Car parking spaces

will always cause problems but particularly so when there are limited spaces for residents.

Yes, we have a problem here. Yesterday someone visiting me very briefly parked in the space designated for use by another resident. She should not have done that. Unfortunately that resident came home and has complained not to me but to the chair of the residents' committee. I have been given a "warning" that only cars belonging to residents can be parked on the property - in their designated spaces.

I do not have a car and have frequently found cars parked in the space designated for my car if I had one.  When I first came here there was a policeman living next door. He occasionally used the space but only after asking if it was convenient. Nobody else has bothered to ask. They have simply used it. On more than one occasion cars have been parked there overnight.

As I do not own a car I have accepted this. On the occasion that a car was left there for two nights I did leave a polite message to say that the space had been needed by one of my visitors. I suggested that the owner of the car might come and ask if it was convenient. I have not complained to the residents' committee. 

Anyone visiting me who stays any length of time tends to be elderly or disabled. Some of them use walking aids and the space designated for my unit is convenient for them to use. It seems this does not matter to other residents. They would prefer to use it themselves without asking if it is convenient or it not be used at all. 

I would have been more than willing to apologise if the person complaining had come to me but she was apparently willing to escalate the matter to a formal complaint. Now it is likely that I will be held responsible if the rule about "no visitors" even in your own designated space is enforced. That there is an exception for people with disabilities will not matter to them.  It is just sad that some people are so ready to make trouble.