How to stop this guy from parking across our drive

It is actually illegal to park across a dropped kerb. Your local council should have a section to report it and at the very least, someone should come out and issue a fine.
If you don't want to do that and know where the owner lives, knock on their door or put a note through the letterbox asking them not to park there in future. Doesn't matter what arrangement they had with the previous resident, at the very least, as a courtesy, they should have asked if it was still okay!

Just say you need your drive kept clear because someone you know is not well and you need to get to them quickly at times and would he mind not parking there just in case.

Please just grow some and knock on his door like everyone has said you need to be able to get out of your drive this is ridiculous you have no other option but to ask him or tell him more the point. Please let us know how you got on, you will be so relieved when you’ve asked him I’m sure.

Goodness, this has really struck a chord with me. I live at the head of a cul-de-sac and the family over the road have 6 cars and only a drive for 2. The head of the cul-de-sac isn't adopted, but I own my half and they own theirs, but they insist on parking 2 cars overnight on my side.
Of course since DH died in March, I only have my car on my drive that can take up to 6 - so I suppose it must pi*s them off. Other neighbours having people staying will ask if they can park on my side and I always say they can, but the other family are known to have blocked them in several times, resulting in shouting matches out in the street. They are a strange family and speak to no-one - drive up the road like lunatics and despite being fairly well off, do no exterior maintenance to their house or garden.
I'm getting a skip soon for some garden work and can't wait for it to be placed on my side of the area - one way to stop them parking for a week or two.
Rant over.

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Wait until he/she has gone out then park your own vehicle across your driveway. When the thoughtless person returns they will have to find another place to park. You can then put your own vehicle back on to your driveway. Hopefully they will get the message.
Alternatively you could explain the problem to the highway department at your local council and ask if they can paint a white line across the driveway.
Good luck!

I think it is illegal to park across a dropped kerb. I had this problem with nasty neighbours in my last house, after asking a couple of times and being verbally abused I stopped confronting them, I rang parking enforcement. After a couple of £60 tickets, they realised I wasn’t going to play nice, so stopped parking there. Good luck with however you deal with this.

welbeck we used to do this with a couple of neighbours; parking was difficult and people had to drive around to find a spot. We had off road parking. We knew them well, so we always said that they were welcome to park across our drive provided they were there to move the car should we need to get out in an emergency. 'Never had a problem with them, but one neighbour along the road did night work and several times decided to block our car in and go home to bed. The first time I asked his wife politely - she didn't drive and had to get him up - and the second time it got a bit heated when he announced he didn't want to get out of bed - there was actually a space outside his house. What a nightmare parking is in cities - I hope the OP gets this sorted out peacefully.

The sister of some very nice neighbours a couple of doors further up used to do that to me. On the fourth occasion I got my husband‘s car out of the drive (two entrances) and parked it very close to the front of hers, followed by parking mine close to her boot. Then I had a long soak in the bath & ignored the doorbell! It didn’t happen again, dunno why.

I don’t understand how his size has anything to do with the problem, just knock on the door and politely ask him to move his car as he’s blocking you in,

If you have a dropped kerb he should not be parking there. Knock on his door and politely ask him not to park there. If the previous owner allowed it he does not have a right to continue to do so. You really need to nip in the bud now, as soon as he does it.
I’d advise to do this in broad daylight if possible whilst other people are around. Maybe initially leave a polite/friendly note on his windscreen asking him not to park across your exit. If he ignores it then knock on his door. My guess is that he’ll be expecting this and is probably waiting to see how long he can get away with it, cheeky!

There is another scenario to consider. When we first moved to our old house the neighbours actually used to park on our drive! I put my big girl pants on and went to see them. It transpired that they had an arrangement with the previous owner to park on the drive whilst the house was being sold so it didn’t look empty. They had seen us milling about but thought we were just decorating and hadn’t realised we had actually moved in. Once we explained they were lovely and we went on to have a very pleasant relationship with them for the next seven years.

Park "a little" where he does, while remaining in your driveway.

Maybe you should park on the dropped pavement entrance to your drive and not drive into your driveway for now so he can see its not for him.

Hi There,
Appreciate your reticence.
There's no need to change your clothing, a simple knock and ask the question/make your request, and see what you're dealing with.
Then decide what action you may or may not have to take
Good luck and let us all know how you get on.

Nip over and ask nicely and explain why. If he gets funny report to police.

when it has happened here, i tend to put a notice on their windscreen, please do not park across drive.
i did this even when not using the drive, because otherwise th habit may set in. people take liberties, and then it's hard to reclaim one's rights.
one day i saw a very polite person not daring to slightly overlap by 6", about to drive away to find a farther spot.
because they had been so considerate, and were older, and had to take their dog to the park, i went out and said it's ok, you can park there, i;m not using it today.
in fact any time you are stuck, unless there is a car on our drive, you can park across.
this was because i knew they were decent trustworthy people.

Great that the car is gone! Hopefully, that will be the end of it.

If not, I'd suggest taking your husband or someone else along with you to knock on his door. I share your concern and would trust your intuition. Parking across someone's driveway seems a possibly strange and anti-social thing to do in the first place (depending on the details), which is a cause for caution.

I have noticed that some householders who have dropped kerbs have white lines outside their premises which are presumably intended to prevent parking. I don't know the criteria for getting a white line, but it would be worthwhile the OP asking about this.

Yes the polite notice thing has run its course I hope. People used to put it on all kinds of signs where they just wanted something but had no entitlement to it whatsoever. Really cheeky.

Not talking about the op who is absolutely entitled to be able to exit her driveway.

Actually we always have a laugh at the ‘polite notice’ thing. Nobody thinks it is the police

If it keeps happening put a no parking sign somewhere where people can see it
Some write
Polite Notice
No Parking
and people think Polite actually says Police!

I wonder if he has gotten used to parking there while the house was empty? Just ask him to move if it happens again and drive around the block. Do this every single time if needs be! Be super nice, but persistent.

MerylStreep

You mentioned in one of your other posts that you drive to work. How has this worked ?

Not as bad as I thought actually. Now that I am doing less days it isn't so bad now.

Good morning everyone. Sorry I haven't updated been quite busy decorating the house! So he had moved by the time I told myself to get out there and tell him to move it himself.. And knock on wood he has not parked there since so I'm hoping that it does not happen again. Or course if it does then I'm geared up and ready to knock on the door. Thank you all, I know I came across ridiculous and immature but I just absolutely hate confrontation. I'm a very private and introverted person. I'm even worried about putting fencing around my garden (not high ones) in case the neighbours find it offensive! I need to get a grip on myself x