Getting sick of my neighbours parking on my drive?

[Snowtimex7]

Just to start I might be unreasonable as I have a double driveway. I rent. My neighbours own. Never had a problem with them, always lovely. Sometimes bring round food.

we let them park by the end of the drive as part we don’t really use as we have one car. We have upgraded to an SUV and now park more centrally.

anyway about 2 weeks ago I woke up at 2am to a car reversing onto our driveway. Our bedroom window is above driveway. I look down and I recognise it as neighbours. They didn’t send a message or knock in the day. Next day saw them and they said oh sorry couldn’t find parking so parked. Thanks we will bring round some food to say thank you. Ok nice enough. All seem well.

well they move and switch their cars around and now we are coming up to two weeks of them parking outside my front room window. Sometimes the son sits in his gt car with the engine running before leaving. Then their friend parked? Like yeah we have been nice, and we don’t use the second half of the drive. We have family staying soon, so I have to ask to get them off my drive?

how do you go about this and not cause an issue? Am I being unreasonable? It’s 2 bloody weeks. They reverse on front room window. Sometimes at 2-3am as that’s when they finish work. They asked once, and we said ok for then but now?

sorry just ranting

Tell them it's not convenient and it's waking you up. Doesn't matter if you rent or not it's your home

Pop a card through the door saying 'Thanks so much for the food but unfortunately we need access to the drive for visiting friends and family so we can no longer off it as a place for you to park.'

Or text if you're friendly that way.

Can you just tell them, that you don’t mind them parking but it can’t be after a certain time as it wakes you up. And tell them what their son is doing, they might not know, say that you would rather him not park there as he sits in the car with the engine going and it’s loud and annoying. I’d also give them notice that your family is coming and they won’t be able to use the drive at all in that time.

Yep tell them asap that you need the full space. Don’t let it drag on as they will become more entitled.

This is the issue. You gave them an inch and they took a mile. You need to tell them that it cannot be a regular thing and that it's disturbing you. That you want them to stop using the drive.

If you want something to back up your argument, Tell them that you have realised that it’s not allowed in your tenancy agreement and they have to stop parking there as the agency has noticed it’s happening and they complained that it was not permitted.

Park so they can't get on at all?

I block people in who park on my drive. Then watch on the cameras as they try to get off. Bit of entertainment.

I would just ask them not to park there in relation to your family coming. If there are problems though then your landlord would probably not be happy if they are regularly using the driveway without a formal agreement.

You gave an inch, they took a mile. There is no going back to reasonable behaviour from them wrt to parking.

You are going to have to tell them that the arrangement doesn't work for you and you would like them to find alternative parking from now on.

I have thought about this but they know the owner and we contact him only for housing issues so wouldn’t work.

i will try the note. I don’t mind once in a blue moon if they really can’t find parking but everyday for 2 weeks is just taking the mick

We did park in the slanted in the middle for a night and they didn’t park. But I’m pretty new driving the car and it’s only a half drop curb so I parked centrally or so I thought and they still put their car in

Park diagonally on ur drive

Send a text- “I know we said it was ok for you to park a couple of weeks back but we thought it was a one off. We do have visitors who we’d like to keep our drive free for. Please could you pass on the message to XYZ? Sorry for the misunderstanding. Thank you. P.s. the food was delicious, can I have the recipe?”

If you park near the front of your drive will it block them from getting on, assuming there's walls/gates. If you're far back they could come though then drive to the side of your car. Park Central and as far forward as you can without obstructing the pavement.

Or just go round and say "could you guys please stop parking on our driveway. You coming in and out of our property at all times is really disrupting us." And if they dispute how.much of an effect they xsn possibly be having just say "yeah but I've asked you to stop and it's not your driveway so it doesn't really matter"

Face 2 face. You're now taking the piss and waking me up

Keep off my drive.

From reading many forums (fora?) I agree here, so I would now say, tell them you need access, no reasons needed but you do

Don't do this.

Go and speak to them. Human to human. Adult to adult.

Just tell the the time issued

This!

I'd probably say "I've no issue with you using half the drive during the day or for overnight parking, but you coming and going at unreasonable hours is waking me up"

If they get arsey then say right, no more using it at all if you can't be reasonable about it!

I can't believe no one has mentioned penguin bollards yet.

@Snowtimex7 park do your car is closest to the road rather than the horse IYSWIM , so they can’t get on.

I fear the trouble is, @Snowtimex7, they have started regarding this as 'their' parking space so you need to disabuse them of that notion pdq.
And if they to try to argue the toss, I live the response up thread- 'yeah, but it's my drive and I've asked you to stop, so that doesn't matter'. The end.

I'd be fuming if people woke me up with car noises on my driveway!

Just park at the end of the drive at a slant so they can't get on.