Easement and neighbours building work

[lilac232]

Hi, I live in and end terrace and neighbours have right of way up my drive way and across to their gardens. There are two gates, one on the drive and one to the neighbours gardens

They are having building work done, of course no issue at all and their workers are using the access.

But my gate on my drive and to next doors garden are just being left open all the time. I have four young children and it's a main road and it's the one on the drive way worrying me.

I asked at the beginning of the work for the gates to be shut as people are coming and going but it keeps happening. For example I've shut them this morning then have come home a couple of hours later to them both open and there is no one walking through and only one work van outside.

AIBU to ask again or was IBU to ask in the first place?

Because I've only lived here a year and I've never lived in a house with a right of access before so I'm not sure what is reasonable?

I don't believe there is any right to demand that gates are shut on easements. You could fit self closing mechanisms, at least on your drive gate, but there is nothing to stop the workers propping the gate open.

Thank you @Waspie that's really helpful

What a smarmy post. Leave her alone, her AIBU is perfectly valid.

I don’t think you know what the word smarmy means, but anyway.

There’s nothing to say you can’t ask them to close the gate but you can’t force them to.