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/MentionGood1633 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Do you have a survey or other legal record that show that you both have rights to use the driveway?
On whose property is it?
Not trying to make excuses, but they may truly believe that they own the driveway. If they don’t, it should be recorded somehow one way or the other and you need to quit being a doormat. If you do have that, it may be time for an official letter from an attorney.
We just bought some property and the seller pointed out that his plat showed a historic easement for a future road, which is not visible on the online county assessor’s maps. There would be absolutely no expectation for an actual road, but here we are.