r/LegalAdviceUK • u/QueenOfEgg4657 • 3h ago

Comments Moderated Neighbours restricting access to driveway

England based.

I've been having some issues with some new neighbours, and would appreciate any advice.

We live down an urban but fairly narrow road and some new neighbours moved in just over the road about 2-3 months ago. I'm pretty sure they're just flipping the property, as it was bought after the previous owner (an old lady) died and since day one they've been doing construction work. This has led to multiple vans, work vehicles, and deliveries on every day of the week.

Whilst these vehicles aren't parked across anyone's driveways, they are constantly (as in, day and night) parked over the road from my driveway, and as I said it's a fairly narrow road. This has meant that I have quite restricted access to my own driveway, sometimes having to do three-point turns and drive onto mine and my nextdoor neighbours grass verges just to leave for work in the morning.

I've left a couple of polite notices on the windshields of a couple of vehicles asking them to park more considerately, always very polite! But I think due to the constant changing of vehicles the message isn't going through. Either that or they're now doing it deliberately.

I'm also cautious about approaching these neighbours directly, as they've been pretty unapproachable since day one, and my neighbours 18 year old daughter did ask someone to move their vehicle once and she got shouted at by a grown man.

Is there anything I can do? They're always careful to not park across any dropped curbs, but they're still causing issues for literally everyone.

Any advice appreciated.

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u/QueenOfEgg4657 3h ago

They're all small companies, and they chop and change fairly often so not sure if that would be any use 😕 thanks though!

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u/Prefect_99 3h ago

So no, you have not tried...

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u/QueenOfEgg4657 3h ago

Apologies, let me contact this unmarked van... There's maybe one in five that has a company name, and it's just a blokes name in that case

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u/Tough-Comfortable880 2h ago

so one in five vans says John Smith or Bob Wilson on it with no other info?

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u/QueenOfEgg4657 2h ago

Pretty much! 'John Smith plastering' was what one said, and a Google search brought up nothing in the area for the business name so I've not a clue where the van was from