After a bit of advice.
I moved to my new home (not new but just a few years old) in January. Everyone on the estate has to pay an annual maintenance charge to a levy trust for ground maintenance (I don’t know about this until after I’d put the offer in as the estate agent didn’t tell me). Obviously, I also pay full council tax so not sure what this annual fee is actually for.
Anyway, moving away from that, my house is a terraced house (bought following divorce) and there are garages almost in front (at an angle) to the two properties to the right. They don’t have a driveway and are meant to park their cars in front of their garage, around the other side (so, out of view). The house to my left had a driveway but it’s only big enough for one car. They have 2 cars - both big 4x4 cars. I have a driveway to my house which runs, at an angle, in front of my house, with the footpath to the houses on my right running alongside it. All three houses were up for sale at the same time, mine the most expensive as it came with a driveway and other features that the others didn’t have. One of the houses to my right was empty when I bought my house. And, yes, I drove around at weekends to check things like parking before the sale was made official.
Since I moved in, the house in the far right corner is now rented and a young couple, with a toddler, have moved in next door. All 3 houses have cars and are parking them on the footpath in such a way that is blocking access (or making it very difficult for me to get in and out) to my drive. So, I’m the one who has ended up parking outside my garage (car out of sight) even though I have a driveway outside of my front window! I find it rude and inconsiderate tbh. Also, every Wednesday night s bin day. Due to recycling etc. we now have 3 bins each to put out each week. Because they are parking their cars where the bins are meant to go, they’re using my drive every week and they all put the bins on MY drive every Tuesday evening (as the bin men come early). The last owner of the house told me where the bins are meant to go (where they park their cars). I can’t park my car there as I work away Monday/Tuesday (work from home the rest of the week) and don’t get back home until 8pm on the Tuesday evening, by which time the bins are on my drive and I can’t get on it. That’s 8 wheelie bins and 4 food caddy bins on my drive all day every Wednesday (from Tuesday evening).
I have also noticed the people in the rented property parking their cars on my drive when they think I’m not in (as my car is parked in front of the garage out of sight). I have also found a pile of gravel on my drive recently.
Is there anything I can do? Im
seri thinking of selling up next spring. I only have one car. They have 2-3 each! Why buy/rent a house with no space to park your car?!
I just find it rude and inconsiderate. I think I didn’t see the parking situation when viewing as the houses weren’t occupied (well, one wasn’t).