AAARGGGHHH!!! people using my parking space

doughnutmachine

whitegoods_engineer wrote: »

Petty territorialism

In the great scheme of things it is quite minor. But when people don't follow the "rules" it just means that life gets a little bit rubbish for everyone else.


If someone pushed into a queue would you consider that OK?

browneyedbazzi

doughnutmachine wrote: »

PS. the designated parking spaces have a number each, so it's fairly clear it is designated parking.

But is it clear who is allocated which space? Could the driver be one who has an allocated space/permission to use one and has used yours by mistake? I lived in some flats where the parking spaced were numbered differently to the door numbers (for security reasons). So I lived at number 12 but my allocated space was 3 - this often caused confusion when new people moved in because people assumed their door number and parking space number were the same.

A polite note on the vehicle saying 'Please don't park here, this is my allocated space and I need it. Visitor parking is located ___' may solve the problem.

aileth

whitegoods_engineer wrote: »

Petty territorialism

I think we've found the culprit, OP

TadleyBaggie

I once worked somewhere where the parking was limited. Whenever we discovered someone parking in one of our spaces, we used to block them in. When they asked for the car to be moved, we could never find the owner, or they were in a meeting and couldn't be disturbed. We had very few repeat offenders.

MamaMoo_2

Someone once parked in my space one night and didn't move for three days. Quick call to the non emergency police number as something didn't feel right (nice car, left somewhere for 3 days, no-one on our road recognised it). Turns out it had been stolen the day it had appeared. We live in a very well hidden cul-de-sac that can't be seen from any other road, so must have seemed the ideal place to squirrel it.

Then again, I guess if I weren't so petty and territorial my cul-de-sac would just continue to be used as a place to store stolen cars!

hpuse

If it keeps happening - take it to lease owner/maintenance company (if any!)....

Cycrow

I have this problem too. I don't actually need my space, but its nice to use it when i have visitors.
but its never available as theres always someone else parked in it.

part of the problem is that each flat has 1 space, but one of the flats has 4 cars (even thou its just 1 person)

bod1467

Put a note on the car saying that you'll charge them rent at £20 per day (or part thereof) that the vehicle is parked in your space?

Taiko

Don't block them in though. You could find you're breaking the law in doing so, given the Protection of Freedoms Act.

fluffnutter

Shoot them.