Driveways

[rosie71]

i live in a house with no drive so have to park on the street each night when i get home from work,but my neighbour that has got 2 cars and a drive that would fit 3 cars feels the need to never use his drive instead parks both his cars outside my house each and every night ... that leaves me having to park at the bottom of a very long street and then walk up to my house.is there something i can do about this or do i have to grin and bare it as its really getting to me now

[alavahalf]

Ask him if you can park on his empty drive.!

[bednobs]

you can't do anything legally, but you could ask him

[Maydup]

Yes ask him if you can use his drive, but resist saying it sarcastically if you can.

[SlackAlice]

Legally there is not a lot you can do. I used to have the same situation when I finished late shifts and most times I had to park in the next road. Fortunately I did have room for a drive and had to stump the cash to do it and get the kerb dropped.
My sympathy to you. Why not have a friendly chat to the neighbour, often works.

[rosie71]

thank you i didnt think there was a lot i could do about it,i already have a dropped kerb so guess its time to get that drive put in

[hc4361]

Actually it is illegal to park across a dropped kerb - but the fact your dropped kerb doesn't lead to a driveway is a conundrum.
As soon as you have a drive in place, he won't be able to park there.

[ToraToraTora]

Nothing you can do legally but the guy sounds like a bit of an ass, so park on his drive once. When he moans just do a deal.

[cassa333]

hc4361,
It's not illegal to park across a dropped curb driveway if there is no car in the drive (or garage assuming you can see in it lol).

A car on the drive should be able to get out but has no 'right to get in. Even a big bold white line across the drive means nothing in law.

Unless there are 'proper' road markings that have meaning you can park almost anywhere. Even on the pavement as long as a push chair can get past.