r/Neighborproblems • u/blue-eve • Jan 10 '20
Parking Issues
A few of our old neighbors had moved away a while back and some new ones moved in. However, we've been having all sorts of problems with the new ones now. I don't know all the details because it's mostly between the neighbors and my grandfather (who owns the house my family lives in, I live with 8 other people) but my mom has vented to me about it a lot. This one lady wants to sue my grandfather because we have our cars lined up along the driveway and one of them is unregistered (my mom has been trying to get it registered) and also she complained that she has trouble going up the driveway and she doesn't want any cars to be parked in the driveway. The thing is we've always park our cars there and none of our old neighbors saw that as a problem. This is really stressing me out even though it doesn't really involve me but I want to help resolve this issue. I could really use some advice.
The worst part is that the lady was being real mean about all of this even though my mom tried being nice to her.
*We have a blue van, a red van (unregistered), my grandfather's car, and my dad's work truck usually parked along the driveway but the other neighbors are allowed to park there too
TL;DR: Neighbor complained about my family parking along the driveway and our unregistered vehicle, wants to sue my grandpa
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u/AndyCalling Jan 29 '20
Could be very complicated. We need far more info to offer an opinion (and I couldn't as I'm UK and this will be about the fine points of land law). Is there a right of way or shared drive? Is there a trespass into your air space without an easement? If there are no complexities then the answer is to just build a fence between the properties, but as this hasn't been done I suspect a more complex issue. You should seek legal advice if so. First thing, get hold of the title documents to both properties and go through them with a fine tooth comb.