I own a property in a small busy town where like most places, parking is an issue. I have my own drive but only big enough for one car. The road is unadopted and not in great shape.
All of the houses on my side of the road are privately owned, opposite is a row owned by a housing association which has its own parking, next to that are some ‘free’ spaces and on my side off-road space for 2-3 more cars.
It annoys me that people who don’t live in the road often park here, contributing to the poor condition but I realise I can’t do much about it. What really irritates me though is that one of the HA tenants (who doesn’t even own a car) has appointed herself parking controller and constantly puts cones in the ‘free’ spaces for various people. This means if I have a visitor they often can’t park easily or nearby. She has actually offered to ‘save’ me one but that’s not the point - it has nothing to do with her where people park!
I accept that I bought a house with limited parking but AIBU to think someone who has access to the HA reserved parking if they need it should not be attempting to control where everybody else can park. I’m not keen to get on the wrong side of her but it doesn’t seem very fair. Is it even legal to do this?