Need some perspective on a parking situation

[Chocolatefiend99]

Hi I think ive uploaded the obligatary diagram, please ignore my writing, its not the best, but hopefully its legible

I am in a semi with parking for 2 cars. When i bought the house I paid to have my dropped kerb extended. This was done before my neighbours moved in. The house next door has 2 cars but only driveway parking for one. They park on the pavement in the middle of mine & their house. They have a visitor who visits often who parks outside my house over my dropped kerb & partially blocking access to my 2nd drive. Some people ive spoken to said they wouldnt be happy about this, others have said my 2nd drive can still be accessed (as my car isnt parked right up to the end of the drive) so there is no issue. I personally dont think its right, i wouldnt do it. I have also read it is illegal to park across a dropped kerb. I would appreciate your views. I dont know if i should be asking my neighbours to park their car a bit closer to their drive so their visitor isnt over hanging my drive or asking that their visitors dont park over the dropped kerb or if i should be saying anything at all

Car 1 is my neighbours car
Car 2 is their visitors car (there have been a few different visitors park here)

I live on my own so only have 1 car, though my visitors do park on my drive

Do you get on with the neighbours and can you get your car on and off the drive if they are parked there?

Because if they are only slightly over hanging and you don’t have any issues I’d leave it but also them to move the car when you have visitors

They shouldn't be parking on the pavement at all. Not sure of illegal or a civil issue but it's definitely not allowed.

As for parking over the dropped curb, my understanding is that so long as there is no car on the drive they aren't doing anything wrong. The law surrounds blocking in a parked car.

If you can still access the two parking places on your drive, I think it’s ok. It’s if they are preventing you from accesssing your property.
No, they shouldn’t park over a dropped kerb, but I very much doubt the police would do anything. They won’t do anything about the neighbour that drives down the pavement outside my parents house.

Our brief conversations have been pleasant. My visitors can get on and off my drive though its a bit more effort as they need to turn right off my drive so if reversing out it can be a bit more difficult.

If it is not affecting you then ignore it. Don’t listen to any ‘shoulds’ from anyone else.
ignore it and go and enjoy your life.

These replies are helping me be less bothered by it. After having a nightmare neighbour in the past this does pale into insignificance

I have similar with my neighbours and let it go. I can still get on the drive and know if it was blocked they would move as soon as I asked.

Not true. Parking on the pavement (provided you don’t cause an obstruction) is legal across most of the U.K.

If they're nice neighbours and given you only have one car I'd leave it and just ask them to move if you have a visitor. Presumably it's rare that you both have visitors at the same time? I think people rubbing along together and letting little things go makes for better neighbourly relations. However, if you had two cars and they had three and it was causing a regular problem I'd say you need to say something - you've paid for the convenience of a wider driveway.

I think the problem is if you let it go, the actual neighbours will start doing this too.

I would just tell the visitors not to block your drive.

See if your council will paint a yellow H in the road across your drive, that's a single yellow line and there will be regultaions/times that they can't park there

Why don't you start parking on Drive 1 more?

Your neighbours/their friends park blocking your Drive 1 because they know you don't use this side of your driveway as often.

Perhaps if you started, they'd stop?

I did think about parking on drive 1 but then i thought i might be seen as petty as ive never done it once while living here

My 1st port of call would be to tell the neighbours to see if that resolved it.

Based on the consenus im not going to say anything unless it becomes a problem