Parking & Drive Access

[Diver Fred]

Our parking problem has tried our patience once to often... We have a shared drive access with neighbours. Neither drive is very long - just about a cars length for them, 2 cars for us.
What we have is the neighbours visitors always park in front of or over the dropped kerb blocking the access to our parking. Recently the dropped kerb was blocked all day by a 'visitor' - a third visitor to them took everyone out for the day effectively locking us in all day.

Because the preceding owners of our house didn't have a vehicle the neighbours, who we get on with very well except for the drive access issue, didn't then see a problem and still don't when their visitors block the access.

The wife saw 'red' last week and made it difficult for the badly parked visitor over the dropped kerb she parked so close to him that it made it difficult for hime to leave. When he came to leave he expected wifey to back down after telling her off for blocking him- instead she asked him back 'how would like it if a stranger blocked your driveway?' Rather than apologising his answer 'I'm visiting' then he did a runner.
It seems they think the dropped kerb is their sole property.

We have enquired about either extending the dropped kerb or a new section of dropped kerb; both questions to date have rejected. Driving over the raised kerb isn't really possible as the kerb is very high (9") or has, now, competing companies footway boxes in the way.

 

[motorbiking]

Are they blocking the flat section or the angled section. If they are parking in front of your shared drive, with the permission of the neighbour you could threaten some enforcement action. If they are blatantly blocking you in then call the council parking enforcement and they could issue a ticket.

 

[Belle427]

Address it with the neighbour, its their responsibility then to tell their visitors really.
If no luck id just continue to make it awkward for them which is a bit petty but they will get the message.

 

[Alec_t]

park in front of or over the dropped kerb blocking the access

That's a traffic offence, so should be enforceable.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

That's a traffic offence, so should be enforceable.

Only if a vehicle is on the drive and cannot exit. Apparantly

But just ask the neighbours ti have a word with any visitors