Hi,
I live in a rented house share of 4. 3 of us have cars. Driveway can only fit 2 so whoever is 3rd has to park on the street.
Recently, rules have come in for resident permit area (so we have to pay a permit fee each year to park on the road) starting from next week. It has been agreed to all housemates need to get a permit as that's the only way it'll be fair but whichever two get home first can park on the driveway each day.
One of my housemates was a bit bitter about this before and anyway, he is the one parking on the street at the moment. The parking bays have been marked as boxes on the street and told that once the permit time starts, if someone is parked outside these boxes, they'll incur a penalty charge. He did initially park in one of the marked boxes (i.e. not blocking the driveway but the bay nearest to our house). The other day, he got back home and saw that someone else (random person) had parked in that bay. Instead of parking in the next bay (further from the house but still within 1-2 mins walk), he parked across the driveway basically blocking me in. I guess it could be possibly to get my car out but only with a lot of effort. His car horizontally covers the entirety of my car width!
Only issue is currently the house does not have a dropped kerb and hence, bays were marked to park across our house but this has been corrected by the council on the promise that the landlord will pay to reduce the kerb.
What should I do? I think it's very inconsiderate and lazy of him to park like that. Don't want to speak to him about it as he's very stubborn and set in his ways and not likely to change his mind.
Any help appreciated :)