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The best way to deal with this is to establish a by-law that sets the rules that allows the fair use of the parking area. They could include clauses like:
- Only one vehicle per household can use the parking area at any one time.
- Vehicles may not be left in the parking area for more than 24 hours at a stretch without written permission of the committee.
- Re-parking cars is forbidden. Vehicles vacating a space may not return to the car park any sooner than 30 minutes from the time they leave.
- Vehicles may not be left unattended on common areas, including adjacent to parking spots.
- No owner has the permanent right to park on any parking spot.
Once you have a by-law in place, then everybody knows exactly where they stand and you have documentary proof so that over-zealous estate agents know they can’t sell or let units with a promise that they have a dedicated parking space (although that may not stop them).
The Owners Corporation can set any rules it likes for common property. But if you don’t have a by-law in place, whatever it actually says, then you are going to have nasty squabbles like this and things will only get nastier.
As for the neighbours being told by the real estate agent that they had the right to park there, that’s something they need to take up with the agent. It is not you or your committee’s problem.
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