It's a parking one!

[dirtyfries]

Aibu to be bloody pissed off with my parking situation. Old RAF housing, no driveways but allocated parking spaces. Those of us with garages are allocated the spaces in front of our garages (logically). There is a row of 4 garages, ours is the far right. We're a 2 car household so my car gets parked in the garage and DH's outside as he leaves for work first. On the other end of the garages there is a wall. The issue is everyone parks on the wonk so if my neighbour is in, I can't get out of the garage. The cars in front of the middle two garages have not moved since Wednesday and no one is in - we've knocked on doors! So for the second morning in a row I've got to walk to work. OH tried to squeeze my car out this morning for me and in his attempts to avoid hitting neighbours car has cracked my wing mirror on the garage door frame. My car is now back in the garage where it started

Please join my rage and tell me I am not BU!
All of these houses are 2 car+ households but no one else bothers to use their garages.
Parking is very limited around here but I'll have to start trying to find a space on the road I guess - if my neighbour ever returns!

[onlyk]

Phone 101 and report the car that is blocking you in.

You’ve tried the knocking on doors and leaving a note it’s not worked and it is causing you an issue. Unfortunately a lot of people carry on doing stuff that causes an issue to someone else “cause it’s never been a problem before” or “they’ve always done it”. Until they are inconvenience by having their car towed they’ll just keep on doing it.

[piefacedClique]

On the off chance that you ever get back before them one day could you park your car on the wonk in the other direction so yours overlaps their space... almost to prove a point about how inconvenient it is.

[TrixieFranklin]

Great idea @piefacedClique

[NotHeightyButMighty]

This would drive me crazy!! An extremely heavy planter/ornament might do it but may be taken away by the maintenance company?? The only other thing I can think of is can you lose anything off the door way to the garage, take a couple of bricks out and have a bigger door?? Bit of an expensive job and unnecessary if it wasn't for the wonkers!! The only other thing is to get in there first as you say because the first one rules the parking basically. Can you buy the land? How ridiculous though, why can't they just park straight!!

[RebootYourEngine]

Hope the management company agree to paint the lines.

[starzig]

Can you build a small wall? Just high enough not to be shown to park over and narrow enough to get in and out.

[safariboot]

Would the police do anything if it's all on private property though? (As opposed to a car on the road blocking exit from a drive.)

So I guess you're stuck waiting for the 'management' company to do something. (I bet they do bugger all.)

[Seven78]

"neddle - Out of interest, how do the police get hold of car owners’ phone numbers?"

I am guessing it is accessible from insurance database information, as I think that is something they can quickly check. And if it doesn't show up as insured they will probably be interested.

[DrFoxtrot]

If ever your husband is first home he should try to park on the wonk opposite direction to them, see how they like it

[rwalker]

Put a note on saying you have blocked my car in. Due to this I have been unable to use car and had to use taxi and public transport I await your reimbursement .
Email your management company and ask them hoe they are going to mange to situation
When they do come back I would leave my car parked straight and walk to work for a week .

[pinkdelight]

If there are no painted bays and the area is communal, is it the case that they aren't really parking bays? That you each have garages which you own but this parking in front is an informal thing necessitated since people have more cars? Obviously that still doesn't give them the right to block you in the garage but is it actually practical for you all to park in front of the garages? Is it just the main wonker being bad at parking or does the wall at that end cause issues with them getting in/out of car? It doesn't sound like there's enough space for you all to park out front and that it wasn't designed for it. In a platonic ideal of perfect parkers perhaps, but not in this dimension. I don't see how you can paint bays or use planters and bollards if it's communal space, sorry.

[leahtalbot96]

Oh I definitely feel your pain.

I live in a apartment building and I always have the same issue. Is it possible to talk to them or not? Perhaps you could leave a note.

Or get a PCSO involved. Do you own/rent the garage space or not?

[ZenNudist]

Police and a parking ticket? Or lose moral jigh ground amd block him in

[LakieLady]

Put a note on saying you have blocked my car in. Due to this I have been unable to use car and had to use taxi and public transport I await your reimbursement

I was thinking along those lines, but I'd hire a car to use while yours has been comprehensively obstructed and send the wonky fucker a letter before action type letter for reimbursement. Get date/time stamped pics so you have evidence of the length of time you've been prevented from using your car and head for the small claims court if they don't cough up.

[Frazzledbutcalm]

firstborn .... it’s obvious why they all park wonky ... the car next to the wall can’t open both doors otherwise.

That doesn’t make it ok though ... they knew what they were getting when they bought/rented the property. They should all park straight ...

Only solution is to ring 101 every time it happens. You’ve tried talking to everyone - hasn’t worked. You’ve can’t have bollards. The only other solution in the meantime until a permanent solution is in place, is for you or dh to move your car into a straight position every time there is no car next to you. Even if that means moving your car after you’re settled in for the night.

I don’t understand why they all still do it after you’ve spoken to them many times.

[mummmy2017]

Yep,. You park your car in the outside space. Straight.
Then you need to move be into the garage when hubby comes home...
You will need to go out when he does in the mornings to drive you car out....
Close the garage. Park your car straight...
Your going to block the middle one in but so what ..

[Yulebealrite]

Park straight and so far over to their side that they struggle to park even if if they park straight. Until it hurts them, they aren't going to bother.

[ThreeAnkleBiters]

I phoned 101 when someone blocked my car into my drive and I couldn't go to work. It was gone within an hour. Like others have said you'll have to park your car straight until DH gets home. Could you paint on lines?

[UserUser123]

YANBU!! I cannot stand this! I live in a very narrow street with a car park which has designated bays. There’s a guy who can’t ever be arsed driving his work van into one of them and leaves it parked alongside the pavement at the other side. It then restricts 3/4 cars from reverse parking into the bays it’s parked across from I feel so much rage every time we drive into the street and see the van. It’s complete and utter selfishness.

[haverhill]

Sympathy from me, OP. I recently had a stand-up argument with my ridiculous neighbour about something similar. Parking problems are a headache and some people are twats, unfortunately.

[Holidayshopping]

What do the other neighbours say when you speak to them about it?

[Jaxhog]

They are totally antisocial. You'd think it was blindingly obvious that they'd blocked your garage.

I'd get a can of spray paint in white and mark the boundary. On your garage notice, tell them not to park over the line as it blocks your garage. If they still do it, park across their garage door.

[DeaflySilence]

"Hoping the buggers haven't gone on holiday"

I don't think you can have any complaint against the car closest to the wall or the one next to it (because they are not blocking you in). However, I think you should have one last try with the owner of the car that is blocking you in.

Explain that, while you can see that the other cars are affecting their parking, you cannot do anything about that as they are not blocking you in. However, you do have to do have to do something about their car consistently blocking you in, as you are missing work and appointments. Ask them if they will please stop.

No matter what their answer, thereafter, call the police and the management company every single time they block you in.

Of course, not so easy to do that if they are not parking in the same order, in which case you should call the police and the management company every single time, giving the car's details.

[MorelloKisses]

haven't they all basically blocked someone's garage too. so wall neighbour has blocked 2nd left's garage, 2nd left has blocked your NDN and your NDN has blocked you...?

[StealthPolarBear]

No one else uses their garages but you're right