Allocated parking space

GBX

Boxing them in and have them knock on your door. They have your attention by taking the space. Get there's by inconveniencing them. Foot down, tell them not to block your space.

You could deflate all 4 of their tyres as well. Recovery van would be needed. They wont like that either and would likely get the message.

TBi

grogi wrote: »

I really want to see the Gardai seriously pursuing such case...

Obviously they'd corden off the whole area, call in CSI to gather up the pieces of egg shell, rebuild the original egg shell and then take fingerprints from it. I'd love to see that on crimewatch...

(/s BTW)

Henry Ford III

GBX wrote: »

Boxing them in and have them knock on your door. They have your attention by taking the space. Get there's by inconveniencing them. Foot down, tell them not to block your space.

You could deflate all 4 of their tyres as well. Recovery van would be needed. They wont like that either and would likely get the message.

Couldn't be a good idea could it?

They'd know who did it and a revenge attack would be likely.

GreeBo

TBi wrote: »

Obviously they'd corden off the whole area, call in CSI to gather up the pieces of egg shell, rebuild the original egg shell and then take fingerprints from it. I'd love to see that on crimewatch...

(/s BTW)

Simply way to avoid that...glue a Hen to their car.

brucky

I sense you don't want confrontation. Contact the management company, who will probably know if the individual is renting or not. If rented ask them to contact the landlord or if they wont ask for his number, if they will give it to you and give him a bell. Some landlords won't care but some will. Ask the landlord to contact the tenant and have a word. Accommodation is hard to get tenants don't want to annoy landlords. The landlord would know that he didn't let the apartment with a designated space. If all else fails, the parking post is a no brainier, and can be easily removed at a later date if you desire.

Oonagh123

I don't think it's someone who rents in the area, the car appears on a Friday evening and is gone by Monday morning - I'm assuming it's a visitor.

I don't want to deflate tyres etc a revenge attack would be likely.

I'll try printing out some signs and placing them on the car, but it's not worked so far... It's always the same car that parks in my space which is annoying!

beertons

Can you get the bus to work next Friday, leave your car parked all day and see where they park. Then it's another residents problem.

Thoie

Oonagh123 wrote: »

I don't think it's someone who rents in the area, the car appears on a Friday evening and is gone by Monday morning - I'm assuming it's a visitor.

I don't want to deflate tyres etc a revenge attack would be likely.

I'll try printing out some signs and placing them on the car, but it's not worked so far... It's always the same car that parks in my space which is annoying!

Ask the management company to drop flyers to all apartments, reminding them that numbered/marked spaces are not for visitors, and maybe a little map showing where the visitor parking is. Being generous, maybe it's a visitor to someone new in the building, who isn't aware of the visitor parking situation.

If that doesn't clear things up, then go for the full on confrontation. They'll either tell you to f*** off, or start coming up with excuses (I've got a disability, I've got a heavy bag, I've got lazy-itis). None of those are your problem, and it's for their host to resolve, not you.

I used have a visitor that couldn't manage the walk from the visitor area, so when they were coming I used park in the visitor area to allow them park in my space. I never considered telling them/allowing them to park in someone else's space.

mfceiling

Block them in. Feck everything else. I had this problem when I moved into my new house. Builders parking their van in my driveway. They stopped doing it when they got jammed in for over an hour one friday afternoon. Leave your phone number in case you inconvenience someone else. If it's the scrote who rings to say he's blocked in tell him you're out for a while and will move it when you get home.

annoyedgal

Op have you tried just knocking on the door and asking them to move out of your space ? That would be my first port of call!

grogi

annoyedgal wrote: »

Op have you tried just knocking on the door and asking them to move out of your space ? That would be my first port of call!

Such people know precisely they are parking in someone else place. They just cannot be bothered.

Oonagh123

annoyedgal wrote: »

Op have you tried just knocking on the door and asking them to move out of your space ? That would be my first port of call!

I don't know who is parking in my space so I can't go knocking on everyone's door

Oonagh123

beertons wrote: »

Can you get the bus to work next Friday, leave your car parked all day and see where they park. Then it's another residents problem.

You'd think that.. On Saturday I went on a day trip to Belfast, came back late only to find the same car parked in my space.

GreeBo

Print flyers and put them on the lobby door for each block.

"Reg 00-D-1234
Bonus if you can get a picture of the car in your spot
If this is your car you are parking in a residents spot and will be towed at your expense"

dudara

You have to make this the problem of the management company or their agents. Or get their permission to install a bollard in your space.

A lot of the suggestions here, while fun, could be construed as interfering with the property of another.

beertons

Oonagh123 wrote: »

You'd think that.. On Saturday I went on a day trip to Belfast, came back late only to find the same car parked in my space.

You won't be going to Belfast every week. That car had to park somewhere else on Friday. Is the car park gated? I'd be livid if a visitor had a zapper or code for the gate.

Get the management involved asap, for your sanity.

GreeBo

OP any chance its a mixup and another resident actually thinks thats their space?

Wouldnt be the first time it has happened.

jayobray

GreeBo wrote: »

OP any chance its a mixup and another resident actually thinks thats their space?

Wouldnt be the first time it has happened.

This is a possiblity. A family member lives in an apartment block where the numbers on the spaces don't correspond with the allocated spaces. Most residents know this and accept it, however a lot of newer residents don't realise this at the beginning and have to be told which space is theirs

Kenny Logins

GreeBo wrote: »

OP any chance its a mixup and another resident actually thinks thats their space?

Wouldnt be the first time it has happened.

Maybe it is their space. :pac:

GreeBo

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Maybe it is their space. :pac:

I was going to say that but thought it would be a bit cruel...
I had a quick look for another thread about this poor guy who works away all week and then every weekend some fecker parks in his space when he needs it!

Oonagh123

GreeBo wrote: »

OP any chance its a mixup and another resident actually thinks thats their space?

Wouldnt be the first time it has happened.

The apartment number matches the space number so if my space is number 21, it belongs to apartment 21.

Oonagh123

beertons wrote: »

You won't be going to Belfast every week. That car had to park somewhere else on Friday. Is the car park gated? I'd be livid if a visitor had a zapper or code for the gate.

Get the management involved asap, for your sanity.

No, there's no gate/barrier. A random car can park in my space from off the road.

Del2005

Oonagh123 wrote: »

You'd think that.. On Saturday I went on a day trip to Belfast, came back late only to find the same car parked in my space.

Could you leave the car on a Friday then walk around the complex when you get home to see where else they parked, since they obviously must live in the complex? They may even be in their own space.

Is your space near the entrance?

GreeBo

Oonagh123 wrote: »

The apartment number matches the space number so if my space is number 21, it belongs to apartment 21.

Are you 100% sure of this as its often not the case.

Oonagh123

GreeBo wrote: »

Are you 100% sure of this as its often not the case.

Yes, I'm 100% sure

Oonagh123

Del2005 wrote: »

Could you leave the car on a Friday then walk around the complex when you get home to see where else they parked, since they obviously must live in the complex? They may even be in their own space.

Is your space near the entrance?

No, my space is at the very end of the block, nearly the furthest away from the entrance... It's bugging me to find out which apartment they are visiting.

I'm going to do that this weekend and see where they park.

Crock Rock

Equipment:

1. Thumb tacks.
2. Superglue.
3. Red sauce.
4. Sandpaper.
5. Wheel brace.

Method:

1. Glue thumb tacks to the back of the door handle.
2. Wrap sandpaper around the wipers.
3. Smear the red sauce on the windscreen.
4. Loose at last one wheel.

Result:

1. They'll arrive back and cut their hand on the thumbtacks trying to open the door.
2. They'll turn on the wipers to move the red sauce and scratch their window.
3. They'll drive off and a wheel will break loose when they're driving.

Conclusion:
No more abuse of your designated parking spot.

how.gareth

Crock Rock wrote: »

Equipment:

1. Thumb tacks.
2. Superglue.
3. Red sauce.
4. Sandpaper.
5. Wheel brace.

Method:

1. Glue thumb tacks to the back of the door handle.
2. Wrap sandpaper around the wipers.
3. Smear the red sauce on the windscreen.
4. Loose at last one wheel.

Result:

1. They'll arrive back and cut their hand on the thumbtacks trying to open the door.
2. They'll turn on the wipers to move the red sauce and scratch their window.
3. They'll drive off and a wheel will break loose when they're driving.

Conclusion:
No more abuse of your designated parking spot.

JOB DONE!!

Isambard

you need to add dog ****e to the thumb tacks so they suck the pricked fingers, no half measures, this is war.

Wishbone Ash

OP - at least it's the same driver parking in your spot so you have some level of consistency in which to target.

In the two apartment complexes I've lived in, it was different people regularly taking my spot. One complex was ungated located just off a street with metered parking so it was usually short term to avoid parking charges. The other complex was gated and it was particularly galling as the culprits obviously has access to the PIN.

(.......and don't get me started on the chancers who come in to dump their rubbish in the complex's bins).