Parking Dispute

New_Guy_2016

New_Guy_2016 wrote: »

Thank You and yes all good advice and will be staying away from clamping companies etc.

I agree but in this day and age these so called Keyboard Warriors who would jump at the sight of a mouse now have a platform to make themselves into big boys.

I am not a violent person but will give back as good as I get but anything I say online is the same as I act in person. But you are right, better to ignore these kinds of people

The conversation I posted was only a summary really as we spoke for about 5 minutes so could not post everything up. I agree maybe could of explained better but I did give enough info to him so he knew the cause him parking there was causing. However from his responses I quickly gathered he knew what he was doing and was not bothered as it benefited him

almillar

My sister has had similar trouble. Two wrongs don't make a right, but if you and your fellow residents agreed to fill the visitor spaces first, leaving your own open for genuine visitors, perhaps the van drivers won't be so rude as to park in your actual (owned/on deeds) spaces - leaving them free for real visitors. Or if you do catch them in allocated spaces, you would have more power to do something about it.

Aylesbury_Duck

almillar wrote: »

My sister has had similar trouble. Two wrongs don't make a right, but if you and your fellow residents agreed to fill the visitor spaces first, leaving your own open for genuine visitors, perhaps the van drivers won't be so rude as to park in your actual (owned/on deeds) spaces - leaving them free for real visitors. Or if you do catch them in allocated spaces, you would have more power to do something about it.

I don't think this is a good idea. As you say, two wrongs don't make a right, and all this will do is inflame the situation. If the people are as inconsiderate as the OP believes them to be, they will simply up the ante by parking in the bays allocated to the OP. Then what?

Herzlos

Are you really willing to get into the petty arrangement where they'll park in the street and move a work vehicle (that isn't even a van)? into an available space, or replace it with their other vehicle?

All you're going to do is waste a lot of effort and good will. Have you considered the possibility of getting a few additional parking spaces?

Aylesbury_Duck

Buy two really cheap mopeds and park them in the visitor spaces. They're easily moved when visitors arrive. The OP would have to coordinate the movements with the neighbours and their visitor movements of course, but if they're already assuming the role of estate traffic warden, it's not too much of a step from there.

OP, that's a tongue-in-cheek suggestion. My view is that there is only one way to trying to sort this out that has a chance of succeeding, and that's to politely negotiate a solution with the transgressors so that visitors to all properties can benefit from the spaces, that they can reasonably be used when there are no visitors and crucially, that no-one feels they've lost face. Any other action will, as far as I can see, create a dispute and an uncomfortable situation for all concerned. It will also eat away at you, them or both of you for as long as you live there.

Mercdriver

Personally, if it was something that rarely affected me, I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Different if it was something that regularly affected you personally. If it affects others and they ask for help, that's a different matter. Being proactive when it doesn't directly affect you very often is not the most pragmatic approach.

New_Guy_2016

almillar wrote: »

My sister has had similar trouble. Two wrongs don't make a right, but if you and your fellow residents agreed to fill the visitor spaces first, leaving your own open for genuine visitors, perhaps the van drivers won't be so rude as to park in your actual (owned/on deeds) spaces - leaving them free for real visitors. Or if you do catch them in allocated spaces, you would have more power to do something about it.

I do agree 2 wrongs do not make a right but in this day and age sometimes there is no other way

New_Guy_2016

Herzlos wrote: »

Are you really willing to get into the petty arrangement where they'll park in the street and move a work vehicle (that isn't even a van)? into an available space, or replace it with their other vehicle?

All you're going to do is waste a lot of effort and good will. Have you considered the possibility of getting a few additional parking spaces?

There are probably other options but this is not about whether we need extra spaces or not. This is about some family who believe it is their right to do what they want to please themselves regardless of others. So by me or the others putting up with it is not right I don't think

Aylesbury_Duck

New_Guy_2016 wrote: »

I do agree 2 wrongs do not make a right but in this day and age sometimes there is no other way

There is another way, but it's not available when pride is an insurmountable obstacle.

New_Guy_2016

Mercdriver wrote: »

Personally, if it was something that rarely affected me, I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Different if it was something that regularly affected you personally. If it affects others and they ask for help, that's a different matter. Being proactive when it doesn't directly affect you very often is not the most pragmatic approach.

I get your point but I disagree, just sitting back and doing nothing as it rarely or does not affect me is not the way I live my life. Plus I am being pro-active as in just over a month I will have 2 vehicles and then the problem will become mine just as much as the other properties who all have the max cars for their bays. I do not think it is right for me to sit back and think does not affect me and then jump on the bandwagon when it does in a month or so