Yet another parking one (includes cone rage!)

[EL8888]

We live in a road of terraced houses, barely anyone has a drive -maybe 1 in 25 if they are end terrace and have a slightly larger plot. It’s survival of the fittest and most people accept that. A few months ago some people moved in a few doors down with a very long wide truck. Initially l think they’re super super lucky and always get a parking spot. I then spot them ear mark a spot with a number of cones and don’t take their chances like everyone else. I’ve been giving the vehicle side eye for weeks.

I get back from somewhere late last night and it’s our turn now! It’s been parked outside our house all last night and today. Theyve gone out for the evening and left the cones to reserve “their spot”. Problem is it’s not. It’s a fairly busy road and other people want to park there. I think it’s highly entitled and rude -especially as they don’t do it outside their house.

Options as l see it see it:

1. remove the cones

2. remove the cones and put our car in their place

3. suck it up. The man needs to put his big important man van somewhere, he can’t be expected to take his chances like everyone else on the road

4. “assess” the situation for a period of time

Husband wants to do #4. Handy for him as he’s not heavily pregnant and didn’t have to walk 300 metres from the other end of the road like l did last night.

If they wants permanent parking for this large vehicle (it’s always partly in the pavement as well) he needs to live in a detached house, semi-detached house or hire a parking space / garage surely?

What are everyone’s thoughts?

Gosh he must be a very important man.

The entitlement of him is outstanding..

I hope you kept the note. How daft he has written it down. As others have said, you just need to get the community police officer involved now. They could just be walking past and happened to notice… doesn’t need to be connected to you.

Local elections are coming up… your local councillor will be delighted to help out Im sure…

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If you want to avoid comfrontation, why not get a CPSO to have a word?
Clearly the cones shouldn't be there, so I'd hope they'd help if asked

Steal the cones and take them to the recycling centre. Park elsewhere for a while and laugh your head off

I would absolutely do this. No one has any right to park outside their house or to reserve themselves parking spaces. The parking situation is one of the things people should consider when buying a house. I would put the cones on their step every time they use them to reserve their spot.

You need to keep moving the cones Op - he's an entitled idiot. Glad he's met his match in you!

@EL8888 Have you reported it to the council?
Meanwhile, keep taking the cones into your house/garage. Eventually he'll get so fed up of buying new ones

Has he stopped @EL8888

@Coulditreallybe of a fashion! The cones appeared again outside our house last week. 72 hours in the bin men moved them, as no vehicle and they clearly thought they were cheeky. I have had a c-section and some of them are quite heavy so l left them. Good news is this last thing wound my husband up to the degree, where he wanted to take then off the road and install them prominently in our bay window. Then have a “chat” with the neighbour if / when he asked for them back

Haven’t seen the van this week so maybe he’s got the message and has parked it somewhere sensible. Reserving a spot outside your neighbours house for days at a time, is a new level of dick like behaviour l feel

Absolutely dickhead behaviour!