Driveway/Parking Dispute
Discussion
Hi there,
Just after a bit of advice really ;
My girlfriend and I purchased a new build end-terraced house the year before last.
There is a double garage built onto the end-side of our house with a shared driveway for access to the garages. One garage belongs to my next door neighboour, and the other (closest to our house) belongs to my girlfriend and I.
Some other houses on our estate back onto our driveway, and have rights of access to use the driveway as an entrance to their back gardens.
There is a clause in our deeds which states that we are not allowed to use the driveway for parking our cars, and it is only an access way to our garages etc. The ony places we are permitted to park are our garages and the designated parking spaces in front of our houces.
Although it is nearly the size of a double driveway and can (only just) fit two cars side by side, having somone parked in the drive makes getting my car out of the garage extremely difficult reversing out onto the road. (I am sandwiched between an exterior wall of a house and a car).
Just before we moved in our neighbour was advised of the contents of the property deeds and stopped parking there.
However she just has started parking there again, almost obstructing a path for me to reverse my car out of my garage. This is despite there being more than at least two of the designated spaces in front of the houses being free at the time. She doesn't park in her garage because she has lots of furniture etc stored in there. Obviously I'm rather concerned because I take a lot of pride in my car, and do not want to risk damaging it against a house wall or parked car!
Obviously I would like to try the diplomatic approach, however the fact that she is already aware of the deeds indicates that maybe this will go unheeded.
What are my options in this scenario?
Cheers
Jon
Just after a bit of advice really ;
My girlfriend and I purchased a new build end-terraced house the year before last.
There is a double garage built onto the end-side of our house with a shared driveway for access to the garages. One garage belongs to my next door neighboour, and the other (closest to our house) belongs to my girlfriend and I.
Some other houses on our estate back onto our driveway, and have rights of access to use the driveway as an entrance to their back gardens.
There is a clause in our deeds which states that we are not allowed to use the driveway for parking our cars, and it is only an access way to our garages etc. The ony places we are permitted to park are our garages and the designated parking spaces in front of our houces.
Although it is nearly the size of a double driveway and can (only just) fit two cars side by side, having somone parked in the drive makes getting my car out of the garage extremely difficult reversing out onto the road. (I am sandwiched between an exterior wall of a house and a car).
Just before we moved in our neighbour was advised of the contents of the property deeds and stopped parking there.
However she just has started parking there again, almost obstructing a path for me to reverse my car out of my garage. This is despite there being more than at least two of the designated spaces in front of the houses being free at the time. She doesn't park in her garage because she has lots of furniture etc stored in there. Obviously I'm rather concerned because I take a lot of pride in my car, and do not want to risk damaging it against a house wall or parked car!
Obviously I would like to try the diplomatic approach, however the fact that she is already aware of the deeds indicates that maybe this will go unheeded.
What are my options in this scenario?
Cheers
Jon
Scraggles said:
have to agree, as when u come to sell up and move, u will have to list the details of any disputes with neighbours
she might not realise there is a problem, you also might forget and leave your car in front of hers by the same margin one day and block her in....
That is assuming I can get my car out of the garage in the first place lol. I only really use my car for leisure for evenings and weekends etc. Sometimes I don't get my car out more than once or twice a week. she might not realise there is a problem, you also might forget and leave your car in front of hers by the same margin one day and block her in....
Justy one further question on this,
Is it possible for someone to get their deeds changedso that they are in fact allowed to park on the shared driveway?
We have had a little more trouble from her (fortunatley she's stopped again for now), and she mentioned that she could change the deeds in her favour if she wanted.
Would this be possible, and as we'd be directly affected, would we be consulted at all during this process.?
Is it possible for someone to get their deeds changedso that they are in fact allowed to park on the shared driveway?
We have had a little more trouble from her (fortunatley she's stopped again for now), and she mentioned that she could change the deeds in her favour if she wanted.
Would this be possible, and as we'd be directly affected, would we be consulted at all during this process.?
Edited by jon247 on Thursday 27th March 20:09
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