Installing Railings to driveway boundary

[newbie99]

Hi Postrs;


I wanted to get someone to install some metal railings at the boundary line of the driveway between my drive and the car trader's drive (neighbour). We share a semi-detached house with the drives adjoining each other and separated by a boundary line (about 1 inch height block pave brick - not sure the official name to described this)

My driveway had been constantly being used (trespassed) by the neighbour car trader, and our family car always get the dings and scratches due to the culprit neighbour's. The neighbour is a car trader whose has a second hand car business and every wekend he takes one or two back to his home to sell. I guess he is performing a private sale to avoid the obvious reasons. The drives are small (average width of a normal family size car), so when he drives his M5 and other larger cars he has to manoever (spelling) his cars onto my drive in order to drive his cars into his own drive.

Can anyone suggest some ways of protecting my drive and car being damaged? I thought if I install some metal railings that may at least stop my cars being damages and stop the neighbours coming onto my private drive to get into his cars. However, I'm not sure if I need planning permission or just go ahead and get someone to install it. (I think it will involve digging my side of the drive and fit some metal post to support the metal rails.) Not sure about the cost though...


Any suggestions are welcome.

[dilligaf]

Why not a small brick wall? Just a few bricks high where he can't drive across it and, if he does charge him for a new one.

[almcd007]

Depends on your deeds - you may have an open plan condition where you cannot do this. Have a look at others in your street and see if anyone has done similar. I'd look at something that if he did inadvertantly knock it down or it got caught by a car - you could replace it easily - e.g. White two foot capped posts and white plastic chain.

You could dig it up and have a flower bed there with that nasty red dyed dirt that stains carpets and shoes and car interiors - he'd avoid it then like the plague.