Neighbours ‘reserving’ parking

[minniebow]

I feel like I’m losing my mind and just need an outlet. Have written threads about my NDNs before under this name and a name change. From criminal damage of my property to dogs barking for hours at a time, this incident has pushed me over the edge! We live in a small terrace on a public road that is used by workers parking for the near by factories. There are zero markings, no yellow lines or anything. We have a shared driveway round the back where at least 4 cars can fit easily. Got up this morning and NDNs had put three traffic cones out blocking both the space outside my house and ‘their space’. I then saw them come back and put the cones in their boot as I was leaving for work. It’s so weird and entitled! The cheek of blocking the bit outside my house as well, like I don’t need access. They should get a fine for obstructing a public road. Do I tell the council if they carry on? It will be causing major inconvience to the factory workers and NDNs can park their car round the back of the houses. I really don’t understand them or anyone like this

Move the cones every time they put them there. Put them next to the others on their regular space.

I'd steal and hide the cones while they are out. Shove them in their black bin

I second putting the cones in their bin.
But you could also report to council/highways - the Highways Act makes it an offence to obstruct a highways, and only the police or council can put out cones.

Take their cones and drop them at your nearest recycling centre.

Every. Single. Time.

One of the neighbours of my parents "reserves" their space in a public layby by putting their wheelie bin out in the "space" (it's a layby so no marked spaces). It's busy and they also have a garage and a space outside their garage, but choose to have three cars between two of them so need to park one in the layby. It drives me mad as the layby is off a busy main road, so when you pull in thinking there is a space you are confronted with a fucking bin in the way and can't complete the manouvere causing traffic to line up as you reverse out. I've taken to pushing the wheelie bin up so it's wedged between my car and my parents. They still have a space, it's just wheelie bin width. Good luck fitting your mondeo in that Colin.

Good luck fitting your mondeo in that Colin.

This is my favourite sentence on MN ever!

Take them to a local school or nursery and ask if they want them - we sometimes do outdoor construction with barriers and cones while the children pretend to build houses, they'd love them.

Do they need to reserve a space for their car, do they struggle to park? I know you said there is Space for four cars, but can they always get what they need and there are no access issues?

We've got someone like this in our road.

This particular man doesn't like people using his drive to do a 3-point turn, so he puts a cone in it when he goes out.

However, when he comes home he likes to park pointing in the other direction so he uses the drive of the neighbour 2 doors down to do a 3-point turn in (as he can't use his own drive because it's got a cone in it.....)

So he hates people turning around on his drive but it's ok for him to use someone else's. I don't think he sees the irony of it !

Where my DD's bf lives there is no off street parking and everyone has to fight for the spaces in the road outside. Some neighbours try to reserve spaces with their wheelie bins as though they own the road outside their houses. One time DD's bf came home and the only space available had a bin in it so he moved the bin and parked there. The neighbours had a bit of a go but he ignored them. Next morning he came out and he had a deep scratch that had been keyed along his door, and it's a brand new car. He has a good idea who did it but there's no proof. Some people are such arses!

In your case OP I would have moved the cones and put them in his bin as a PP suggested.

The responses have definitely helped me make light of the situation😂😂 the driveway behind the house is always empty as most people have garages, there’s only 4 houses that don’t so there’s not a fight for parking. They just think they own everything really! Will move the cones if they do it again and update if anything happens

Dont just move the cones - actively dispose of them - that way, they have nothing to "mark their territory" with.

They sound like utter cone-cunts.

Moved them this morning for my food delivery and the CFs came straight out and put them back🙄 I had to help my delivery driver from a road away. Have done some research and it’s an offence under the Highways Act and they can be fined up to £200 for it so have passed it on to my local highways team. Hopefully they get their and I’ll be calling them ‘cone-cunts’ from now on thanks for the laugh FartingInTheFence

Missed a bit of context in there sorry! They keep a cone out blocking the space outside my house when they’re parked so it blocks me out. There’s a perfect space for one car outside each house. I just can’t get over how someone must be thinking to believe they have a right to prevent others from using a public road. They’ll be affecting the other residents too as it will be forcing everyone further up and away from the road. I know it’s so minor and I shouldn’t so invested but it’s in a long list of crazy stuff they’ve done. Hopefully selling after Christmas and I’ll definitely be celebrating!

We used to have a neighbour like that who we called Cone Lady. We seethed for ages but then I told DH we had to man up and just move the cones, which we did 😂 What a bloody cheek!

Bollocks to the food shop. I would have let him run the cones over
If they get really shitty, ring the police
Otherwise just say "public road" and crack on
My neighbours were similar and kept obstructed my numbered parking space with kids toys/bikes/friends cars. When they built a snowman in the space I lost it. Squished snowman 

I used to live near some cone cunt too who kept on marking out ‘their space’ on the public road. Ended up lobbing their cones in a skip and it was most satisfying watching them lose their shit when they returned home to find another car legallly parked on the spot. They then went through a phase of leaving notes under the windscreen wipers of cars in their space. The entitled pricks.

People do this on my road when they are expecting a skip or removals lorry. So long as they don't do it all the time then that's fine. Is it the first time they've done this op?

Be very careful if you are selling

You have to list neighbours disputes, don't shot your self in the foot

Part of me wishes I could put a cone outside my house. Everyone uses the space outside mine as a parking free for all, despite living much further down but mine doesn't have the grass bank in front of it. Then there is enough space for 4 good sized cars outside mine and neighbours, we both park considerately, however no one else does and will dump there car right in the middle meaning only 3 cars can get in. It's a bloody nightmare tbh.

But yours would seriously piss me off OP and that cone outside your house would be moved every single time.

Take the cones but get a friend to do it when you have a cast-iron alibi.

Don't accept the behaviour but don't put yourself in the firing line either.

I'd move the cone outside my house, park in the spot, and send them a 'thank you' for reserving it for you by placing a cone in it.

Run the cones over.

Are you sure it isn't just a delivery they're expecting? Even perhaps a funeral? Our local directors block the road sometimes with cones.