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Original poster

Another parking thread! Idiot neighbours!

56 replies

cjt110 · 04/06/2015 14:50

We live in apartment (which we own) and each apartment in the block has their own allotted space. There are also several visitor bays too. As with many families in the block, we have 2 cars so I park in our bay (which is underneath the building) and DH parks in a VP bay outside.

2 issues that are bugging me which basically boils down to the same thing - people NOT parking in their alloted bays, leaving them empty and taking up a bloody VP bay!

AIBU to be pissed off when they leave their bays empty and park in a VP/vacant apartments bay (the space is underneath rather than outside) meaning people who use the VP bays cant park anywhere?!

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EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 04/06/2015 14:52

Maybe you should all park your second cars on the street and leave the visitor bays for visitors? Maybe they are holding a visitor bay for guests as they all get taken by second cars of residents?

Str1p3yl3af · 04/06/2015 14:52

But you use a visitors bay?

quietasamouse · 04/06/2015 14:53

Maybe they are pissed off that you seen to have designated one of the VP bay's as your own?

quietasamouse · 04/06/2015 14:53

*seem

grannytomine · 04/06/2015 14:53

Should your husband use the visitors bay? I thought they were for visitors not people who are living there?

MadameJulienBaptiste · 04/06/2015 14:57

First one home will be parking in vp bay, 2nd one home in their own spot.
They probably do that cause you're taking up a vp spot!
Op as parking threads go this is a complete disappointment non started.

Original poster
cjt110 · 04/06/2015 14:58

As I stated... they leave their own empty and park in the VP bay, There's only him. Several other residents with second cars use VP bays (it's a private complex) and are also suffering from being unable tp park because people with 1 car are taking up VP bays and leaving their own empty. It just boggles me why?

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 14:59

And no, we havent designated a VP bay as our own and are happy to park in any of the available bays, as are our other neighbours.

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Str1p3yl3af · 04/06/2015 14:59

Ask them?

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:01

str1p3yl3af I would except he doesn't seem the most approachable. He and his friends seem to just do what they want one example was when I caught his friend peeing against the fence in the carpark and dont really care what anyone else wants

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AnyoneForTennis · 04/06/2015 15:03

You are as bad then

visitor bays are NOT for 2nd cars!

AnyoneForTennis · 04/06/2015 15:04

So where do his friends park?

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:05

tennis in front of the fence with no parking bays.... Where is says "DO NOT PARK"

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Irishlassie · 04/06/2015 15:05

I don't see what the problem is , maybe they are keeping their allocated spot free for their visitors if the residents are using all the vp spots with their second cars.

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:07

Irish see post above about where his friends park^

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AnyoneForTennis · 04/06/2015 15:08

Well if your DH didnt park on the gp bays then they could park in them as intended?

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:10

Tennis they park there regardless of whether they are empty or not.

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:10

nevermind, forget it. thanks anyway

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The5DayChicken · 04/06/2015 15:13

Are we talking 'person' rather than 'people' here? A single resident whose friend pisses up fences is using a VP space rather than his own allocated space?

knittingdad · 04/06/2015 15:14

Can you not park in the empty numbered bay then?

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:15

Thats one neighbour The5Day

Plus another neighbour who parks in other allocated bays when the apartments are empty, leaving her own empty and has on previous occassions had more than 3 cars in the complex (between her, her husband, his business I think there were 6 cars using empty allocated bays, VP bays and not their own).

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cjt110 · 04/06/2015 15:17

knittingdad I am tempted to, but as I've said above, he doesnt seem the approachable kind and I'd rather not fight that battle lol.

According to our concierge, he has been to prison a few times for drug offences explains the stench that always seems to be in the lift after he and his friends have been in it

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The5DayChicken · 04/06/2015 15:19

People using other people's allocated spaces (without permission), I can understand you being annoyed about. But as your DH parks your second car in the VP spaces, I don't think you really get to be annoyed that other neighbours park their cars there too. The rule doesn't change because you choose to keep a second car and they don't...residents are either allowed to use VP spaces or they're not.

OrangeVase · 04/06/2015 15:25

We had this in the flats we lived in. Neighbours with two cars always parking first car in visitor bay and second car in own space so never any spaces for visitors. My friends, my parents - anyone visiting could never bloody park. There was clamping in place as well so it was impossible.

Constant arguing. Eventually I moved. It is worse now I know as I still have friends in the block.
YABU

DragonWithAGirlTattoo · 04/06/2015 15:25

do they park more than one car in the VP bays? if not, then tough really, they have as much right as your DH to park there, its up to them if they want to leave their parking bay empty, or do as you do and park the second car there

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