AIBU to let my daughter’s boyfriend use marked visitor parking regularly?

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NC’d as outing.

Recently moved onto a new build estate, up the road from us is three terraced houses with five parking spots in front of them. Each of the three houses have one and two are very clearly marked as visitor spots.

My DDs boyfriend visits us regularly, can vary from one night a week to 2/3 nights depending on both their shift patterns. She has been parking in one of the visitor spots.

The first of the three residents moved in last week. Yesterday one of the site managers knocked on the door and asked DD to move the car as the houses are now lived in and the resident had complained (some people / contractors park on the still empty houses). DD explained that it was visitor parking and that is was our visitor parked there. Site manager said he would need to go away and look at the plans (thought he would have done this before coming over tbf).

So AIBU to tell him to continue to park there? Legally he can, rules are visitors up to 48 hours at a time (I’ve checked the convents we signed). I would HATE someone effectively parked on my drive, outside my window etc but I would never have bought that house. Resident must have seen and signed the same plans as us?

If the resident comes over to speak to us, how would you respond?

Site plan attached.

Wow, that’s some level of entitlement.

A few of us asked but you haven’t answered - why can he park blocking your drive and just move as needed if you or your partner need to get out?

Quite possibly sold that way, but that’s kind of like saying next door has a garage so there’s storage nearby.

I don’t think on road parking is allowed

He could and does if someone else is in the spot, but this makes it harder (though not impossible) but the drive opposite to get out. IMO this is more inconsiderate than using a designated parking spot. This doesn't bother me at all but makes it harder for other people.

So, your visitor is parked in the visitor parking spot? For less than the max time allowed?

I really really don't see what the issue is here.

I think the people unreasonable for buying on a site where parking would be an issue are the ones now complaining about it.

We’re a one car household and I still wouldn’t want to buy on an estate with this sort of set up. And if I did (because obviously you always have to compromise somewhere when buying a house, so it’s possible I might) I wouldn’t knowingly make that compromise and then complain about it.

If OP is correct about the set up, that those two spots are visitor spots for the whole estate not just those two houses, then I can’t believe someone would buy it and then complain the visitor spots are used by other people, completely within the rules they were aware of when they bought it. It’s like buying opposite a school and complaining there are children walking around.

Tell her (and boyfriend) to trade the car and use public transport then.
You ignored previous question so here it is again: It’s a parking space for visitors. What if some residents need carers or district nurses to visit?
You should have thought about the parking situation before buying your home.

You are starting to come across badly and Yes I do, but paid more to have a bigger drive, this person had that choice as well. Maybe they could not pay more and did check the plans but didn't consider they would have a CF down the road using the space constantly when they have their own too. Why can't he park across your driveway, or are you too much of a princess to have this level of disturbance to your day.

And yes, I feel like this may be in the convent but need to check. Although people do around the estate.

Ah the I’m richer than you statement - acting entitled because you can afford a bigger house than them... you should have bought somewhere with a bigger drive - or on a better estate. If I were the people in those houses, I’d park in the visitor spots and leave my own free just to stop CFs from parking there..

Unless there are double yellows it’s allowed on any road.

But then you are totally breaking the rules by having a resident park there?

Should I also give up some of my garden, or even a bedroom as they have less of those as well?

Don’t agree that the bay is a visitor to the houses it is in front of. If that was the case, then the house would have been allocated two spaces.

It’s annoying for others who want to use it but really, you’re not doing anything wrong. It’s a bay for visitors so any visitor can use it.

No you should just stop your daughter’s idiot boyfriend from monopolising a visitor spot intended for someone else’s house.

I don't actually want to sound entitled, there are some smaller houses with more parking spots and some bigger houses with less. We are in one of the very average houses for the estate, certainly not the biggest or most expensive. Everyone had the option of buying any of them. I just cant believe anyone would buy a house with a clearly marked visitor spot in front of it and then complain when someone parks in it.

No, you stop a resident from using the visitors parking. The boyfriend is a resident.

The covenant says "no returning within 48 hours" so it sounds like he may well be breaking that from the frequency you mentioned.

It's certainly pushing "fair usage" to the limit.

But that is the point, I genuinely don't believe it is intended for use at someone elses house or surely every house would have a visitor spot?

It's marked as a visitor parking bay so there's no reason why he can't park there. If it was specifically for that house, visitor or otherwise, it would have been marked as belonging to that house and it isn't. It's fair game for any visitor to park there.

Why didn’t you buy somewhere with enough parking for your needs?

I guess that is a fair debatable point, what makes someone a visitor / resident. The convent states up to 48 hour use, we don't break this.

I would be fair more accommodating / sympathetic if it was for a carer / nurse visiting etc, rather that a resident second car. That becomes first come first served, although they are still breaking the rules.

Not when there isn't space for 2 spaces each.
The general rule to these sorts of spaces is 1 each plus 1 or 2 shared spaces for those houses only

I’d interpret it as visitors for those houses. Most houses have 2 spots per house, they have 5 for 3 houses hence 3 allocated plus 2 visitors. He really needs to find an alternative place to park

All our resident cars fit nicely on our drive.