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To be fucked off the neighbours use my drive constantly

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crappymeal · 17/02/2025 16:13

My drive is big enough for about 3 cars if they squeeze on. We have a car which normally gets blocked in by the neighbours who use ours without asking.

It also means if we have visitors, they don't have anywhere to park and they have to find somewhere up the street although the roads are skinny and it's a bit of a nightmare (and I guess that's why they won't do it).

They usually get about 5 visitors a day and don't ask if they can use it first.

I wouldn't mind every now and then (which I have said before) but it's almost every day now and I think they're taking the piss.

I've tried speaking to them and they have said that the visitors don't stay for long so it doesn't matter?

OP posts:
Pussycat22 · 21/02/2025 10:15

crappymeal · 17/02/2025 16:15

They block our car in by using our driveway

Illegal , especially if you have a dropped kerb.

Pussycat22 · 21/02/2025 10:18

LilySLE · 18/02/2025 20:55

5 visitors a day is very unusual, especially if they don’t stay for long. It does suggest the neighbour may be running some sort of business. Running a business from home can require all sorts of things from planning permission (precisely because of these sorts of parking issues!); to specialist buildings insurance (normal home insurance unlikely to permit this and may be invalidated); to paying business rates instead of / as well as council tax; and can potentially be a breach of covenant (especially if houses on a new build estate), which you may potentially have a right to enforce. Have you tried looking on Google maps to see if there is a business pinned to that address, or googling the neighbour’s name or their address to see if a business comes up?

Could be dirty business 🌴

allmymonkeys · 21/02/2025 21:02

It's worth almost any sacrifice to avoid disputes with neighbours, but yours are taking the mickey and telling you it doesn't matter because they don't stay long is - too much.

Tell them it's your property and you do mind its being taken for granted as their overflow parking space. If they don't apologise and show more consideration in future, you'll have to consider installing those fold-down bollard things.

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