Relatives neighbour marking ‘their’ parking space with a bin.

[CAK111512]

Hi all, my grandparents have lived in their house since the 60’s but parking around the area isn’t the best.

They have neighbours who are quite obviously loaded and selfish. They are a couple who’s children have grown up and moved away but they own 3 large cars. They are on the end house and have their own private drive wide enough for 2 cars plus a garage yet they never use the spaces. They park all 3 cars along the public road and put wheelie bins or cones out when they go out so nobody parks there.

I understand the frustration of not being able to park outside your house but in this case they have a drive and garage but are clearly to lazy to go round the side way to use them and park out the front.

So visiting my grandparents today. I seen the guy pull out of a gap along the road. There were no other spaces so I prepared to park in there then the wife darts out as he left to put a bin there before I get chance.

I felt like politely asking if I could of parked there. The space is outside their house but on a public road so I had every right to do so but didn’t want to cause a fuss so ended up parking quite a distance away.

Aibu to think that people marking out gaps on a public road is wrong?? Particularly because they have three cars and also room for 2/3 cars around the side of their house in which the spaces are always empty.

I was tempted to park in their empty drive but decided not to.

Wow. You’re all mean- you obviously have the neighbours completely wrong.

They park in a place that anybody and everybody can use, then when they’re not there they put a bin out- in a public place. They’re clearly inviting you to use their bin by putting it in such a place. They’re not CFers, they’re charitable.

It would be rude not to take them up on their offer. In fact, show them you appreciate it by cleaning your car out into their bin every time you visit.

Encourage everyone- littering is a scourge and these nice people are trying to help. Dump away.

I Would make sure he actually doesn’t own his bit of the road, my dad lives on a public rd but owns the parking spaces beside the house, we live in an area where parking is at a premium, so he puts out bollards so he can park and the amount of cheeky fuckers that move them is amazing

Whenever you’re there go on FixMyStreet and report bin repeatedly being put in road to mark parking space. Council may confiscate!

Make eye contact. Move the bin off the road. Smile. It's not their road.

@StillNumb if you’ve reached the age where you don’t give a fuck about rude arseholes then you’ve also reached the age where you can type any swears you want to use out in full :)