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PARKING THREAD - Courage needed because I'm a wimp

30 replies

LittleMissPetty · 10/01/2020 18:28

Hello mumsnetters.

I know I will come across as a wimp and need to put my big girl pants on so would appreciate your encouragement.

My car is the blue one on the picture. Some unknown has parked as the green car. The area for parking is all open like a courtyard type arrangement but the attached is the Land Registry plan showing I own the entire strip. There is a covenant that I can't block access. My partner is coming over later and usually parks behind my car. He can't whilst that car is there.

It would mean me knocking on doors to find out the owner which, well I'm not a person who likes confrontation.

I am aware people park there during the day or stop there during the day to unload shopping or similar which doesn't affect me as I'm at work so have let it go and not said anything. Now though it does affect me.

Please lend me your courage.

PARKING THREAD - Courage needed because I'm a wimp
OP posts:
hazell42 · 10/01/2020 18:31

Ask bf to knock in doors
Also, if bf doesn't live there,.does he have more right to park there than inconsiderate green man?

hazell42 · 10/01/2020 18:33

And why fo you need go "let it go' about parking when you're not there?
You may own it, but you're not there to use it so why be bothered

LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 10/01/2020 18:33

Is there anything on it to show that the space belongs to you?

Tombliwho · 10/01/2020 18:34

I'm a bit confused. Is part of it your driveway?

Seaandsand83 · 10/01/2020 18:35

I'm confused where it is in relation to your house and how others access it? Could you give us a sketch OP Grin

DontTouchTheMoustache · 10/01/2020 18:36

I'm also a bit confused...are you worried about the blocking access covenant? If so what access?

OnTheEdgeOfTheNight · 10/01/2020 18:40

So you own the strip of land with the red boundary, and have to leave it clear so the houses between you and number 83 can access their driveways?

Original poster
LittleMissPetty · 10/01/2020 18:42

The red is Land Registry edging showing everything I own. The green car is an unknown person's car preventing my bf from parking there. Access to neighbours' properties are on foot via a footpath adjoining my parking area.

OP posts:
Ferretyone · 10/01/2020 18:44

@hazell42

If you are certain that you have the right to park there get "No Parking" painted in large letters!

Original poster
LittleMissPetty · 10/01/2020 18:44

OnTheEdgeOfNight - neighbours dont have driveways, all the parking is on the courtyard area as shown via dotted lines. All my neighbours have two cars and park one behind the other as me and my boyfriend do. The neighbours have similar covenants of not restricting access.

OP posts:
PanamaPattie · 10/01/2020 18:45

Sit in your car and beep your horn until the offender appears.

Psychologika · 10/01/2020 18:45

You need to get a sign - no way someone would know!

viques · 10/01/2020 18:46

Can you go and bounce the parked car up and down a bit to set off the alarm (then duck down ninja style behind a bin , see where the owner comes from, follow them back and five minutes later knock on the door and ask them to move)

LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 10/01/2020 18:47

Yes it needs a sign on it. How would anyone know the space is yours?

Khione · 10/01/2020 18:48

Also, if bf doesn't live there,.does he have more right to park there than inconsiderate green man?
Of course he is. The land belongs to the OP so anyone she gives permission to can park there.

You will either have to door knock yourself, get your partner to do it or, if possible, get bf to park in a way that blocks the green car - leaving a note that they are parked on your land and will need to come and ask you to move to allow him out.

TruffleShuffles · 10/01/2020 18:50

Is the green car blocking you in? If it’s not and there is no sign to say you can’t park there I can understand why it’s happened. You’ll have to put a sign up to say no parking or if you catch the owner explain the situation.

1forsorrow · 10/01/2020 18:50

I bought a house with a strip like that, the solicitor said the land had to belong to someone as it wasn't a public road but it wasn't land I could exclusively use. It was a parking area with different houses owning bits of it, some of it was the access roadway. So my point is do you have the right to exclusively use it, it used to wind my husband up as it was "ours" but nothing we could or should do to stop other people using it just like we could park in other spaces. Obviously if it designated as your space you have every right to ask them to move.

Indella · 10/01/2020 18:50

Where is your house on that diagram? Is it obvious the space is yours?

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LittleMissPetty · 10/01/2020 18:52

@PanamaPattie - if it wouldn't piss off my other neighbours whose visitor (am guessing) isn't parked there that would be perfect 😂

@viques - yes, ninja style alarm setting off is perfect.

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LittleMissPetty · 10/01/2020 18:55

@1forsorrow Yes it's designated as mine with faint dotted lines on the floor showing parking area and in front of the garage which is leased to me under a coach house.

OP posts:
WireBrushAndDettolMaam · 10/01/2020 18:58

I would guess the owner is in the house the car is pointed at or very close to it. Just knock and ask if they will move off your drive.

1forsorrow · 10/01/2020 19:00

Ours was marked out as well but it was definitely for communal use, I can't remember exactly now but I think it was a covenant the developer put on the land. Caused so much trouble as some people would insist on using "their" space and getting annoyed with other people parking when if they looked at their deeds they didn't have the right to stop them. I think it was a barking mad way to do it as it was confusing but I think it was because there weren't enough spaces for all the houses so rather than say only some could park they made it a free for all.

FGSJoanWhatsWrongWithYou · 10/01/2020 19:06

Don't assume there will be confrontation. It seems to be an unusual parking arrangement so I'd guess it's quite likely the offender will be mortified and apologetic.

hazell42 · 10/01/2020 19:07

@hazell42

If you are certain that you have the right to park there get "No Parking" painted in large letters!

Was this meant for me?
I would never do that, because as long as I have somewhere to park I couldn't give 2 hoots

hallohallohallo · 10/01/2020 19:13

I would phone the police and say 'There is a car blocking me but I have no idea who it is and I need to get out of my drive.' The police will then phone whoever owns the registration plate and tell them to move. I'd wait by the car until that person turns up to move and say something like 'Sorry I didn't know who owned the car but you're actually parked on my drive and blocking me.' (Wait until your DP turns up if you don't want to do this on your own.)

If your parking area is not clearly marked then you need to paint lines or put up a sign or something to show which bit is yours as it does look confusing.

I don't understand the pp response of 'if you're not using your drive why can't someone else use it'. Hmm I'm having this exact problem atm. When I leave for work each day or if I go away for a few days a person on my road uses my drive but often times I've come home from work early or haven't stayed away as long as they think I will and I can't get into my drive because they are parked there and begrudged to move because 'you're suppose to be at work'. If I've come home early because I don't feel well the last thing I want is to argue with someone about how I own my drive and they don't have a 'right' to use it even when I'm not especially when they could park in their own drive ffs.

Try to sort this out sooner rather than later OP or it will just get worse.