Aibu over lady using my parking spaces.

[Nannyplum2015]

We live in a housing estate and each house or flat has one or two spaces allocated to them. Most of the spaces are directly outside our houses except a few that are round the side that have garages. The spaces aren't numbered but everyone seems to know who's is whose. There's a new neighbour that has moved in next door to me (a corner house) and has a garage parking space round the back of her house, however she uses both my spaces as she parks in the middle of them. It's quite annoying when there's nowhere else to park as you have to park further down the road.

I went over today and introduced myself and poilitley told her the spaces were mine and hers was round the back but she was welcome to use our other space when we don't have guests but could she park to one side so I can fit my car next to hers. She looked at me with a blank expression, said no and shut the door on me! What do I do now!? I just stood there for a moment open mouthed and then went home.

Now I'm not sure if she has mobility problems as she's not exactly nimble anymore (about 65) but I am shocked at her one word reply!

It would be a shame if your DD and her friend found a couple of your lipsticks and drew all over her car windows with them. Heard that's a bit of a bugger to get off.

Vaseline on her windscreen. Doesn't cause any damage, but will be an absolute bitch for her to clean off.

I would be putting a letter through advising her that you will be speaking to the estate manager tomorrow so that she is aware you mean business.
Official threat alone may put the wind up her. You can ask the manager to reiterate all householders that spaces are allocated and should be adhered to.
Parking wars can be long, drawn out and make residents lives miserable so the quicker you get it defined and everyone is aware then there can be no misunderstandings.
Hopefully other householders will be wise to her if she moves to the next closest space.

Little oily handprints and crayon marks would be unfortunate of course [ grin]

She's an absolute Thundercunt.

Order a load of concrete blocks and build a dry wall around her car.

where is your car? block her in immediately. I had to do this once when someone parked on my drive. They never did it again.

OP, is she still there ?

You say she parks between two spaces, is it possible with help from someone watching to carefully park next to her driver's side so she cannot use that door?

I'd hammer on her door until she opened it & demand that she move her car. This would make my blood boil (over dramatic I know, but people taking the piss like this really makes me angry!). Hope you get sorted Op.

Yes do as joanne1947 says. Park right up to her driver door

Fun suggestions aside, there's not actually an awful lot the OP can do to stop the neighbour parking in her space.

If it's a managed development, the op probably won't be allowed to install locking bollards and the most the management company can (or will) do is write to everyone reminding them to park in their own spaces. The police will not be interested and no-one will tow her car.

The best you can do is make it difficult for her by blocking her in or banging on her door every time as well as painting the number on the space to make it 100% clear. DO NOT vandalise her car in any way, even with Vaseline.

Go out and set random shit behind the car. Bricks, broken toys, wheelie bin, plant pots. Nothing that you're worried about getting damaged or that will block the road, but make it as difficult as possible for her to move the car. If she keeps having to move stuff to get the car out she'll soon get fed up. It's your property so you can put whatever you like there.

I would go and dump all the champagne bottles(from v-day) on your space. They might be a bit broken but hey ho you are legally allowed to put your own rubbish on your own property, so what if it's around her car if it's still on your property.

Or any leftover paving slabs/breeze blocks you have lying around? Artfully arrange them on your space so she has to move them to move her car. That'll stop her being so lazy.

Can you either leave your car parked in your space for a few weeks without using or get a friend to leave their car in your spare space, straddled over the two spaces. In the meantime you carry on using her space so in effect she's left with bugger all? How about wrapping the car in cling film - many layers of it - and time it for a Monday morning

First of all you need to claim it back for a few weeks, even if that means you don't use it. It'll force her to park elsewhere and might break the habit. Or you could fill parking space with horse manure so she'll stand in it when she gets out. All after trying the managing agent. It could be she was also given those numbers - happened to me in a similar situation.

figure out how often she needs to use her car. If she needs it every day, I can see that the blocking her in idea might work, but if she only uses it once a week and can get the bus instead, that would be counterproductive as she can wait longer than you.

really tough one.

I've stayed out of it til now, but is there enough space so you could ask a friend to park one end of her car and you park the other so it's impossible to get out?

Block her in lengthways? Across both spaces so your cars form a T.

What a cheek! Put your bins out right behind the car, it'll annoy her having to move them to get out!

I've got a 4x4 and a tow rope. I'll come and shift it for you. The mood I'm in, she won't be getting it back.

I only wish this would work!
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256564/Is-Toy-ota-Childrens-car-used-reserve-parking-space-Australian-family.html

Seriously, do not do anything to the car. I know most of it's probably in jest, but repeated suggestions of what could amount to vandalism or harassment are not really on.