I own a lock up garage in a block of 8 garages in a road close to my house. I own a rectangular plot that includes the garage and forecourt. Parking in my area is limited so I use my garage to park my car in front of. There are two entrances to the garage block and my garage is luckily in front of one of them. I park my car in a way so that other owners can access their garages freely.
I am generally the only owner who uses their garage as parking but I think that other owners frequently visit as at least one of them runs a business from their garage.
I do get irritated at local residents (non-owners) who park their cars on the other empty plots and occasionally, if I see them, tell them that they can't park there as it is private property. This usually results, like this morning, in a litany of excuses and minor confrontations ('Parking is difficult', 'I only park here when I have to', 'I park considerately' etc.). I am interfering for two reasons; a) they shouldn't park there, b) I don't want a freeforall to develop where people park on my land (as has happened in the past).
My question; Am I an interfering busybody or is my approach reasonable?