Complex Parking: Continuously parked in - What can I do?

[MrG]

I am continuously being parked in where I live. A never-ending string of guests/cars double park where this white car is currently parked tonight.

I saw the car there tonight at 11:30 when I wanted to get medication from the 24/7 pharmacy for my girlfriend as she is feeling sick. Now at 01:44AM the car is still there.

I have spoken with tenants on countless times over the past year and this past month had a shouting match with them when they could not understand why they are in the wrong.

My parking is located on the right of the image (off picture) and I would have to reverse out into the space where the white car currently is.

What can I do about this?

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[Chevron]

Park them in.

 

[MrG]

Park them in.

I have done that before when it was a Citi Golf standing there. Unfortunately the Golf had enough maneuvering space in-front of it so the tenants helped the guest guide his car out so it was only mine remaining.

If my car was not already in the parking bay tonight it would have been ideal to do so with this large car.

 

[Jola]

I know of a complex where they used to glue a sheet of red paper (A4) on to the windscreen, blocking the drivers view, of any cars that parked illegally.

Was difficult to get off, so visitors quickly learnt to follow the rules.

 

[saturnz]

The complex estate manager / trustees must sort this out.. send the estate manager photos and license plate numbers EVERY time you are parked in until they sort out the problem. Perhaps give the estate manager a few late night calls when you are parked in to provide some motiviation .

(Or perhaps just reverse park so you can drive out even if they are parked there?)

This is the right way to go about it, approaching the tenants directly is a pointless exercise. Suggest to them to introduce a wheel clamping system, they may like the idea because it may be a source of income.

 

[Venomous]

contact your trustees every time you see this. Best if you have the chairperson's number, then you can call them....
followed by an email confirming the complaint.

 

[deweyzeph]

I used to have this problem, then I started writing obscenities on the windscreens of people who parked me in with my girlfriend's lipstick. The problem soon stopped. You can also let their tyres down.

 

[zenmeister]

Your complex security should take care of this, if there is no dedicated visitors parking visitors should park on the streets.

 

[Jola]

I used to have this problem, then I started writing obscenities on the windscreens of people who parked me in with my girlfriend's lipstick. The problem soon stopped. You can also let their tyres down.

Covering the drivers view with gobs of Vaseline also works.

 

[LaraC]

I used to have this problem, then I started writing obscenities on the windscreens of people who parked me in with my girlfriend's lipstick. The problem soon stopped. You can also let their tyres down.

This is bad advice. It can quickly escalate and lead to civil or criminal actions. The best is to get the complex manager involved to resolve it on your behalf.

 

[deweyzeph]

Covering the drivers view with gobs of Vaseline also works.

Yip, the funniest part is watching them turn their windscreen wipers on.

 

[deweyzeph]

This is bad advice. It can quickly escalate and lead to civil or criminal actions. The best is to get the complex manager involved to settle it on your behalf.

Only if you get caught. As far as I'm concerned if you park me in you deserve every unpleasantness that comes your way.

 

[Grubscrew]

First make it the trustee's problem. If they do not do anything then inform them you will be opening a dispute with the Community Schemes Ombudsman (http://www.csos.org.za/) if you are in the right and they rule in your favor, they will issue a court order to force the trustees to act or to the guilty party to stop parking in the wrong space.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Only if you get caught. As far as I'm concerned if you park me in you deserve every unpleasantness that comes your way.

I'm with you on this. Same goes for people that park in my parking bay. I have a parking bay as well as a garage next to my front door, and depending on how I feel or how lazy I am, I use either one of the two. I came home one night and found that someone parked in my bay. I parked behind him, and left my car there the whole day. What did surprise me is that when I came back that morning past 1am, the owner of the car who parked in my spot, as well as the person they visited, were up in arms about my thoughtlessness. I mean, how was he supposed to get out with me behind him?

 

[Davush]

Hire a big forklift one day and forklift them out the way Maybe put them snugly between a wall and a telephone pole or something of that nature.. Then they will have to work out how the F to get it out

 

[Shi]

@OP, can you take a pic of the area in the daylight - might help others who have a similar setup.

 

[chrisc]

My tenant had the same experience - being parked in and since he often had to leave for work before 6:00am it was often a nuisance. After various notes on windscreens, knocking on the car owner's door to ask him to move the car (quite often they would refuse) I told him to call the chairman of the BC, whatever the hour. After about 5 such calls, the chairman switched his phone off so then he knocked on the chairman's door until he came and sorted it out. This could easily take an hour or so and was unsatisfactory

At the 2012 AGM it was brought up and it was proposed to issue a R200 fine to residents who willfully parked obstructing access to legitimate parking areas. The motion was not passed as no-one could decide who was to administer it. Then about 4 months later someone parked so badly that an ambulance could not get in, so a breakdown lorry was called and towed 2 cars away (the owners refused to move their cars). The next day a special meeting was called and the fine went from R200 to R500.

One owner now owes R 3500 for fines on his car. He comes home drunk at 11.30 at night and parks anywhere, often obstructing cars, one day he stalled in the sliding gate and no-one could get in or out. An attorney has been engaged by the Managing Agent to recover the money

It amazes me what lengths you have to go to, to make people behave in a responsible manner

 

[deweyzeph]

My tenant had the same experience - being parked in and since he often had to leave for work before 6:00am it was often a nuisance. After various notes on windscreens, knocking on the car owner's door to ask him to move the car (quite often they would refuse) I told him to call the chairman of the BC, whatever the hour. After about 5 such calls, the chairman switched his phone off so then he knocked on the chairman's door until he came and sorted it out. This could easily take an hour or so and was unsatisfactory

At the 2012 AGM it was brought up and it was proposed to issue a R200 fine to residents who willfully parked obstructing access to legitimate parking areas. The motion was not passed as no-one could decide who was to administer it. Then about 4 months later someone parked so badly that an ambulance could not get in, so a breakdown lorry was called and towed 2 cars away (the owners refused to move their cars). The next day a special meeting was called and the fine went from R200 to R500.

One owner now owes R 3500 for fines on his car. He comes home drunk at 11.30 at night and parks anywhere, often obstructing cars, one day he stalled in the sliding gate and no-one could get in or out. An attorney has been engaged by the Managing Agent to recover the money

It amazes me what lengths you have to go to, to make people behave in a responsible manner

The only language some people understand is violence and destruction of property. Sometimes you have to speak that language to get through to them.

 

[Kloofvreter]

The only language some people understand is violence and destruction of property. Sometimes you have to speak that language to get through to them.

Totally, but the problem is that some people are so dense they think YOU are wrong for getting back at them for parking you in or taking your parking, and they will do your property damage as well

 

[garyc]

The only language some people understand is violence and destruction of property. Sometimes you have to speak that language to get through to them.

Unfortunately this is often the case. I lived in a complex where visitors routinely parked other people in and refused to move. It seems that they felt a right to be there. This went on for some time and one day someone totally lost it and trashed a car. After that most people suddenly started behaving themselves.

About the only exception was the bonehead who kept on parking directly in front of my garage door so that I could not even open the garage let alone get the car out. One day he left it there while he went away for a long weekend holiday with his buddies. He found out that it is a bad idea to leave your car parked out in the open in this country since someone broke into it while he was away on holiday. He made other parking plans after that.