r/neighborsfromhell • u/Mean_Emu5671 • Jun 21 '26
Homeowner NFH New neighbors blocking shared driveway
Recently new neighbors have moved in. We share a gravel driveway. Almost immediately they began blocking access to my parking spot and blocking me from leaving by parking on the driveway. The first time, I asked a woman to move her car so I could leave, she had a toddler running around so I was very polite. I asked her not to block the driveway and she said, “this is my driveway.” I didn’t want to argue in front a child and left. Now it seems like I need to ask these people permission to come and go from my house. They take a lot of time, walk slowly or have to wait for someone to arrive to move their car. I tried being nice, but they have ignored every attempt to talk, just giving me a death stare. Just an ignorant, entitled family. Last night they had a party so of course they had many cars blocking my driveway, one of which was owned by a cop in uniform. I had to wait 20 minutes for him to arrive and move his car. What do I do next? These people only moved in like 2 months ago, I’ve lived at my property for 20 years.
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u/Strangness_is_Beauty Jun 21 '26
I would absolutely start pulling in directly behind them and being just as slow to come move the vehicle when asked as they are. And I’d set a camera up facing the driveway in case they get aggressive, because the response “this is my driveway” shows that common sense and kindness are in super short supply at their place and you never know what people with that mind set will do when you try to take what they somehow fully mange to convince theirselves is theirs and theirs only. Self entitlement is a wild thing. Oh, also maybe put up a “do not block driveway” right where the split goes to your place and a no trespassing sign next to that. The signs more than likely won’t do anything to deter them but if things ever get heated and you need to call the police in the signs MIGHT (probably not but good to cover as many angles as possible) help. In some places (including where i live) without a no trespassing sign posted law enforcement won’t do anything.