Hello
Before I usually used to park at the end of the street because there are no houses there but a few months after that – my neighbour bought a large truck van reducing the car spaces from 4 to 1 meaning only 1 car can fit there now
There isn’t much room in my street as it is, and a neighbour has decided to do AirBnB where their guests bring multiple cars and park their cars in my space
Obviously I know the law, street parking is a first come serve basis which when my space is occupied – that has forced me to park in other people spaces where multiple people has come to my door telling me to move the car as they want to park
They’re saying stuff like saying how their husband has parkison disease and another they have a pacemaker so they have to take it easy and another saying he needs to park there as he needs to get tools out his work van.
There is room outside the street however it’s a main road used by thousands per day – people speed like crazy and a few years ago I was ran over there – which nearly took my life. Police didn’t do anything and let them go. There is quite a lot of incidents like that happening
I’m 19 now, if I was to park there and someone crashes into my car, I’m down £500 cause of the excess – and my insurance will sky rocket
It’s been going on the past few months and much more recently but now I will be refusing to move my car as I am fed up of it. No one owns the space, It’s not like I’m intentionally parking there to be annoying, I tried to be considerate parking end of the street but it’s always taken when I arrive
NTA…there is no your space or their space with street parking. There is space. It sounds like your neighbors are contributing to the problem where people cant park right where they want to as well.
If you are legally parking on a public street, not the asshole.
Your post is a little unclear because you talk about parking in “other people’s spaces” but then say it is a “public street and people can park anywhere.”
If people have assigned spaces, then yes YTA if you are parking in a space you are not allowed to park in. If it’s a public street and technically anyone can park anywhere, then you gotta do what you gotta do and park where there’s a space in which case you’re NTA.
Do none of these houses have driveways? That would be the ideal and most logical place to park but I assume your house has no driveway. I assume the AirBnB house also has no driveway.
NTA and you must be firm about it. Usually I’m against people being self-centred but you are not, others are.
You all have equal rights to park on this street, as well as any visitor. Street parking is unrestricted for a reason – to make it available to all public. People who try to claim public property as their own are the worst. They are also pressing on you because they believe you are the easiest to bully. Note they don’t mind a neighbour with a huge truck.
If they want a special handicapped space for a Parkinson person – there are official routes to that, they don’t include bullying your neighbours. You need to be firm about this.
Saying that people like this are vindictive. Get a dash cam that has a good view for parking protection. If you are “lucky” you’d get one of them for criminal damage which usually solves the issue once and for all.
NTA. It’s street parking. You’re not parking “in other people spaces.” You’re parking in a public parking spot on the street, which belongs to no one.
Is an Air Bnb even legal where you live? Look into that and if not, report it. Street parking is for anyone to park. We’ve had neighbor’s friends park in front of our house, and it’s allowed, we would never ask someone to move. You’re NTA.
NTA – Honestly, only the one neighbor doing the AirBnB is the ah. Disabled neighbor can’t help being disabled, and work-van neighbor is probably in the only place his work-van can fit.
But ‘guests bringing multiple cars’ who don’t live in the area and don’t care who they inconvenience – there’s your singular problem, right there.
The disabled neighbours should ask the council for disabled bays if they can’t walk far.
NTA Parking is unrestricted unless otherwise indicated.
If the unspoken, unwritten rules of your street are that you generally don’t inconvenience other neighbours by parking nearest their house, then the AH who runs an ABNB with no restrictions on how many cars are flooding your street, then it is your ABNB neighbour who has transgressed far worse. But that’s the culture not the law.
That being said, if streets have no restrictions, they can probably ask for parking permits to be introduced, but that’s a double edged sword.
Park where you can legally, ignore request to move your car. If someone is disabled and in need of parking accommodations they can apply for a disabled parking spot to be marked.
NTA and I wouldn’t bother arguing with your neighbors. Just calmly explain that that it is a public parking space on the street and if they have a problem just call the police. And the police will come and let them know and you can just stay in the background calm and watching while your neighbors are going crazy and screaming (aka boss move 👍)
Get a dash cam with a “parking monitor”, if you don’t already have one, and hardwire it into your car.
If someone asks you to move, tell them there are no other safe spots for you to park because the Airbnb people have taken the spots. It is important to shift the blame off yourself. The neighbors go after you because you are young and reasonable. Everyone needs to be blaming the Airbnb and not each other.
NTA
Refer them to the person who owns the AirBnB and the guy taking up three spots with his truck. They’re public parking spaces and you’re the public. You’d avoid inconveniencing them if you could, but it’s not possible
NTA.
If I were you, I would avoid digging in your heels by saying something like, “No one owns street parking. I’m not moving.” That could anger your neighbors enough that they park in front of your house out of spite even if they could park somewhere else.
Instead, I would say this. “Of course, I would rather park in front of my own home than in front of yours. If you can get whoever is parked in front of my house to move so that I can park there, I will happily move my car.”
This is a technique I’ve heard called, “You and him should fight it out.” One of the goals is to avoid making yourself someone’s target.