NDN using our allocated parking space, not their own!

[NDNUsingOurAllocatedParking]

Our neighbours have started using our allocated parking space instead of their own allocated parking space.

We've spoken to them but they have continued. The view of their space is not a clear line of vision.

What to do next???

Lockable folding parking bollard. Less than £100. Job done.

How is this complicated? Bollard + done.

But it would only be associated with this name change, and they already know you're pissed off about it!

Diagram!
(Please 🙏 😁)

What loophole? Presumably if theirs is empty then it's not like it's so they can put visitors in it?

How many spaces/cars do you each have? Could you borrow a car to just leave in your space for a bit to force them back into theirs? Could you just park in theirs?

What did you actually say to them? What was their reply? Is your space in a better location/more visible or something? Not that it makes it ok, just trying to understand why they are doing it!

Alternatively I would consider going and knocking every single time you need them to move and asking them to come and move their car, whatever time of day or night. Make it inconvenient enough that they stop doing it.

I'm guessing your space is better/easier than theirs and they are hoping you'll retaliate by using their space and therefore swapping

There you are

Do you both have gardens? If so start using theirs.

Do you have a car?

I don't miss the whole allocated parking shite. I used to go 0-100 when I went to pull in my 2nd space and found someone in it.

Eventually one person decided to number theirs, and then everyone did, and added little 'Private parking - no 13 only' type notices. Not that it always helped.

What did they say when you spoke to them about it?

What does this mean?

What did they say when you spoke to them about it?

I'd start getting petty AF. Get one of those big toy sit-in cars and park it in your spot when you're out and about.

Does it have your house number on a sign or the ground? Are you able to repaint over it or put up a bigger sign?

I live in a terraced house so there are no rules in our on street parking. It does get really annoying but there's nothing I can do about it.

I’d go round every single time and get them to move.

Knock every single time and ask them to move. If they don’t, just go park in their space 🤷‍♀️

Block them in (if you can … can’t tell without a diagram!)

Get a friends that is going on holiday to lend you their car - then park that car in your space for the entire holiday and park in their space instead

Just knock every time and ask them to move it. Park outside their door /window until they do.

You use theirs then simple!

Yep. This. Knock every single time. They’ll get bored of moving.

Park in front of them and block them in.

Why not put a bollard in?

But then that sets the expectation that’s it ok. Which it isn’t and when they want theirs back at some point, visitors and the like, Op will have to move for them

Not simple!

I would want to park my car in my allocated parking spot, not have CF neighbour parking in it as it suits them better.

Block them in just once, they'll soon knock it off.

No diagram = no advice. Them's the rules.

What a lot of bollocks. Why do people think so much of their lives that they think any shitty little mundane detail is “outing”.

Christ alive, do you forget how big the country is and how many people live here?