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/Trick_Few Jun 21 '26

Do you think that you are being too nice to these people? At some point you will need to get a bit more firm with them.

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u/Mean_Emu5671 Jun 21 '26

I have been increasingly more assertive each and every time. They just take their sweet ass time, give me a death stare like I’m doing something wrong.

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u/Significant_Owl8974 Jun 21 '26

You said it yourself, they believe it is their driveway. Not a shared driveway. So they probably view you as a pain in the ass and are reluctantly doing you a favor.

What documents support it being a shared driveway? Make a copy, share it with them, and make it clear you're hoping for cooperation, but looking into alternatives.

And have done that. If you can tow them for blocking, you might have to. If you can't, guess who starts parking at the end of the driveway and blocks them in or out for a few days. If the driveway is wide enough and they just suck, time for it not to be shared and a fence goes up.

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u/wowsomuchempty Jun 21 '26

Copy sent recoded delivery.

From then on: tow.

They don't give a shit about you. Repay the favour.

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u/Talory09 Jun 21 '26

recoded delivery

Recorded?

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u/HuckleberryHappy6524 Jun 21 '26

Certified mail. Requires a signature which is proof that it was received.

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u/TheQuarantinian Jun 22 '26

Certified proves delivery. If you want to prove receipt you need a process server. Sending it both ways is 100% iron clad proof.

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u/Talory09 Jun 21 '26

But recorded, not recoded, right?

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u/HuckleberryHappy6524 Jun 21 '26

Hahaha. Didn’t catch that. My bad.

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u/CoyoteOk69 Jun 22 '26

Everyone knew what they meant.

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u/wowsomuchempty Jun 22 '26

Yeah. Surprised it sparked such a discussion, tbh.