Am I unreasonable.... AM I?!

[ThePhantomPlopper]

We live on a small new build estate.

In our section there are 4 houses and 4 car parking spaces. Simple. We were the first to move in and parked in one of the spaces, the builders did not designate parking spaces.

Last week one neighbour (not the neighbour involved in the going ons below) came round and handed me a laminated sheet from our council saying that we has 5 days to remove our car before it's towed away under the abandoned cars act or something.

The car is DH's, he's in Iraq. I phoned and explained, they said fine put it in writing and we won't tow the car. So I did.

The next day the owner of the whole site, some big London cheese rang and said that the other set of neighbours were on his back for the car parking space and we had to move. I said DH has the keys on his base in Scotland whilst he's in Iraq (I don't use the Land Rover it annoys me), there is nothing I can do until March when he's home and then we'll be happy to move it. Fine says he, but now I'm getting phone calls and letters from them saying number 15 is still on their backs.

There are 4 spaces, 3 in use, why the hell can't they park next to our car instead of moaning. Not once have the come round to talk to me, they went through the council and the management man.

I'm pissed off, I have enough going on without worrying that the next time I go outside the car won't be there and it'll have been cubed by the council.

I could understand if we had a magical car parking spot that magically refilled the petrol tank over night or something BUT ITS JUST A FUCKING CAR PARKING SPACE IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER 3!!! What is the problem!!

Freaks. Just give them the address to contact your DH and tell them that it is between them and him. Tell them that you're sure he'd be more than happy to find the time to respond to them! If they ever did dare send a letter it'd give your DH a laugh too. Freaks. Freaks. Freaks.
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Blownin - they moved in long before DH went - so yes they are just weird.

JAMM - Yep that is correct. at the RSPCA.

Vik - VERY tempted to follow that link

Still waiting for the Big Cheese to email back.

sounds like you have it all well under control

but if you do feel the need to waste yet more of your time get to the bottom of it, you could contact the Land Registry and get a copy of the title deeds/lease relating to No 15. That should establish whether the landlord 'owns' the parking space - if not, he can't give his tenants any rights over it anyway.

I would

a) Write a letter to them stating that you have never been given any information that any one space is allocated to any one house, and you await formal clarification from the landlord. Until such time, your car will stay where it is.

b) note in the letter they have reported the car to the council as abandoned when they know that not to be the case. State that if any harm comes to your car as a result of this, you will be taking the matter further

c) express your disgust they are behaving in such a matter to a pregnant woman who is having to deal with the stress of having her husband away serving his country.

d) CC at the bottom your London Big Cheese landlord and also the abandoned cars area of your council. Send them the copies with covering letters.

Hope that does the trick...

Any word from LBC yet?

I would print this thread and send it, with a covering letter, to your MP.

Wow, this thread's as good as PramGate.

Any news from the big cheese yet?

just marking this

Haven't heard a bloody thing! Not from Big Cheese or the neighbours. All that bloody fuss and now nothing!