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Ideas for a budget decorative boundary?

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NeatFreak · 02/08/2014 12:00

We have issues with our drive as it borders next door who get seriously annoyed if anyone walks, turns or drives over even a small part of their drive. We ask everyone to avoid doing so but it still happens, eg postman/ deliveries.

We've tried being nice, apologising, asking friends and family, writing instructions on delivery notes but it still hasn't helped much so I thought if we put a visible boundary between the drives it would be obvious where our drive ended. Our drive is gravel whereas theirs is concrete so we could easily put something in te ground but don't want to spend a lot.
Does anyone have any easy, low budget, low maintenance suggestions?

Fwiw we used to have a hedge there but took it out because they complained constantly about it blocking their view of the street (it was 2-3 feet high) so I don't think they will ever be happy!

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wowfudge · 02/08/2014 13:41

I think whatever you do you're fighting a losing battle if they are as you describe. You could put low level posts in with chain between them - minimal blocking of the view, but you cannot stop others from simply stepping over it. Or a wire mesh fence? Have you asked them what they would suggest?

EastLynne · 02/08/2014 13:55

www.primrose.co.uk/lawn-edging-c-66.html?src=shop_department_m

What about one of these options ?
Agree with Wow - consult them - maybe choose 3 options , any of which you would be happy with and make them feel like they've had a say

Namechangearoonie123 · 02/08/2014 13:57

Big granite stones

£5 each or big logs (maybe free). 3 feet apart, you probably won't need many.

That way anyone that reverses will hit into them

NeatFreak · 02/08/2014 15:37

Thanks. I like the idea of the edging so will look into that.

Whatever we do won't be good enough- it's more for our benefit so we can prove we are trying to stop it from happening. Although we don't have to do this it might reduce the hassle we get from him- he has been truly vile to many of our visitors who park on the road but overhang the dropped kerb by millimetres. There is no communication, just shouting and abuse and he then collars dh and has a go at him too. He's phoned the police more than once but they can't do anything. The issue seems to be that we have a driveway of our own whilst the three houses next to us share a small part of the drive next to ours before winding off into their houses. Nobody else is bothered but this one man!

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wowfudge · 03/08/2014 03:16

Ah - now I can see that overhanging a dropped kerb would irritate someone because it's something you are not supposed to do. Also many of your visitors not great if it keeps happening.

NeatFreak · 03/08/2014 12:42

The overhanging is difficult to describe... Their drive is at an angle whereas ours is straight but we share the dropped kerb. He seems to think the dropped kerb is his at an angle from his drive, which would then block our access but not having the angle would still leave him plenty of room. None of our visitors ever actually block his access. To be honest we rarely have visitors- the main issue is deliveries but the point of this thread was ideas to help me demonstrate to him and all visitors that we know there is a boundary between the two properties and try to keep him happy, which I think I've achieved so will be sorted out.

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