Neighbour not happy with my fence?

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So basically after months of neighbours kids:

Playing-on my drive
Trespassing on my drive
Chucking footballs at my living room window.
Constantly standing by my living room window
Shouting and waking my toddlers up.

I finally got a fence installed on Monday which has solved all the issues.

But now my neighbour will apparently struggle to fit two cars on her drive as before the man and his partner would park close on the boundary and his door would open on my bit.
He has asked if I could move the fence further on my bit but it will impact my own ability to have 2 cars on my drive.

AIBU to decline this as it’s on my own drive?

If you move the fence they or the people who buy next may take possession of that bit of land and you would have to prove it's yours. It would also look ridiculous if it doesn't line up sensibly with the rest of the property.

No. They brought this on tnemselves by being an absolute nuisance.

He has asked if I could move the fence further on my bit but it will impact my own ability to have 2 cars on my drive.

Is he having a laugh? He must think (wrongly) that you're a mug!

Well done for fitting the fence.

And yes, get a video doorbell installed.

They will need to widen their drive on their side. Absolutely don't give in to those selfish cf's.

You are under no obligation to enable him trespass on your driveway , in order to haul his carcass out of the car.

But I feel a diagram would have been useful 🤔

You’re perfectly within your rights to have put the fence up. I hope they don’t deliberately damage it, they sound like they are totally lacking respect for others given how they let their children behave.

I have the same - open plan setup and no visible divider between the two side-by-side drives. They encroach all the time, walking on, opening doors onto, moving their bins back and forth on. It's trespass. Cheeky barstwards.

"Oh gosh, that's a shame. We will keep the fence where it is as that's the legal boundary, so it prevents confusion about access rights. Bye!"

Our neighbours actually asked us to remove our fence for this exact same reason, they wanted to be able to squeeze more cars on their drive! And presumably would have got out of the extra car onto our grass, and walked down it to get onto their own drive. No thanks!

YANBU. The short answer is ‘no’. That’ll do I reckon.

I think that's precisely what they're trying to do!!

What is it with CFs and their entitlement? They already see it as their right to regularly use part of OP's drive; then, when she tells them no more - because of their poor behaviour and lack of parenting - they think that their 'reward' should be to be given an extra strip of free land!

Great job. You did the right thing.

Any possible covenants would be my concern as well. You might be allowed to mark your boundaries in the front with plants or a low fence but a 6ft high fence might be too much.

Not your problem. If you move your fence, you're giving them part of your land.

Hi all thanks for the replies.

The fence really was a last resort after months of hoping the kids would stop after telling them and their parents multiple times.

I just spoke to the wife and told her how would she like the constant trespass right by their living room window on a daily basis walking up her toddlers?
She said she understood and will just try to reverse in now.

I would never dream of inconveniencing my neighbours like this, it’s not just the kids it’s them and their visitors.

Its all stopped now, money well spent!

It’s good if she understands now. She’s not trying to get you to remove the fence, is she?

So even after his expecting OP to inconvenience herself by letting them use/have part of her land didn't succeed, it's still his wife who now has to change how she drives/reverses on to the drive; never him.

'No is a full sentence' klaxon

The fence is one of those low ones it’s not a 6ft fence but enough to stop them opening doors on my driveway and to stop their kids playing on it.

Lool just No. All of the no's.

They may as well ask "can we have some of your land please?"

I agree with @mumda and @starfishmummy - consider getting some CCTV / Ring doorbell to cover your drive / fence to ensure no damage occurs.

"The fence is one of those low ones it’s not a 6ft fence but enough to stop them opening doors on my driveway and to stop their kids playing on it."
I'd also consider a higher fence. Balls could still 'stray'.

Did he offer to purchase a strip of land from you? Or did he actually just expect you to pay to move your fence, give yourself a smaller drive and give him a larger drive all for free?

"Good fences make good neighbours"

Well done OP. We put gates and fencing up on our drive and front garden.
Not due to neighbours but kids and horrible teenagers throwing things at our windows, chapping door, also had people trying to get in our back garden.
Made such a difference, especially as I'm on a busy road.

Nope - don’t move the fence if it is completely on your land.