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Fighting over parking spaces!

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JKCR2017 · 30/12/2017 17:32

So.. we moved into our house nearly five years ago with little no probs before. There are six bays just opposite our house where both me and my partner have parked our cars for the last five years! As well as ourselves, our single neighbour parks his car there, as well as the middle aged woman who lives over the road and the last two bays are owned by a b&b over the road. Anyway,

Today random knock on the door. The middle aged lady who parks next to us is on the doorstep. Never had much to do with her before and never really spoken to her. She claims that she owns two of the spaces in that row and told us we are no longer able to park both our cars there.

My partner has got a copy of the land registry from a neighbour that also had parking issues and it clearly marks that only two of the spaces are owned - by the b&b owner as far as we are aware. The other spaces are free for all therefore she has completely made this up.

She proceeds to tell us that her teenage son is starting driving lessons and needs to be able to park when he passes his test. So it sounds like to me she’s just making this c**p to make sure her son can park his car. We didn’t argue with her but we are baffled.

These spaces should be free to all so a first come first served basis so if her son is in the space we will park elsewhere and vice versa.

It seems like we aren’t the only ones with issues with her. Our neighbour is friendly with the b&b owner who’s had major issues with her apprently and the police at point. She was claiming one of her spaces as hers so it seems like she’s just making it up as goes along.

Sorry for the long post. Any advice? She said she is going to mark the space out with her house number etc but she has no legal right to do this?

Shall we get a photocopy of the land registry and shove it in her letter box?

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honeysucklejasmine · 31/12/2017 07:31

Yeah, she's just a chancer. Until she provides proof, ignore.

honeysucklejasmine · 31/12/2017 07:33

Who gets home first of an evening? I assume her son first, but is it then you and your husband, leaving her without a space? Or will it be one of you two, so whether she owns it or not, she'll still get to use both anyway?

charlestonchaplin · 31/12/2017 08:49

What is this land registry document that details the ownership of all the parking spaces in the village? I've never heard of such a thing. I suspect you are not looking at all the relevant documents. It would only cost about £3 to view her deeds.

Why not find out all the relevant information, then open your mouth and make your objections known. The number of times people don't say anything at the time they should say something, and then the other people think you've agreed to something or you're a pushover.

JKCR2017 · 31/12/2017 08:57

I am planning to ask her to show us proof she owns the two spaces. We know she hasn’t got this, so not a lot she can do.

We’ve been chatting to the guy next door to us who has lived here for years and knows everybody. Back along she was claiming one of the b&b spaces was hers to park on which has been proven not the case with the b&b owners deeds.

The land registry we have was downloaded by a friend/co worker who lives around the corner and had similar issues. It’s for the whole village.

It just baffles me why she would want to cause trouble after leaving here for five years odd already. The worst thing she is getting her son driving lessons and buying him a car. If he takes a while to pass the car is just going to be sat there doing nothing while I struggle to park with my disabled child... of course I have no more right to this space than they do. But it will be irritating if the cars left there for weeks on end.

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Penfold007 · 31/12/2017 09:06

JKCR do you have a blue badge for your child? It would be worth speaking to your local council about having a disabled parking bay marked out.

FlouncyDoves · 31/12/2017 09:17

That’s a good shout to get a disabled bay marked for you. Also, it would properly wind up your neighbour. Which is an added benefit!

RedRobin87 · 31/12/2017 09:19

She is trying it on. Obviously realised her son will need a parking space and is trying to "claim" two spaces. She wouldn't have left it five years otherwise.

Keep parking there, unless she can actually prove she owns them.

crazycatgal · 31/12/2017 11:18

Get a disabled bay marked out by the council. She's a twat trying to claim bays for her son when someone needs to park with their disabled child.

Cantuccit · 31/12/2017 11:26

Yes, definitely apply for a disabled badge and bay.

After MN, I'm no longer baffled by peope's sense of entitlement to parking places they don't own.

enterthedragon · 31/12/2017 12:13

If she does paint anything on the public highway then you should report it to the council, road markings are subject to traffic laws and she could be prosecuted for doing it illegally.

JKCR2017 · 31/12/2017 16:26

Thanks all. I am unsure if I’m able to get a space for my son. The village I live in is private property technically. It’s an ex mod marital quarters and ran and owned by a private company but something worth looking at, thank you! 😊

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JKCR2017 · 31/12/2017 16:29

We still pay the same amount of council tax as everywhere else in the county!

Many people around here struggle to park and resort to park on the grassed areas outside their house. Then they get letters from the company who own the estate, to tell them to stop parking on the grass in the winter months as it turns it all up. But the problem is the lack of parking which the company need to sort! It’s a bloody nightmare!

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