Neighbour using my drop kerb!

[mykerb]

A new family have moved in next door - not attached we are a row of two semi's each and so on..
I have a driveway and a dropped kerb. So it goes my drive, pavement and then the dropped kerb.

My next door neighbours have a make shift drive (from previous tenants) but NO dropped kerb, it doesn't help that their neighbours have 4 cars and two permanently parked outside their garden so the new neighbours have nowhere to park except down the road because of it but again not my problem!

They have started driving over my drop kerb to park in the make shift drive, I have started parking on my dropped kerb to make a point of it and I did block them in, to which the woman politely asked if I could move my car so she could reverse out, I told her I don't appreciate her using the kerb to park in, to which she replied that she is going to be getting the curb outside hers dropped but it will take a while due to getting planning permission etc and it's hard to walk down the road with 3 kids and a newborn so it's just been more convenient, but she won't do it again if it bothers me.

Tbh she hasn't had a chance to park there again as I have started parking in front of my drive, on my dropped kerb but my sister has said I'm being petty for no reason and making her life harder and it's not a big deal! And it's really irked me because now I don't know if I'm being unreasonable or not!

Pathetic.

For starters, you may have paid for it to be dropped but it is not your curb- it belongs to the council who have allowed you to pay to for the privilege of changing their property.

Why would you want to make your neighbours life so difficult? I could understand if it were damaging your property but just to be petty? Ridiculous.

You have asked and shes said it won't happen again

Tbf it would irritate me too. Ishes using part of your drive and can drip pil and wear and tear on your property

I get it. But it is a bit petty but it would irritate me too

If its for crossing the road you aren't.
If its for a driveway you can as long as you don't block anyone in.
Whether this would be considered blocking in as its not directly outside the neighbours drive who knows.

OP...you paid for the activity/work of dropping the curb once....you do not pay rent for exclusive use.
You are being petty

You are being ridiculous and petty. Also its dropped not drop.

can anyone explain why is op getting such a hard time when MN is usually very negative towards people with makeshift driveways, aka “front patios”. Whither all the warnings over pavements being damaged by being driven over?

And that is the definition of petty. ‘Because it.. it .. it just ANNOYS me.’ So she has
to juggle 3 children and a newborn and the
5 bags or so that come with that. Poor woman. May she have better neighbors next time.

Op, on another day, MN will be telling you she is a CF to park there.

You are absolutely right to refuse her, they will get used to it and take the piss.

I guarantee mo dropped kerb is coming. For a start, she dan’t do it herself, the council does it so she’s perhaps being disingenuous.

It’s weird, isn’t it?

OP, ignore the pile on.

How would she have known it was ‘your’ dropped curb?

I actually feel really sorry for her, she sounds like she has the house from hell next door to her who don’t give a toss where they park their cars and now you demanding she doesn’t drive over ‘your’ curb!

What a welcome!

And of course I meant kerb! 🫣

Curb your pettiness. I hope you don't have to ask a favour from the neighbour in the future. If it was me, I'd slam the door in your face.

Are you this petty at work and in your other relationships? It is generally worth getting along with people and compromising sometimes. You might be technically right but it is not worth the aggro and negativity.

I think in times like this, just ask yourself what is the ‘right’ thing to do in this situation. You never know when you’ll need to ask a neighbor for a favor either.

Your family and visitors to your property can park in front of the dropped kerb outside your property with your permission.

In a lot of places one dropped kerb is used for access to several properties. Arguably the dropped kerb here is the only access to OPs neighbours property as well as OPs, per most parking guidelines you need permission from all properties accessed by the drop kerb before you block it. On that basis, OP should have asked her neighbour before blocking her neighbours access.

The OP does not own the dropped kerb. It is a means of access and should not be blocked from fulfilling that function.

Why does the OP have the right to refuse her?

It sounds like the neighbour is using council property (ie the curb and pavement) to get on to her property- makeshift driveway or not (that is a whole different thread).

The OP may have paid for it to be dropped but that doesn’t entitle her to exclusive use or ownership.

Assuming the neighbour is not on OP’s personal property then any possible damage would be to her own property or for the council to take up with the neighbour.

I don’t think she’s blocking them in. How can she be if the dropped kerb is in front of her driveway ? The neighbour must be driving on to the dropped kerb at an angle and then accessing their own driveway by driving across pavement that’s not yet reinforced. That’s illegal and will be damaging the pavement. We paid for a dropped kerb and reinforced pavement and it’s not cheap. l’d be irked too if l’d paid to have things done properly and someone just came along and started using it in this way. The least I’d expect is for them to ask first, and then l’d point out that they would be damaging the pavement.

Actually, you do have to pay for a dropped kerb. However, it is an offence to block it and cars that do block a dropped kerb can be towed.
I do think letting the neighbour use it temporarily is ok, until of course, you need to get your car out in an emergency and the neighbour can't be roused or they have gone out

Because she doesn’t own the path. And she doesn’t want anyone else using it to gain access to their home.

What a horrid thing to say.

I think you are being petty tbh. The kerb is outside of your house and was installed by the council to allow access to the driveway of your house without damaging the pavement but you do not own the kerb. Just let them use it for a few months. I don’t see how it impacts you? Surely they are just driving across it and then parking next door.

Neighbour is using a facility the OP bought and paid for, as a cheap way to access their own property, and what they’re are doing is illegal - namely driving over the pavement in front of their own driveway that hasn’t been reinforced. I’d be pissed off too.

Off topic but your username is amazing, my fave band ever! 🤩

Blimey you sound a right petty cow. Do you have kids. I guess not. Wouldn’t it be a great world if people showed some kindness. The neighbour has already said she is planning to drop the kerb so it’s only temporary. Let’s hope you never have to ask for a favour.

I don't have a drop kerb I can't afford to pay one. I been using my neighbour since I moved to go into my driveway. About 10 cm further than theirs. (The thickness of the partitional wall). And always is been fine.
I want one but I don't have the money.
I may burn in hell but nobody has told me anything.

What a revolting response
Dear God, the bitchiness towards @mykerb over this is disgusting.
I don't agree with OPs action, but Jesus Christ, you'd think she was roasting newborns at a funfair from the vitriol spouted here