Neighbours' motorhome

[BlueFinch2]

Our neighbours intend to permanently park a large motorhome on their driveway. The 20 or so homes in our cul-de-sac are all subject to the same restrictive covenants, one of which prohibits parking ‘boats, caravans or similar’ vehicles in front of the properties. We’ve already raised our concerns with them, highlighting both the covenants and the potential impact on our property value.

The motorhome would be parked in a highly visible part of the estate, detracting from the overall appearance of the area. Additionally, their driveway isn’t large enough to fully accommodate a vehicle of that size, meaning it would significantly overhang the pavement.

We now face a few options: accept the situation, attempt to persuade them to reconsider, or seek legal advice. Advice from others that have been in a similar situation would be particularly helpful.

A snob is someone that looks down on other people. I think motorhomes are an eyesore. That doesn't make me a snob, it means I don't think motorhomes look nice parked in people's front gardens. I don't think people who own motorhomes are in any way inferior to me. If I did, I would be a snob. As I don't, I'm not a snob.

I'm pretty sure they can get parking tickets for overhanging the pavement if a parking warden comes around.

They should have thought about where to park it before buying it.
I would be surprised if they were unaware of the covenant preventing them from parking it on the driveway.

Yes, far higher standards.

You not liking a motorhome isn't being snobby

Insisting it lowers the standard of the street is

A motorhome really enhances the look of our street, said no one ever.

There are two properties in my town and have rotten wooden boats in their driveways. To make them able to use them in water again, they need so much time and money spent. I feel like just one push on them would make them collapse into a pile of wood,

I know it’s nothing about my concern but why do people keep things in drives which are never going to be used again?

All the horses is correct

Lots of things don't enhance the look of a street but it doesn't really matter. Live and let live.

@Cattery Storing dead bodies …………………..RTF ! We are not your personal assistants!

It might not matter to you but it does to other people as this thread clearly shows, live and let live translated basically means put up and shut up.

I genuinely think in this situation I would put up and shut up (and I'm a right moaning old cow) but we're all different as this thread shows.

Set fire to it. They'll get the message.

Advice Bluefinch2? Live and let live. Mind your own beeswax. Just get on with your lives and let other people get on with theirs. There are more important issues in the world to worry about ...potholes, the dwindling hedgehog population, the increase in Utility bills, Starmer drama, climate change..

This!

I could understand it if a motorhome, caravan or works van is right outside your house and blocks the light, but our houses are built on a slope so there are several steps up to the front doors on my side of the road, so it's not an issue. And everyone who parks on the street parks on this side (road isn't wide enough for parking on both sides) so I doubt if it bothers anyone on the other side, either.

My NDNs used to have a motorhome AND a work van on their drive, it never occurred to me to cop the hump about it. And I've never heard anyone moaning about the 3 houses that have motorhomes, or any of the work vans either. Especially the plumber's van 2 doors down, he's a lovely chap and we're probably the only people in town who can get a plumber in an emergency in the evening or at weekends!

But we're an easy going lot round my way and pretty much live and let live, and help each other out a fair bit.

Tbf, the only two parked motor homes I'm aware of are a bloody eyesore! They're both absolutely filthy! One I strongly suspect is affecting property prices as their next door neighbour's house has been for sale a long time and I noticed they added huge tubs of bamboo to try to obscure the next door property. Whenever I walk past it I'm relieved it's not closer to me as I definitely wouldn't want to view it from my window! Very odd as never used and you'd imagine it must be worth something to someone. Not illegal but definitely selfish.

What would be the difference in a motor home for example on the drive or a beat up old Transit van covered in rust.?
Couldn't get worked up over a motor home tbh

I would rather have nice, clean people next door with a well-maintained motor home than the dirty, scruffy slobs we have whose house, from the filthy, disused solar panels and broken Christmas lights draped around the roof to the stinking plastic grass in the plant-free junk-filled garden, is a total eyesore.

I live on an estate with restrictive covenants. One of the neighbours wanted to do something that would breach the covenant and we enforced it. Not because that, per se bothered most of us. It didn't, but if you want to enforce a more important covenant later then you'll struggle if the person breaching it can show that you haven't enforced that in the past. That was the argument in fact that the neighbour took to the land tribunal.

So although I feel that a motor home ona drive is not very problematic, it's the principle and the pavement overhang that you need to consider enforcing. Otherwise you're stacking up potential future issues on other breaches

I might just get another motor home to stop people like you ever living next door

Is the husband a chemistry teacher? 😁

I don't think it will impact your house value but it may be a bit of an eyesore and dominate the outlook at the front. If it blocks your light or makes it hard to get in or out of your drive then it would be extremely inconsiderate of them to park it there.
If it overhangs the pavement you can definitely report it to the council.
Other than that they won't get involved unless someone is actually living in it.
The restrictive covenant you would need to get legal advice from a solicitor on, it would be a private legal matter and potentially expensive to enforce.
It is worth talking to the neighbours to see if they also have objections as if more than one person raises concerns they may rethink

So imagine you stop them parking it on their driveway - and they just park it on the street instead ! Totally legal !

I live in an apartment and the list of things I can't do is as long as my arm
Including nothing immoral, not banging a rug outside, no washing on view, not allowed to work on a car, apparently my property has to be painted in approved colours in the decorating years with no mention of what the approved colours are, inside of windows has to be cleaned at least once a month.... god knows where they got this list from

Couldn't give a 'shiny shite' until one is parked next door to you - but you don't know that do you until it happens