise, YANBU.

Do it. Your land, no worries.

People take advantage of (short sighted) good souls like your DH. Put your fence up to eliminate any ambiguity over where borders start and finish.
Good fences make good neighbours.

Yes definitely put the fence up!

Check the covenants.

If your space is clean and well maintained then it will be obvious it is separate to the one that is overgrown.

Doesn’t have to be a 6ft fence. A low fence or just a length of railway sleepers which the door would open over would work to show it is a separate space.

YES...

and we need hourly updates of the chaos that ensues when the confusion hits 🤣

I assume they are parking on your part either partly or fully? Yes, put a fence up. You don't need to be considerate of people parking on your property! Oh I can't put a fence up or random neighbour won't be able to park on my drive sounds nuts, doesn't it?

Just for the fact you put a diagram up- colour coded- YANBU

Paint a nice black line to show your section? It will show that your side looks well cared for.

A little kerb or line of edging stones would do the trick and maintain the peace.

If you out a fence up, you'll end up with plants growing against and through it, which will be harder to deal with than if there was no fence.

Yes put a fence. If fences aren’t permitted then put some trellis planters along the boundary.

Absolutely do it

I agree with those who have suggested something low like railway sleepers. That way they can open their doors over it if they need to, especially if they get a bigger car in the future. It makes the boundary obvious without inconveniencing yourselves or the neighbours. I know you don't and shouldn't have to accommodate them but I personally wouldn't want to cause any bad feeling if I could help it.

Do they encroach on your space (in which case, yes to the fence or railway sleepers), or is it just that you want it to be clearly obvious it's not shared (in which case clearing the boundary and repainting would do it)?

Yes I'd put up a fence, you are having to look at the mess, they are not.

Definitely put it up

I would put a fence up

Yes, I would put up a proper fence to hide their weeds from sight. Not your problem if they can't open their car door and the (new) fence is actually on your boundary. They will have to park a bit over then so that may encourage them to tidy the area up a bit.

I'd put some low growing shrubs in, as opposed to a fence

Yes, fence it asap!

I would say don’t. For you it’s just an aesthetic problem and sounds like quite a minor one, but for them it would inconvenience them every time they pull in.

Maybe spray some weed killer over their side and let them know, they might take the hint?
They might literally have never given it a second thought and don’t realise if looks bad.