Handling a shared driveway

[Andrew Chase]

Hi everyone,

New to the forums.  I have owned my home and rented a room out for 3 years now and I am ready to buy another and turn this into a full time rental.  I'm preparing the property for rent currently. 

The house shares a driveway with the next door neighbor. This has been fine since I've been here, but im wondering if it will cause issues with tenants.

Im also having the back yard fence replaced, and wondering if I should have the driveway divided along the property line with a fence to avoid future issues. 

Photo of shared driveway attached.  My house on left.

Thoughts?  

Thanks all

[Payton Haight]

Hi Andrew, welcome to the forums and congrats on the house-hack! I would not put a fence in the driveway unless you really want one there. I have a shared driveway for one of my duplexes and have never had an issue in over 4 years. I clearly communicate to the tenants where they are allowed to park and also capture it in our lease agreements. You can always put a fence in later if for some reason it does become an issue.