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It's a parking one!!

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Quangoquandry · 23/02/2021 18:24

Bought a property with a parking space but don't always have a car parked in it. I regularly (at least weekly) see a neighbour's visitor (same one all the time and neighbour doesn't have a space) parked in my space and it gives me the rage, maybe unreasonably, but that's not the point.
There's plenty parking on the road so no need for her to use someone else's space...would it be totally unreasonable for me to stick a note under her wiper to ask her to stop parking in my space as it is in regular use by the owner?

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ApplePie86 · 23/02/2021 18:31

Can you put a bollard in the space? Or a sign that says private space access required 24/7?

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Quangoquandry · 23/02/2021 21:54

If I was to go for a bollard then my neighbour would need to do it too...there is no physical border down the middle of our two spaces and she doesn't have a car so one wouldn't make any difference.

I have thought about a sign, but we've previously put bins across the spaces on bin day, the cheeky fucker just moved them so I'm not sure how effective it would be.

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Quangoquandry · 24/05/2021 10:00

And so it continues...
We now have a very obvious sign, have added a polite note to the windscreen of the car and put wheelie bins across access.

Could I get in trouble if I was to put nails in a strip of wood and leave it upside down for her to drive over!?

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custardbear · 12/06/2021 11:39

This would irritate me too as they may be in your space when and if you need it - I hope it's resolved now @Quangoquandry

VettiyaIruken · 12/06/2021 11:44

Yes. You would.

Have you spoken to the neighbour and told her to stop and to tell her visitor to stop?

Weenurse · 12/06/2021 11:55

If you can speak to the culprit directly, it may help.

LuckyWookie · 12/06/2021 12:01

You can put a bollard right in the middle of your space, so nobody can park on it unless the bollard is unlocked and laid flat.

LindaEllen · 12/06/2021 12:11

@Quangoquandry

And so it continues... We now have a very obvious sign, have added a polite note to the windscreen of the car and put wheelie bins across access.

Could I get in trouble if I was to put nails in a strip of wood and leave it upside down for her to drive over!?

Of course you could - you'd be deliberately damaging her car!

She's a CF if she carries on despite the sign but even so you can't purposefully damage her car.

EL8888 · 12/06/2021 12:13

Your neighbour is shameless! What has the neighbour said when you spoke to them?

EvilPea · 12/06/2021 12:14

There was a man who turned his parking space into an allotment.... just a thought.

Sirzy · 12/06/2021 12:17

Is the space clearly, officially, marked?

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Quangoquandry · 13/06/2021 00:40

Would it be deliberate if I just left it in the space though? I wouldn't be putting it down there while she was in the space, it would just happen to be there and not my fault if she drives over it!? Of course this could backfire on me if I forget to remove it before someone else parks there.

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Quangoquandry · 13/06/2021 00:44

@El8888
I haven't spoken to neighbour, she never comes out but I have left a polite note on the regular visitor's window screen.

@sirzy, it is obviously a parking space yes. It is a chipped area at the bottom of the garden, separated by a fence. The visitor knows it is a space, I think she is the daughter of the neighbour who has lived there a very long time.
There are 6 flats and 6 spaces. They are not individually marked but it is obvious they belong to our block as it is at the bottom of our garden. The house she is visiting is not in the same block and has no parking.

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FortVictoria · 13/06/2021 00:49

Sorry if I have misunderstood - but if they are not marked, could she think she is parking in her mother’s parking? Or is the neighbour’s car already parked?

Helenluvsrob · 13/06/2021 01:03

Increase the annoyance of what you stick the note to the widescreen with ….

A dollop of Vaseline in the drivers eye line for a start …. No damage though.

Or write “‘please stop using this parking space it is private “ in nice cheap bright lipstick?

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Quangoquandry · 14/06/2021 10:48

@FortVictoria

Sorry if I have misunderstood - but if they are not marked, could she think she is parking in her mother’s parking? Or is the neighbour’s car already parked?
Her mum has no parking. She is over 80 and was born in the house, so she and her family are very well aware that they don't have any.
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Sirzy · 14/06/2021 11:37

If there is no clear marking to say the space belongs to you or is for residents of flats only then I’m not sure what she is doing wrong. You need to clarify that it is your parking and get offical signs

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Quangoquandry · 15/06/2021 10:00

@sirzy I can't get the photo to upload, but there is a sign that says "private no parking" in capital letters...not sure I can be any clearer!!

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FricasseeTurnips · 15/06/2021 10:13

[quote Quangoquandry]@sirzy I can't get the photo to upload, but there is a sign that says "private no parking" in capital letters...not sure I can be any clearer!! [/quote]
You can be clearer - make another sign that says "that means you in the red Vectra AB01 234"

Bonus points if you can draw a decent caricature of the driver as well Grin

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Quangoquandry · 15/06/2021 10:31

Funnily enough I was going to write "this includes AB01 234" in marker but don't have the balls to do that lol

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FricasseeTurnips · 15/06/2021 16:40

Quangoquandry you could take a photo of her car and superimpose a red circle with a line through it over the top. A nice personalised message.

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