parking on own property

[FATCONTROLLER1958]

I recently moved in with my girlfriend,

 

we now have 4 cars parked,

wholly within the paved/tarmac area fronting the house,

so none of us touch the pavement, road or adjoining properties.

 

Our neighbour is complaining that she can see cars from her lounge window,

we have searched all of the relevent paperwork,

but can find no restrictions as to where we can park on our own property.

 

we do not want to be confrontational,

but does anyone know of any rights she has in this case,

the cars are all standard (no noisy exhausts, flashy spoilers etc)

 

I think that she is just trying to flex her muscles in her role of perceived queen of the Cul de Sac.

[Michael Browne]

Do you have a dropped kerb/crossover to access your property?

 

If so there's nothing she can do.

[Jamberson]

Who owns the tarmac area?

 

Can you access the tarmac area without driving over pavement (across dropped kerbs being excepted)?

 

If it's part of your property, do you need/have you got permission to have that section tramacced? The council can tell you that.

[FATCONTROLLER1958]

Hi Guys

 

Thanks for the prompt replies.

 

We have dropped down kerbs, and the tarmac'd area is part of the original features of the house, so yes permission was given to the house builders 25 years ago.

[Jamberson]

In that case I don't see you have a problem, other than a grumpy neighbour. She can't really do anything by the sound of it - I don't much like looking at certain things outside my window, but that's life.

[sequenci]

Absolutely that.

 

You're good to go.

[FATCONTROLLER1958]

Once again, thanks for the replies.

 

Don't we just love grumpy neighbours.

 

Best regards

 

Fatcontroller 1958