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Neighbours using our drive as their path

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Peedoff24 · 02/08/2024 19:19

We live in adjoining terraces, both with driveways. All other houses in our terrace have walls or hedges between them. We don’t but there is a decorative border type thing to delineate them. So it’s very obvious when you step off their property into ours.

They fit 2 cars onto their driveway but this is only possible because we don’t have a wall. They need to open their car door across our drive to be able to get in and out. This I don’t mind.

However, because it’s a squeeze to get between their cars they and their visitors, deliveries etc use our drive as a pathway to get to their front door. It’s got to the point that people literally step out of their door, step over the decorative stone thingy and then walk across our drive to the street.

We have a ring doorbell so get alerted every time somebody does this. It’s now got to the point that our drive is used as their pathway even when they only have one car parked and therefore plenty of space on their drive.

These are neighbours that don’t acknowledge my presence if we see each other since I complained when they had builders dumping rubbish on part of our garden.

WIBU and petty to go and buy some trellis and put it up to stop them from doing this? It would also mean they’d have to rethink their parking!

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Arconialiving · 07/08/2024 01:10

I'd put up a fence without hesitation, especially as they already blank you!

Isittimeformynapyet · 07/08/2024 14:29

Helpfullright · 02/08/2024 21:26

Planters are your new best friend!

our old house we’re dragging bins the lot down and I just saw red! The CF knocked on and told me I wasn’t being very neighbourly….pots on my land! Do one!

I don't understand your post

Pumpkinpie1 · 29/01/2025 16:07

I think you are being petty.
The drive is too narrow and is effectively shared , you will also be walking on their side when getting out of your vehicles.
As long as they aren’t parking on your drive or causing an obstruction I don’t see the problem .
Look at the positive s I snowy weather they can clear your drive.

Peedoff24 · 31/01/2025 08:13

@Pumpkinpie1 you’ve gone quite far back to dredge this up!

im not sure where you’ve got the idea that it’s a shared drive?! Or that we step onto there land?! Neither are true in the slightest.

You did give me a laugh at the jump to them clearing snow off of our drive though - mumsnet at its finest 🤣. They don’t and when they jet wash their drive they don’t come onto our drive and clean that funnily enough.

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Choccyscofffy · 31/01/2025 08:26

Peedoff24 · 31/01/2025 08:13

@Pumpkinpie1 you’ve gone quite far back to dredge this up!

im not sure where you’ve got the idea that it’s a shared drive?! Or that we step onto there land?! Neither are true in the slightest.

You did give me a laugh at the jump to them clearing snow off of our drive though - mumsnet at its finest 🤣. They don’t and when they jet wash their drive they don’t come onto our drive and clean that funnily enough.

The snow bit did make me laugh. Any update on a fence? Are CFs still at it?

pollymere · 31/01/2025 09:45

Peedoff24 · 31/01/2025 08:13

@Pumpkinpie1 you’ve gone quite far back to dredge this up!

im not sure where you’ve got the idea that it’s a shared drive?! Or that we step onto there land?! Neither are true in the slightest.

You did give me a laugh at the jump to them clearing snow off of our drive though - mumsnet at its finest 🤣. They don’t and when they jet wash their drive they don’t come onto our drive and clean that funnily enough.

It's because Mumsnet often suggest threads and you don't realise how old they are until after you've posted! Definitely guilty of doing similar.
Although now I'm curious whats happened in the last six months!

2chocolateoranges · 31/01/2025 09:50

Personally I would go to the door and ask them and their visitors to stop using your path or you will put a fence up which is going to make parking difficult for them. Their choice!

Edamcheese · 18/02/2025 19:04

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 02/08/2024 20:54

Why can’t they stop being bad neighbours? Why is it always on the person at the receiving end to keep the peace 🤨

Absolutely the neighbours are encroaching on your property

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