Allocated parking. Neighbour’s been using our parking space

Slithery

lookstraightahead said:

wannabe_a_saver said:

Just be careful you aren't breaking any rules leaving your bin out! 
Sounds daft, but our council says you can't put your bins out before a certain time the night before collection and have to have them in by a certain after too.  They don't really enforce it but some might!

Yes but it's still on their property not on the pavement / road?

It's allocated parking. We don't know if it is owned by the OP or not hence my earlier comment about it possibly breaking covenants if it used for anything but parking.

katkatmachine

Slithery said:

lookstraightahead said:

wannabe_a_saver said:

Just be careful you aren't breaking any rules leaving your bin out! 
Sounds daft, but our council says you can't put your bins out before a certain time the night before collection and have to have them in by a certain after too.  They don't really enforce it but some might!

Yes but it's still on their property not on the pavement / road?

It's allocated parking. We don't know if it is owned by the OP or not hence my earlier comment about it possibly breaking covenants if it used for anything but parking.

Hi. Yes, we don’t technically own the spot but we have the right to use it. Basically, we live in a big new build development and each house has one or two allocated parking spaces. We have one. Before buying the house in the development it’s clear to everyone (or at least to us) which spot is assigned to you. Also there are plenty of unallocated spaces throughout the development and there’s even one near ours but idk why my neighbour prefers our spot which is at the very front of my house. To be honest I wouldn’t mind it letting them use my spot if I can’t see it and also since I mentioned that I don’t have a car yet. But my spot is directly in front of my door which makes me very sad and annoyed seeing their car there all day long/night long.

Regarding the wheelie bin that I put in my parking spot, yes you are right. It’s actually not allowed. But at the moment it’s pretty lax here since the developmemt is not yet done. Actually, our street is not even finished yet and there is still construction going on so the rules are not strictly enforced yet. Even the visitor’s parking space are being used by my neighbours, they park their cars there all night long but I’ve read in the contract one can only parked there for max 12 hours. This is why I got the courage of putting the wheelie bin there. I will remove it in a few days or until the site manager tells me to remove it, I just want to get the message across to my neighbours not to use my spot.

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

OP I know your pain of sorts. Even if you didn't have any plans to get a car, I would still be upset with someone parking in a space I have paid for. More so because I wouldn't park in an allocated space, I wouldn't have the front..

It is amazing how something like this could turn into a huge upset and it is unnerving to address it, the thought of someone being upset with you when they shouldn't be is enough stress for most people. 
Try not to key their car (too much) if they keep parking there. eg they move your bin 

NameUnavailable

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob said:

 More so because I wouldn't park in an allocated space, I wouldn't have the front..

This!

I just wouldn't park in a space if I didn't think I had permission to do so. I used to live in a place where I had a garage and parking space in front and I regularly had people parking in my space (thus blocking me in my garage) or parking on the road across the drive. I NEVER had an apology from anyone doing this (I blocked a few in) quite the opposite, it was ME who was obstructing them!

People who park on others land/spaces without permission are just those sort of ignorant self entitled types who you can never reason with. Best to nip it in the bud, and or give them a taste of their own medicine (park in their space and watch how long it'll take for the abuse to start!).

eddddy

katkatmachine said:

Regarding the wheelie bin that I put in my parking spot, yes you are right. It’s actually not allowed. But at the moment it’s pretty lax here since the developmemt is not yet done. Actually, our street is not even finished yet and there is still construction going on so the rules are not strictly enforced yet.  Even the visitor’s parking space are being used by my neighbours, they park their cars there all night long but I’ve read in the contract one can only parked there for max 12 hours.

In which case, I suspect the developers might 'have a word' with you about leaving your wheelie bin in a parking place.

It sounds like they will be trying to sell new properties, so they'll want existing occupied properties to look as pristine and tidy as possible. 

Cars parked in visitor spaces doesn't really look untidy, but wheelie bins in parking spaces probably does.


(And people protecting their parking spaces with wheelie bins also highlights to prospective buyers that there may be parking issues - so again, the developers won't want that to happen.)

katkatmachine

eddddy said:

katkatmachine said:

Regarding the wheelie bin that I put in my parking spot, yes you are right. It’s actually not allowed. But at the moment it’s pretty lax here since the developmemt is not yet done. Actually, our street is not even finished yet and there is still construction going on so the rules are not strictly enforced yet.  Even the visitor’s parking space are being used by my neighbours, they park their cars there all night long but I’ve read in the contract one can only parked there for max 12 hours.

In which case, I suspect the developers might 'have a word' with you about leaving your wheelie bin in a parking place.

It sounds like they will be trying to sell new properties, so they'll want existing occupied properties to look as pristine and tidy as possible. 

Cars parked in visitor spaces doesn't really look untidy, but wheelie bins in parking spaces probably does.


(And people protecting their parking spaces with wheelie bins also highlights to prospective buyers that there may be parking issues - so again, the developers won't want that to happen.)

Hi. Thank you for the kind advice. We will definitely remove our wheelie bin soon. We know that it’s not allowed but for now this is the temporary solution that we came up with. 

We are planning to buy a car soon and I hope that will finally end our parking worry. Also I know now who owns the black car. It’s the mid terrace across our street. In case they use our spot again we will surely be speaking to them. 

Just to share, my partner is a nurse so most of the time she comes home very late at night. We don’t want to have this problem in the future that she’ll be having a hard time looking for a parking space in the wee hours of the night because someone is using ours. 

AnotherJoe

annetheman said:

Rachlou_25 said:

Unfortunately the best way to deter them is by parking your own car there.  I’ve gone down the note route but it can end badly and is never well received no matter how nicely it’s written (tbh I can’t hide my sarcastic tone so it’s probably my own fault this hasn’t worked for me!).  

This is very true. I just moved into my first place on Saturday - I went downstairs to stick my permit on the windscreen on Sunday morning and found this note on it:

It's not a nasty note at all but the presumptuous cheek of it - telling me that MY allocated space is "in use" -- yes, by ME!

I just stuck my permit on, clearly with my bay number on it, and haven't had a note since (granted only been here 5 days).

As "nicely" written as it was, it really tainted my second day here. I was very perturbed by it, thinking about somebody probably storming out ready to report me for still parking in my own space, then backing down when they saw the permit.
Probably forever angry at me for having a space when they don't (1 beds don't have parking here, only 2 beds, and there is nowhere within at least 5 minutes walk to park)! I feel like I won the battle but the sour taste will always remain thanks to that.

I would definitely, definitely speak to them in person! You don't need to justify not wanting someone to use what is yours.

IMO you should be glad theres someone looking out for non residents parking in peoples spaces rather than looking for a reason to be aggrieved.

teachfast

AnotherJoe said:

annetheman said:

Rachlou_25 said:

Unfortunately the best way to deter them is by parking your own car there.  I’ve gone down the note route but it can end badly and is never well received no matter how nicely it’s written (tbh I can’t hide my sarcastic tone so it’s probably my own fault this hasn’t worked for me!).  

This is very true. I just moved into my first place on Saturday - I went downstairs to stick my permit on the windscreen on Sunday morning and found this note on it:

It's not a nasty note at all but the presumptuous cheek of it - telling me that MY allocated space is "in use" -- yes, by ME!

I just stuck my permit on, clearly with my bay number on it, and haven't had a note since (granted only been here 5 days).

As "nicely" written as it was, it really tainted my second day here. I was very perturbed by it, thinking about somebody probably storming out ready to report me for still parking in my own space, then backing down when they saw the permit.
Probably forever angry at me for having a space when they don't (1 beds don't have parking here, only 2 beds, and there is nowhere within at least 5 minutes walk to park)! I feel like I won the battle but the sour taste will always remain thanks to that.

I would definitely, definitely speak to them in person! You don't need to justify not wanting someone to use what is yours.

IMO you should be glad theres someone looking out for non residents parking in peoples spaces rather than looking for a reason to be aggrieved.

Would be fine except that's not what this person is doing. It's the "and in use" that gives it away...

BrownTrout

just be hopefully you dont get a parasite parking firm employed......

katkatmachine

Update! After 3 months of no parking drama, one of my neighbours has relapsed and started using our parking spot again since last week. To note, their spot is right next to ours but they prefer using ours as it’s nearer their house. Even so, I find this annoying and insensitive. We still don’t have a car but still that spot is ours!!! To address this, the wheelie bin is out again. I know this is a bit passive aggressive approach but this is the only way we could assert our ownership of the space. Let’s see how they will react.