Mum left furious after neighbour ‘reserves’ parking using cones and blocks entire street
A MUM has been left furious after a neighbour ‘reserved’ parking spaces with cones and ended up blocking off the whole street.
The troublesome neighbour reportedly tried to save the space outside his home, but has apparently stretched the scheme too far.
In a post on Mumsnet, the frustrated user claimed that he blocks out not just space for his car, but also enough of an area to move his car into the space.
He even allegedly tries to save spaces for delivery drivers and window cleaners, edging out all the other residents.
The mum fumed: “All residents have to pay for permit parking. Neighbours – who are around 80 – have started putting cones outside their house to reserve their space. They put them over two spaces too, I’m guessing so he has space to manoeuvre in.
“They often put cones out for delivery vans and window cleaners etc, again meaning I can’t park. They are elderly but he’s quite capable of walking and is out and about walking all the time.
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“It often means I can’t park outside my own house and have to walk around the block with my 3-year-old.”
She added that she knows the elderly neighbours would be forced to walk if she took up a space, but argued “that’s just life” in the world of on-street parking.
Commenters were quick to reassure her that she was in the right, especially as the space blocker was taking up many more than needed for his car.
One wrote: “It’s clearly unreasonable. I’d just move them and park there, especially if they’ve blocked off two spaces.”
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Another chimed in: “Move the cones every time they put them out. If they need a disabled space outside their house, they can apply for one.”
A third commenter added that they have a similar problem with the neighbour using wheelie bins to block off spaces.
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It comes after a furious row over a woman standing in a parking space to reserve it was caught on TikTok earlier this month .
An argument was sparked when a driver tried to park in the space and she refused to move in order to let her husband nab the spot with their car.