Driveway used by neighbours as a drop of zone for friends/work

[Cherryblossom200]

Hi,

The title says it all really. My neighbours have two cars, both cars block off the area outside of their house. I have a double drive and it gets used as a drop area for children (they run a business from home). I have a child myself so before anyone suggests I hate kids it’s not that I just find it quite annoying and a bit disrespectful if I’m going to be honest. It’s happened roughly 3 times already today.

I’ve lived here for two years now and not made a big deal of it. I’ve said something in passing that the parents don’t use my drive and my neighbour was understanding but it continues. Sometimes the parents drop off the kids and leave, but the vast majority of the time they stop and chat 😝

Before anyone thinks I’m being petty, there is a pretty big parking space the parents can use directly outside my house and opposite my house which they can use. They just don’t want to walk an extra 10 steps so use my drive.

Not sure if I’m being petty, but I do find it quite annoying.

Any ideas what to do?

And I guess the thing I get annoyed by is the fact the parents can’t park outside my neighbours house is due to the fact they have two cars..otherwise the space outside their house would be available.

could you say something. Like, hi, I know this is a bit awkward, but I was wondering if you could ask your clients to not use my drive as a drop off zone. Obviously ive been understanding when its been occasional, but recently it feels like its all the time, and I wonder if they realise this is my property because its starting to disturb my peace. Could you ask them to drop off a bit further down the street

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Your house looks sad 

Start nice. Tell them to move now. Every single time. Follow them to her house every time and tell her and them to stop using your property and blocking you in by parking over your drive.

After one week if they continue.
Tell them to fuck off from your property.
Tell them to fuck off from your drive.
Follow them to hers and tell her to tell her fucking clients to fuck off parking on your property and blocking you in.

This will get rid of the absolute arseholes because they won't want their precious darlings to listen to your language.

Week 3
For the complete dense. By now you know their timetables and who is still parking there. Just before they are due, move your car off your drive. Let them park and go to neighbours. In the meantime, park so you block them in and off you go to the cinema, restaurant, pub whatever for a couple of hours. If she has your mobile number, put it on silent and after about an hour, send a text - Bit busy, chat tomorrow.

If they are blocking you in/out, then go and ask them to move.

Otherwise, ignore.

By all means mention it to your neighbour, and hopefully she'll ask them to stop, but in the bigger scheme of things, it probably isn't worth getting worked up over. Life's too short.

If you only have one car then you could just park across your own driveway. It's annoying but at least you would be able to leave whenever you want.

My drive gets blocked frequently by a local business. It does my swede in. But these aren’t the same people, if it was repeatedly the same people I would either park over my drive or have to go in and out everytime they park there. Can you also ask the council for an H bar to be put over your drive —makes fuck all difference near our school—

It is possible your neighbour is unaware of where these parents are parking. Why don't you go and speak to them and ask them to advise the parents that they should not block your drive but should park in the available space further back? They could maybe do an e mail to all their clients.

I’ve already spoken ‘nicely’ once to my neighbour about it about 6 months ago. She herself said it would annoy her if it was the other way around. And yes she does know it’s happeninf because she is always outside her house chatting to the mums!!

Op says she's already talked to the neighbour who was understanding but parents still park.

They’re not using your drive, they’re parking on the dropped kerb.
If they’re doing it when you want out either chap the door or beep your horn till they come out and move. If they’re not blocking you because you don’t want out, it’s not actually inconveniencing you.

My neighbour can see quite clearly the parents cars parked outside of my drive. To make it even worse we have a school nearby so parents are constantly parking down our road so I have a double whammy. But just to be clear there are always spaces which are meant for cars and they just insist on being lazy and parking over my drive

its against the law to block a drive when your car is in the drive as you cant get out. yet police will not do anything they just tell you to contact the council (i know)
but not if they block your entry.
you are allowed to do what you want without damage to the car, you should google some to see what others have done
if they stop long enougth get 2 friends to park their car bumper to bumper each end and then go out for the day with them.
i paid over 900 to get my curb dropped so it does piss you off when used and a stop and turning point

So make a note of times then park your car there before they arrive until they have gone

In that case I would be telling them to fuck off now rather than doing nice. You've done that and they have ignored. I would even warn them that they do it again and you will be blocking them in lol.
The ones that block you in, they need to be told to move their car now.
Once they realise neighbour is crazy they will stop lol

I had similar issues with my ndn clients (she was a CM)
Most were 2-3 minutes but one used to block me for 15 minutes even though NDN told her not to.
When I knocked to get her to move she tutted and rolled her eyes at me.
I was not pleased .

If you see the offenders (the ones that you know will take root) ask them to shift when you see them pull up.

Remind them that any complaints you make might affect your NDN business ........and if the parents rely on the NDN , they wouldn't want this !

Suggest to your neighbour that she move her car forward so that her clients can park over her dropped kerb. It will avoid 'unpleasantness' that will otherwise occur for her clients.

Also search for the dog grooming neighbour on here. There were loads of amazing ways to stop cf's doing this, if it didn't get deleted lol.

Block your own drive so they have to park elsewhere if you don't want to go the extreme route

Talk to the parents directly, not just to your neighbour. They aren't making a conscious decision to block you in every day now, they are parking where they always park. It might - MIGHT - just take you needing to go out while they are blocking you in, and you asking them directly to move, to nudge them into parking 6 feet away. Try that first anyway. They'll be more likely to listen to you - especially if they can see you are needing to get out - than to your neighbour.

Put one of those posty things up

Block them in and pretend to be out when they knock

I’m going to park over my drive I think for a few weeks during the daytime just to make a quiet point..I don’t like conflict with neighbours if I can avoid it. I think this way it makes my point without making a big thing out of it. Thank you for your help!

I think you need to mention it again. 6 months ago would have been the summer and if your neighbour is like me the summer term is relatively quiet whereas in September/October they all come back with a vengeance (except this week, its amazing how many school play rehearsals and similar excuses happened on halloween night)

I teach from home and ask the parents to move their car immediately if any of my neighbours would be inconvenienced. I've even said 'sorry if you want to chat please go and move your car and please don't leave it there in future I don't want to upset my neighbours.' I got really cross with one of my teenage students who used my neighbours drive to turn around on. If you teach from home you need your neighbours on side. I am aware of where they all park or drop off and say something every time if its likely to upset a neighbour.