Off-road parking

Sorry Nansypansy wrong part of the country for me.

I don't think there is a 'set rate' really. I am assuming you want to approach the neighbour and ask, and want a figure in your head.

So much depends on your relationship with them, the way they already use their space and so on. I would look at a local long stay car park & halve that figure as a rough beginning.

However, around here we are more likely to have a network of favours. We sometimes get a bottle of wine from whatever event has been going on to cause the request.
We charge nothing for neighbours to use our drive on an occasional basis. Some that ask fairly regularly put a donation in to a local charity.
Sometimes we are asked by people doing a popular walking or canoeing trail - we always donate it to charity and suggest £5 for the weekend - they always give us £10! But I wouldn't expect that on a regular basis.

There is an App called ‘Just Park’ people with empty driveways advertise on it, for Exeter prices for 6am until 10pm start at £3.50 for a weekday, depending on how close they are to the town centre.

I imagine if it’s a tourist hot spot it will be more expensive.

Download the App, put in your area and the dates and times you want to park and you should get some comparison figures.

PS, there was a case recently in the Newspaper about a chap who agreed to let someone park his car in his driveway, 3 yrs later the car is still there, rusting away and he can’t to anything about it. He gave open ended permission.

So if you are thinking of renting out your driveway think twice about it or get some legal advice.

Beware! I had a pushy new neighbour enquire about "using" my drive for one of their excess vehicles as I dont have a car. The implication was that because I dont have a car I had some moral obligation to share my driveway (which is behind lockable gates hahahaha).

No way hosea.

I made the point about the attutude of the mortgage provider, insurance, who would pay in the event of damage to vehicle or property etc etc. I said that if i were to consider it then I would need her to pay commercial rent and have a contract drawn up by my solicitor (she would pay for legal work). I ended by saying that it would not be a cheap option for her and she would be best to enquire elsewhere,

I can tell by her expression that she had not considered all the ramifications and was relying upon an informal arrangement with NDN. As I recall there was an retired solicitor on that discussion who advised always to go the "legal" route as these informat arrangements can so easily go toxic and turn into the kinds of disputes you have to declare when selling.

D and SIL live up the hill from one of the venues of the Commonwealth Games and their road is totally coned off to stop parking for the duration of the Games. They have a large drive with two gates , but need to be able to get their own 2 cars in and out, plus workmen’s vans for work being done and -for a couple of days this week - me!
One of their neighbours was quite sniffy when he “ambushed” them on their way out - time is always tight with getting 3 children organised - and they hesitated about agreeing to letting him park there too. As D said, they couldn’t risk blocking anybody in, plus they wanted to be able to offer space to friends who had tickets for any events or were going with them.
Anyway, it’s just tough luck. The neighbour could have timed it better, been prepared to discuss where might have been possible or even agreed to certain days only, but ultimately it boiled down to a No, sorry.
If you are thinking of either renting out a parking space or renting for your own use, it is vital to have a written and enforceable agreement.