Neighbor chains off shared driveway from new homeowner, claims he's "securing [his] property", tells homeowner to knock and ask for permission to access: 'This driveway situation was not his first attempt at this kind of thing'

Soon after a new homeowner moved into their new home their new next door neighbor tried to lay claim to their shared driveway by physically barring the homeowner from entering it, forcing them to take drastic legal measures.

If there's one thing in this life that is certain, it is that if you run into someone who wants to play games with you, you actually have the choice to simply not play it.

All too often, we feel the need to get pulled into their modus operandi, their way of doing and thinking, when we can simply just "Walk away." We get told this all the time as children, when we're dealing with a particularly persistent bad-actor on the playground, and regardless of how effective physically walking away is, the idea behind it holds true, you don't have to engage with that person and the problem they present in the way that they are presenting it, by simply countering them with something they don't expect you can usually beat them out by simply not playing by their rules.

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A few months after this homeowner moved into their new property which had a shared driveway that ran between his house and the house next door. They arrived home one day to find that the neighbor had put a chain across the driveway, claiming to have done so in order to "secure the property." The neighbor further demanded that the homeowner knock on their front door and request permission if they wanted access. This of course was not going to stand, and the neighbor quickly folded when the homeowner contacted a solicitor and had them send a pointed letter.
It's surprising how often you hear stories like this, where long time residents, who have grown accustomed to twisting the lens of truth to suit their own wants and desires, try to pull a fast one on new residents, tricking them into thinking that some authority has granted them, and them alone, permissions that advantage them over everyone else in the community. Of course, a little digging or pushback will reveal the truth of these matters. They are, of course, relying on them not calling their bluff and luckily there are usually plenty of other neighbors around who are so sick of their games that they will willingly inform you of everything you need to know to do so.
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