By Danielle Kate Wroe,Natalie King

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A tenant was left seething after their neighbours continually pinched spots in their “shared” car park , which was intended just for tenants of that specific building, not the entire street. “The neighbours are not allowed to park their cars in our parking lot. It’s a private lot, a busy city, so people are always looking to park off-street,” they fumed, highlighting that with all the spaces reserved in the car park, these neighbours from across the road had no right to be there. Initially, they gave them the benefit of the doubt, thinking the car might belong to “new tenants”, but then something utterly ridiculous happened that proved these cheeky parkers had zero business hogging the space. In a candid Reddit post, they continued: “When they first started parking there, we thought they were new tenants until one day, one of them HIT THE HOUSE and our electricity all went out (they hit a power box on the house, or something like that).” They added: “I sent pictures of the cars to our property manager (mostly because I was concerned other tenants and I would be blamed for the incident as there are no cameras on the lot or house), and she confirmed that neither the car (nor the other car behind it, belonging to the guy’s girlfriend) had any permission to park there. They weren’t tenants.” The building’s residents were left baffled, questioning why these individuals believed they had the authority to take a space that wasn’t theirs. The person who shared the initial complaint admitted they had previously asked for the vehicles to be “towed”, but the firm was “too slow” and the perpetrators moved their cars before being apprehended. However, the exasperated original poster disclosed the offenders had been towed “three or four times in the past few months”, suggesting they clearly “don’t care” about having their vehicle impounded. They found themselves mulling over what measures they could take, fuming: “It’s getting to the point where our lot gets congested from these two random people parking.” One Redditor recommended: “Search parking stickers on Amazon. I use them when cars park in my spot. Never had a car return! They are a nightmare to remove. I usually put one on driver and passenger front windows but if I’m really peeved, I have been known to use several.” However, it’s worth keeping in mind these measures could constitute criminal damage in the UK. Someone responded to this person saying: “This is borderline evil in its pure simplicity.” Another suggested: “I would call your local police department and see if you can have them both legally trespassed. If you can, then I would try to get evidence of them parked on your property and then see if you can press charges for trespassing. AKA have them arrested.” Meanwhile, a further commenter recommended: “Install folding parking bollards,” adding cautiously that they would need to liaise with the building manager before taking any action. Another said: “Ask to have cameras put up in the parking lot. This way, it can be seen if those neighbours are there and the tow company called without anyone leaving the house, preventing them from running out and moving the vehicle quickly to avoid the tow. “Just having the cameras visible may even be enough to stop the illegal parking.”