Designated Parking Spaces

Malc

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Right, this might seem like a boring thread but I want to get your opinions on this before I go around to the next door neighbours and get defensive.

There's 8 houses each with one parking space and a drive, so two parking spaces each. My next door neighbour occasionally has visitors around (mainly her daughter, who is fit by the way, but thats another story). This means that she has 3 cars some times and uses my space.

I came home last night to find my space taken by the daughter, so I parked in my other neighbours space on the other side, as I didn't want to be petty and get them to move the car.

I wake up this morning and find my car blocked in by the other neighbour who's space I have taken. The thing is, their drive is empty which means they're doing it to prove a point.

SO. I'm going to go round and ask them to move their car and explain what has happened (in as nice a way as possible). The thing is, I know they're going to have a go and I can't see what the problem is because neighbour number 2 shall we say only, only has one car most of the time anyway.

The question is, should I back down if they start or shall I tell them to stop being so petty and grow up? Things happen, life is too short, and they look as if they have a very narrow family tree.:p
 
Malc said:
The question is, should I back down if they start or shall I tell them to stop being so petty and grow up? Things happen, life is too short, and they look as if they have a very narrow family tree.:p
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If you took my space I would have blocked you in. Its not petty it is damn annoying. Living in an apartment myself with our own spaces I can tell you there are a lot of people who take this seriously.

You should be careful, a lot of people here are registered with NGP and can have a car clamped if they park in there own space, the fee here (Cardiff) is £500.

The issue here is that you have done nothing when this daughter parks in your space. Man up and sort your **** out before you start annoying other neighbours by using theres.
 
Sorry to say but I don't understand the "parking space" bit; is it in a private car park or on a public highway? if it is public highway and not 'permit holders only', anyone may park there.

But to answer your question: Go round to neighbour No2 and be nice; explain the circumstances and apologise, wish them a merry Chrismas!

Also go round to neighbour No1 and explain how difficult things become when they park in the way that they do ...... also wish them a merry Christmas.
 
singist said:
Sorry to say but I don't understand the "parking space" bit; is it in a private car park or on a public highway? if it is public highway and not 'permit holders only', anyone may park there.
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His apartment also has a designated parking space in the car park, each resident has 1 spot and OPs parking spot is being used by some selfish bitch on a regular basis.

So instead of OP doing something about it he parks into someone else's spot only to have this guy block him in to make a point.

Now OP is getting alpha (over the wrong person here as he stole the other guys spot) and thinks should I say sorry or tell him to grow up. (I think the bloke would punch him in the face if he told him to grow up, he is quite obv pee'd by blocking him in).

That is how I think it is, I'm sure the OP himself will see where he has gone wrong if I'm right in what I'm saying.
 
but the OP said they're houses, with drives? So they have one drive space each and it sounds to me like the other parking space is actually just space on a public road - which means that anyone can park there, as singist said. If they are private spaces, then of course it's different - but if that's the case, then by parking in the 2nd neighbour spot, the OP has done exactly the same thing he's annoyed at the 1st neighbour for doing!

To the OP - if you don't need to go out, then don't - it'll annoy the ones who have blocked you in much more if they think it has had absolutely no effect :p
 
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A row of parking spaces are in front of the houses, they are all rented houses and there's one space for each house. All of which are designated on a plan by the letting agency. No passes are needed. Each house also has a driveway. So you can have parking for 2 cars per house.
 
.Lethal said:
His apartment also has a designated parking space in the car park, each resident has 1 spot and OPs parking spot is being used by some selfish bitch on a regular basis.

So instead of OP doing something about it he parks into someone else's spot only to have this guy block him in to make a point.

Now OP is getting alpha (over the wrong person here as he stole the other guys spot) and thinks should I say sorry or tell him to grow up. (I think the bloke would punch him in the face if he told him to grow up, he is quite obv pee'd by blocking him in).

That how I think it is, I'm sure the OP himself will see where he has gone wrong if I'm right in what I'm saying.
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8 houses with a drive and a parking space is what he said, nothing to do with an apartment/flat etc as far as I can see; that is why I questioned the 'parking space' bit.

Edit: after the reply from the OP: I'll stick by my original "be nice" answer as 1) life is too short and 2) you could be neighbours for a long time and it is best to be on good terms rather than feuding.
Good luck and "Merry Christmas"!
 
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singist said:
8 houses with a drive and a parking space is what he said, nothing to do with an apartment/flat etc as far as I can see; that is why I questioned the 'parking space' bit.
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Ah my fault for skimming some of the post and then reffering to the problems with my building.
 
I'd just leave the car there and ignore them. If you need it, just knock and ask them to move it. It's really not worth fighting over, especially as technically, you were in their space. If it's a real problem, speak to the letting agent and ask them to sort it. Personally though, I think there's more to worry about and I wouldn't bother about it. Oh..and can you be completely sure that the ones who have blocked you in didn't have someone on their drive who has now gone?
 
I know why they've done it. It's because they've only got once car and dont want me parking in their space all the time. It's the first time I've done it so I don't know why they're being petty.

Oh and .Lethal. I'm hardly being alpha, if you met me you'd understand, it's just the fact that I'm not going to cower away if they get aggressive with me, which is a large possibility. They are pretty miserable.

I probably should say something to the next door neighbour who used my space, but it's understood that spaces are short and people just adapt instead of causing a problem out of nothing.
 
Having lived with designated spaces before, the easiest thing for all is if you just use your own space; if someone parks in it then ask them to move, then annoying someone else becomes their problem and not yours.

If you start annoying other folks because someone is in your space then you just end up with everyone ****** off with each other.
 
kitten_caboodle said:
I'd just leave the car there and ignore them. If you need it, just knock and ask them to move it. It's really not worth fighting over, especially as technically, you were in their space. If it's a real problem, speak to the letting agent and ask them to sort it. Personally though, I think there's more to worry about and I wouldn't bother about it. Oh..and can you be completely sure that the ones who have blocked you in didn't have someone on their drive who has now gone?
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I'm going to need my car in a few hours, and I'm 100% certain they only had one car around last night. Their car was on the drive when I got in at about 9pm and the same car is off the now empty drive and blocking me in.

Pathetic really:p

I was just after a general consensus of what other people would do if they had their space nicked. Would they block someone in to prove a point, or be mature and get on with life?
 
Depends what mood I'm in ;)

We live on a very small (width wise), but very well populated road that doesn't have much traffic but has most houses having at least 2 cars per family, and there are no designated spaces - it's park where you can! Gets annoying sometimes, especially as we have a high school at one end and a primary at the other, so forget getting anywhere near at school opening/closing time, but meh, there are worse things in life. If they're being petty, let them, obviously not worth your effort :)
 
I'd have blocked you in as well to be honest. You really should have spoken the the neighbour with the fit daughter and asked them to move rather than just using someone else's space. If you had an agreement then it would be different.

I live in an apartment block with an underground carpark. There are less spaces than there are apartments so certain apartments got a designated space, the rest were available on a first come first served basis at extra cost. Everyone else can park on the road with a free permit from the council. I purchased a space, yet the latest bunch of rented tenants don't like parking on the road and keep using any available space. It's infuriating when you pop out to Tescos for some shopping and come back to find someone in the space. It's my space, I've got the deeds to prove it.
 
Surely the daughter would know by now that she can't park right outside the flats, so will have to find a space elsewhere, shock horror, more than a few metres away from the front door?
 
go park in neighbour 2's drive since they are not using it then hit their windows with snowballs to wish them a merry xmas and should he/she come out then hit him/her with a snowmans head.

there all sorted now.
 
Duke said:
Surely the daughter would know by now that she can't park right outside the flats, so will have to find a space elsewhere, shock horror, more than a few metres away from the front door?
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As above. The daughter is taking the widdle out of you because you wont put your foot down. You need to go round there and tell her you need your space. At the end of the day, where she leaves her car is not your problem.

I would never park in someones allocated space without permission. It's just rude.
 
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