Smug bastard parking war thread

[Carwars]

We live in flats with resident only parking paid for as part of our rent, signs are up clearly stating this.

We live near a school and the parents are a nightmare. The school was built after the houses before anyone says not to buy near a school.
We are often late for work as we can't get out of our spaces for parents blocking the car park entrance and when coming home from work we can't get in our own spaces including disabled residents.
School and Psco have been involved because of the abuse we face.

A particular parent from the local school is horrendous though. We have nicely spoken to him and explained that it is only residents car park and he says he didn't know and then parks there at night again, he parks up to people's front windows in their carpark space and refuses to move. His friend was blocked in by a resident and he threatened them that they better move.
His latest game is to pull up to windows park blasting his radio. He thinks it's funny.

Due to the set out of the carpark and the fact that one of the buildings is a local businesses which has two spaces for staff use only so we can't bollard it. We could put individual bollards in but that wouldn't stop the cheeky fucker parking in the business space as the business is currently empty so no one to enforce and blasting music. Many of us have babies and work nights so he is waking people up , he's stopped disabled residents from being able to park and he doesn't care.

Write "private parking only" on his front and rear windscreen (and side windows if you have time) in lipstick every single day. It is a bastard to get off as it is greasy and smears. Just don't write or draw anything offensive tempting though it might be.

Video him and make it obvious you are doing so, get all residents to do the same so there is strength in numbers.

I'm presuming he doesn't leave his car if he's waiting for DC, so a lot of these suggestions don't work as he's likely to get confrontational and aggressive.

It's a similar situation where I live, but our car parking area is actually considered street parking, as they're allocated bays on the close that our flats are on. As such, the other residents and I just kept complaining to the school and police and they sent teachers and PCSOs respectively, which sorted the problem.

It's still bad on parents evenings etc. But I'm already home by then and rarely need to move my car, so i let that go. Drop off and pick up times were worse as it corresponded with leaving for work/arriving home.

All the residents should get together to hire a private parking enforcement company to patrol the car park and give out tickets at specific times.

Make it as inconvenient and difficult as possible for them, so that it’s just easier to park somewhere else. All of the above seem like good suggestions. I used to own a flat next to the river, there was a boat club and fishing rights and we were forever having people use our allocated and visitors spaces (3 visitor spaces for 50 flats) while they were fishing or at the boat club as they were too lazy arsed to drive long way around and open and shut gates etc. Our management company solved the problem by putting a coded key pad on the gate from our car park onto the tow path. Overnight the CF stopped using our car park as it now involved a very very long walk out of our car park and down into the village to then get o to the tow path 😊

It could be a dangerous route to take with vandalism on his car, especially as this person is so anti-social and nasty already and you live there. My friends did resort to it after they had people persistently parking in their drive and blocking the exit while they were building a large extension, which meant tradespeople and deliveries could not get through. It all stopped when the cement truck accidentally filled the worst offender's car interior through the gap in the window.

Can you get a local skateboarding gang to practise their skills around and on his car and make sure he sees this? And make it obvious that it ain’t go into to stop unless he pisses off?

If he persisted in this behaviour and was rude and or threatened any of us, I might be tempted to “accidentally” key his car. —I’m a bit vengeful, I’m afraid with spunk bubbles like that.—

Scrape the bastard's car. Arogant F

Repeatedly vandalise his car. Not real damage initially, but annoying stuff like marmite under the door handles. If this doesn't work move onto real damage. I reckon if you key him he won't come back.

Oops, you spilled your new jar of honey all over his windscreen and wipers! How clumsy you are OP.

A friend had similar problem, eventually residents got together and smeared the offending car windscreen with weetabix mixed with water sludge when owner left the vehicle. After it happening x 3 they stopped doing it.

If he is playing loud music and there is a child in the car, no hesitation in reporting him to social services. Advise the school this as well when you do this, arguing it is a safeguarding issue.

The school can do something my grandparents had the same sort of thing along their road, many of the residents complained about him parking in disabled spaces, and when challenged he was threading and abusive.
The school eventually banned him from picking up the children so he’s not there anymore to be a complete twat.
But it did take a lot of complaining to the school to get them to do anything about it

School really can’t do much -
They can send a letter but if it’s ignored then it’s ignored. They don’t have staff to man parking before and after school like that.

Buy a penguin bollard for each space and people can use that.

Loving some of the suggestions on here. I think the posters who said:

• marmite under door handles
• writing private parking on windscreen in lipstick

And

• blocking in with burly bloke in white van

Are all excellent suggestions.

If it were me though, I’d speak to the other residents and see who is normally at home when he usually comes. That way you can arrange for a look out you are carrying these things out! If he’s aggressive I think suggestion 1 and 2 are likely to backfire and cause him to get more aggressive. Suggestion 3 along with big burly guy saying what do you think you’re doing parking in my parking space, you better not be another one of the parents from that school, I’ve taken your registration down and I’m phoning the headteacher and then refusing to move van for a couple of hours/days is most likely to have the desired effect of making him fuck off forever!

This man is being an arse but social services have better things to do with their time than get involved with an unknown bloke playing loud music in his car, honestly!
I would photograph him every time he does this an email the school each time, eventually the school will get fed up and address it with him.
The other solution is to block the car park while the shop parking isn't needed.

If there is a sign up for parking fines - send the parking company a photograph of the car parked there, it would have to be the days the incident occurs. Each time send the photograph as the fines will soon mount up

It might be worth checking with letting agent to see if there is a management company. Usually there is a company responsible for maintaining the car park. They might be willing to have a parking set up which is normally self funding. Usually the parking company will scoot round at school collection time and ticket them if they don't have a parking permit.

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/part/4/chapter/2/crossheading/seizure-of-motor-vehicles

Police, every time. Photos and videos of him and pass them on. Make sure his car is completely identifiable. He is causing alarm, distress and annoyance to you so they can issue a section 59 warning and seize his vehicle.

I think you need to get together eith your neighbours. Block him in and ignore ignore ignore.
Let him sit in his car music blaring or what ever he does in retaliation but don't engage at all.
Might be useful for all neighbours to jsng out in one house for solidarity but also to watch and see if he vandalises your cars that block him in. In fact I would video/CCTV the whole event and go out.
Ideally you would block him in overnight so even an arsehole like him would get fed up and unlikely to park there again.

I’d make him a social media star, ensuring I named the school involved as well. Unfortunately it’s the only way to put a rocket up people’s arses.

There was a thread about a similer parking CF a while back.
Mums would park up drives and across access while taking thier darlings to school.
The OP and her DH together with a neighbour played a blinder though,,it was a great thread....wish i could find it,,

If you have a sign up about clamping, then can't you borrow a clamp from someone and clamp him?

No

I've heard that people who persistently park in an inconsiderate way often find deep scratches in the paint work of their car.....

@sweetpea55

I believe it was called my very first parking thread.

It was most excellent

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/3278894-my-first-parking-thread