A woman has expressed her frustration after customers from her neighbour's car repair shop repeatedly block her narrow lane driveway, and she is now considering a revenge that could put him out of business.
Ongoing issues with blocked driveway
The woman lives along a narrow lane and requires full access to park outside her home. However, the property next door has been converted into a car repair shop, leading to customers arriving and departing at all hours. Some have even abandoned their vehicles in the lane, making it difficult for her to come and go from work.
She took to Reddit to share her plight: 'The property next to our laneway has been turned into a car repair shop. We have always had a pretty good relationship with the owner... or so I thought. Now, to park on the west side of his building, they have to drive across the top of our lane from the road, which has been fine.'
'But over the past few months, some of his clients started parking their vehicles in our laneway, blocking or obscuring the entrance to our property. I have messaged the owner of the car place about it, and he has moved the vehicles. But it happens at least once or twice a week, and not too long ago, a truck was left there for a whole weekend.'
'The other day, someone parked a motorhome in our lane, and I could hardly get in. I was fed up, so I called the owner and told him that he was blocking access to our property and that I would start having cars towed if it kept happening.'
Health concerns add urgency
To make matters worse, the resident's mother is in poor health and has required ambulance call-outs on numerous occasions recently. Her main concern is that in an emergency, paramedics would not be able to navigate the driveway due to obstructing vehicles.
She said: 'The man told me that I don't own my laneway, and his customers could park there if they want to. He said the Township owns it. Now, the Township does have a right-of-way to access a creek and culvert, but we pay taxes on and maintain that land.'
'I wound up telling him that it wasn't his parking lot and hanging up on him in a blind rage. My husband spoke to him and convinced him that we do, in fact, own our land.'
'I am considering putting up a fence or blocking his customers from using my lane to park, which would effectively render a large section of his lot useless to him if this continues.'
'All because he thought it was cool to block my driveway, and then had the audacity to tell me that he would keep doing it.'
Online advice and potential revenge
Responding to her post, one user wrote: 'I'd skip the fence. He'd probably just file for an easement to restore access. I'd get a contract with a towing company. They'll put up signs, and they'll have all of the paperwork ready to go for towing them away.'
A second user added: 'An electronic gate, and he can pay an access fee.'
While a third commented: 'Put up a 'No parking, violators will be towed' sign and start having the cars towed. The jacka** will either reign in his customers or go out of business from the lost clients.'
