AIBU or is my neighbour?

[StrayDoll]

I live on a new build estate where the houses back onto a shared car park. Each house either has a garage and a designated parking space or 2 designated spaces with no garage. I have a garage and one space.

The car park also has a visitor space. In the last few months I've been using this visitor space whenever it's free as my partner has moved in with me and now uses my space (his vehicle is too big to fit in the visitor car port). If the visitor space is being used I use one of my neighbours spare spaces they don't use. This was suggested by them and I'm very grateful however I don't want to take liberties so use the visitor space as much as possible.

There are 8 other houses that share this car park and no one is bothered about me using this space apart from one neighbour. We have had issues in the past which means he is being petty and regularly takes the visitor space if it's free. He has 2 cars, one in the garage and one he keeps on his space. He doesn't need the visitors but does it to wind me up.

As an example I went out earlier for an hour and he jumped straight into the space. When I then went out again he had moved back to his space and luckily I got it back but it made me laugh how petty he was to take it.

AIBU to take it when 7 other households are not bothered and only one is?

You say the other 7 neighbours aren't bothered but they mightn't be telling you. I'd be annoyed and expect you to use your allocated room but I wouldn't tell you. I'd just think how cheeky you are. Your neighbour is trying to tell you the same.

In case it's escape your notice we are in lockdown and have been for the passed 100 days no ones had visitors.

Errm, no, @Clutterbugsmum. It's perfectly lawful to have visitors in the garden, and has been for some time. Also adults who live alone can visit another designated household.

I see that all the advice is pointless, you believe that you can use this space anytime you want. It is not your space it is for visitors, either park your car or the boyfriends car on the road and grow up. You have a garage and 1 space, that is all you are entitled too. Stop making excuses and being selfish even if everyone else is fine with it but 1 person and stop taking the visitors space, it's for visitors not you.

Yabu, your partner should park in the visitors space.

@DuineArBith

In case it's escape your notice we are in lockdown and have been for the passed 100 days no ones had visitors.

Errm, no, @Clutterbugsmum. It's perfectly lawful to have visitors in the garden, and has been for some time. Also adults who live alone can visit another designated household.

Also what if a care giver needed to use the space?

OP yabu but your posts have probably wound me up more than normal as currently dealing with my next door who think it's acceptable to have 4 cars with only 1 designated space and lots of idiot visitors throughout the whole of lockdown adding to the number or cars.

I wouldn't do what your neighbour does as I couldn't be bothered but I would be inwardly cheering every time I saw his car there.

Also what if a care giver needed to use the space?

Utterly irrelevant, @Igotthemheavyboobs. I was simply pointing out that the statement that no-one is allowed visitors is incorrect.

Wow, you sound entitled.

Wow, just wow. (Sorry, late to the thread and looks sorted now, but if it is a big van will the motorbike fit inside it, then two vehicles take one space? Problem solved! )

Agree with everyone that said YABU, read all replies up until just after ops last message as they pretty much say the same thing but I did just want to add that the visitors parking space is only first come first serve to visitors not to residents, an unallocated residents car park would be different as all the spaces would be a free for all, take whichever space is free, but then you'd still need a visitors only space or a resident would take it as their own aswell.
First come first serve doesn't apply to the v space because it's not actually 'available' to residents. OP is entitled and selfish