AIBU to park in MY OWN bloody allocated space!!

[Bubblewrapandwine]

Fuming and even more angry I looked at phone before I went too sleep, now wide awake.

My neighbors (we live in a private rented development, two allocated spaces each) the past 10days I have had two cars as one will be sold or go to scrap after Christmas. For the first time I’m using both my spaces, since they moved in, in February I regularly don’t have even one space because they spread, really far taking up so much room I can’t park one car let alone two! It’s been really tough, i finish work later than everyone else, it’s dark and I can’t park in spaces so have to find somewhere else, tonight she has tracked me down on FB 🤦🏼‍♀️ and messaged asking me to be ‘a more considerate neighbour’ shes only had a problem since I’ve had two cars but me using both my spaces has made it difficult....for her! Her and her housemate are parked in their two spaces tonight with plenty of space, it can be done (how on earth do they park in car parks?) She just wants the convenience of my spaces too. she’s asked for me to move my car up partly in to another neighbors space because ‘they don’t use it much’

Please help me find grown up words that don’t include ‘WTF you OED!’ to tell her to go, but nicely I do need to live next to her but, wow, just WOW...unless IABU 😏

No way would I scrap my other car. But then that’s me!

People forget you are doing them a favour once they’ve been using your space for a while.

We used to let a neighbour use DH’s space when he worked away as we’d put his car in the garage. We each have two spaces out front, but they have 3 cars so usually one has to park about 5/10 minutes away. They also have a garage, but like ours it’s so ridiculously small squeezing a car in and out each day isn’t an option (to get dh’s car in there I have to park it as he can’t squeeze out the door in the garage so it’s obky worth it if it’s going to be 2/3 months).

When he came back after 4 months away they actually got arsey with us because it was so inconvenient and suggested it would be neighbourly to ‘take turbs’ on using it. Now even when he goes away the space sits empty as they are CF’s.

I’d stop your neighbours using your space at all and remind them that those two are your spaces.

@Mummyoflittledragon
that really sucks, most times just the threat of having someone towed is enough

It’s probably time to change your car to one that is easier for you to park in your ALLOCATED parking space as my ALLOCATED parking space in not an extension to your own, I’m glad the misunderstanding has now been cleared up.

Another fan of BeanBag's message.

Honestly, the brass neck of some people.

Personally I like to go round and knock on arsey neighbours' doors so they have to look me in the eye. I'd say something like Beanbag, or "I think there might be a misunderstanding, as those are both my spaces". Or does she definitely know those are your allocated spaces?

Tell her you have been considerate enough by not getting her towed for parking in your spaces and that the next time she does you will get her towed.

YANBU of course, and I would just go with the simplicity of BeanBags response.

However YABVVVVU to start a parking thread. and not provide a diagram. There are Rules OP. Rules.

I agree with those saying leave the scrap car in the space closest to them.

Does she know it is your allocated space?

If she does, I don’t see how she thinks you are being inconsiderate?

I would ask ‘why should I take someone else’s space, only cheeky fuckers would do that!’

Tell her when she pays for it she can park in it. 🤦🏽‍♀️ CF with bells on.

Def send beanbags reply, I'm unsure what planet some of these people are on ....

Blimey OP, what did you reply in the end?

P.S. We need a diagram OP.

It's possible she's (mistakenly) been told it's hers - happened to us with neighbors once, I seethed for days because they were just numbered spaces which didn't correlate to the flats, they'd thought it was theirs and theirs was being left empty... Was mortified after about 2 week when I finally got the chance to speak to them.

I'd send a message back saying they're your allocated spaces per rental agreement/title deed, and judge her response on the reply. And bring out the big guns if she still has a shitty attitude.

We had this issue after allowing someone the use of one of our allocated spaces for a short while, they then just decided it was theirs. So to teach them a lesson my husband parked our car in the middle of both our spaces and got the bus to work for a couple of weeks. Worked a treat, I hate CF parkers.

If two people live in their flat (with two cars and two spaces) why aren’t they parking in those?

Can you explain a bit more?

I think you could mention in a reply that they need to learn to park between the white lines in their own designated spaces so there's room for everyone? I'd be keeping the potential scrapper just to use as a "block" in your second space. Make sure it's right next to their two spaces!

HolidayShopping, I think that basically they don't like to squeeze into actual parking bays so they park over the lines i.e. they had been using their two plus OP's spare one in which to park two cars, so each car gets the width of one and a half spaces.

So they just can’t park?!

I think so

Hopefully this is nice polite reply to her message that get the point across "Thanks for your message CF, I don't feel comfortable parking in XX space up the road, I'd feel inconsiderate to them as it's their space. I'd much prefer to just use my allocated spaces as I have been doing recently. I hope you can understand that I'm not being inconsiderate to you, just using my allocated space" kind regards you cheeky mare!! (But obviously don't add that end bit).. . No need to fall out. You'll feel worse if you do. 😊 But 100,000 % agree she's a VCF!

That used to happen to my dad so he would park as close the their car as he could so they couldn’t open the door (you might need to reverse in depending on which side you’re driver door is on. When they complained he said ‘i’m Within my discs so i’n Correctly parked. I think you’ll find you are the one who is too far over.’ That seemed to sort itZ

I'd reply reminding them that you are entitled to those two spaces and there is more than enough room for the other two to park their cars. If you give them an inch they'll take a mile.