Fold down parking barriers

20122013

I hope this is the right place for my post. 

I live on a private estate and unwelcome random car keeps parking in my space months on end and despite putting notices on the car, the notice get ignored and the unwanted car will leave and return on the same day. I am not sure what the solution is to keep these unwanted cars out?  

I am thinking of putting a barrier up, anyone use any of these barriers? fold down parking barriers ? or any other suggestions?

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=af9a0f2a868a02c8&udm=28&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeioyp3OhN11EY0n5qfq-zEMZldv_eRjZ2XLYc5GnVnME7glWodDcaQwvGYJtospyF8wLqv8L7WmWkxRMIgDX9q7UkleWTHgvAhfGVrBpIzFQM-s0_7WnxEhWAx1XTbHTCNEgHr4aTEJ0ygYB1lML1kNKaH0tWjKAsO1K8Re8glulCFhxsg&q=fold+down+parking+barriers&ved=1t:220175&ictx=111&biw=1639&bih=776&dpr=1.13#ip=1

this one looks good ? Folding Parking Barrier Heavy Duty Removable Parking Space Lock Manual Parking Blocker Yellow    (review say it is too low, so will get hit by cars and not good once it is bent)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Folding-Parking-Barrier-Removable-Blocker/dp/B07RXMN7KL?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A9SD4TGCHPXT3

or 

TOPWAY Car Parking Space Lock, High Visibility Yellow Arched Lockable Folding Car Parking Barrier, Car Park Driveway Guard Saver Blocker, for Safe Lane Driveway Parking 161899  (reviews say it gets rusty, and the lock is not good).. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TOPWAY-Lockable-Folding-Parking-Driveway/dp/B08MC3LR1G?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3LL4F948RUW15

I still need to get permission from my management board, too. 

flaneurs_lobster

Years ago I lived in a block where my parking space was one of a dozen in a row. Each was "protected" by a flip-down lockable pole.

This meant that the gap between each locked upright pole was exactly the right size for random non-residents to park their cars. 

City centre pigeons will flock in huge numbers to piles of birdseed............

user1977

Has anybody else had permission to install similar?

Flugelhorn

Have you tried just putting cones there ? they tend to be fairly lazy individuals and faced by cones they may just opt to find another space

20122013

user1977 said:

Has anybody else had permission to install similar?

many residents have same problems, but I will be the first.

MyRealNameToo

Is it just a problem for you or others too? 

We used to live on an estate which was the closest one with parking to a train station, there were three zones with two of them having a remote to open the gates but in our section they were just weight sensitive because ours was also where the visitors parking was and where couriers were asked to park up whilst delivering. As a consequence we also used to get non-residents cars parking take up peoples spaces. 

One person did put in a bollard similar to the single post ones in the first link (dont know if they got permission) but then someone just parked half in their space and half in the neighbouring space which normally only had a motor bike in it. 

Not popular on this forum but what we found did help is when parking control was implemented. With the one we had residents could upload photos of cars in their spaces and would trigger the ticketing process but the company sent their own inspectors periodically. Did vastly reduce the problem but did once get ticketed when had a courtesy car as ours was in for repair. 

20122013

MyRealNameToo said:

Is it just a problem for you or others too? 

We used to live on an estate which was the closest one with parking to a train station, there were three zones with two of them having a remote to open the gates but in our section they were just weight sensitive because ours was also where the visitors parking was and where couriers were asked to park up whilst delivering. As a consequence we also used to get non-residents cars parking take up peoples spaces. 

One person did put in a bollard similar to the single post ones in the first link (dont know if they got permission) but then someone just parked half in their space and half in the neighbouring space which normally only had a motor bike in it. 

Not popular on this forum but what we found did help is when parking control was implemented. With the one we had residents could upload photos of cars in their spaces and would trigger the ticketing process but the company sent their own inspectors periodically. Did vastly reduce the problem but did once get ticketed when had a courtesy car as ours was in for repair. 

We are not near a train station but a bus stop. 

A lot of residents have the same problem but they parked else well. As you have said, I was looking at the 'pole' but I can see a bike or acar will be parked between the two spaces.  

As a private estate we cannot clamp the unwanted car or do much apart from putting notice up.. this unwanted card has been parking on other spots, too, as it is free secure parking in a gate development - they seem to be going through the gate with another vehicle. 

20122013

looking at these poles:  I will get two, one for the front and one to the side so the unwanted car will not try and park into the next parking space.

https://www.diy.com/hardware/traffic-control/parking-posts.cat

p00hsticks

flaneurs_lobster said:

Years ago I lived in a block where my parking space was one of a dozen in a row. Each was "protected" by a flip-down lockable pole.

This meant that the gap between each locked upright pole was exactly the right size for random non-residents to park their cars. 

Have a padlocked chain between the poles using the same key as the poles ?

flaneurs_lobster

p00hsticks said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Years ago I lived in a block where my parking space was one of a dozen in a row. Each was "protected" by a flip-down lockable pole.

This meant that the gap between each locked upright pole was exactly the right size for random non-residents to park their cars. 

Have a padlocked chain between the poles using the same key as the poles ?

Might have worked, became moot because soon after my car was nicked and I never bothered replacing it while I lived there.

forgotmyname

Land Owners permission?  Trip Hazard and Insurance issues?