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Patrizia de Rosa has lived on Grahame Park estate in Colindale for more than 30 years – but has recently found that there is often “no space to park” behind her home.
She told this paper that “one or two” containers used by workmen, who she believes to be Barnet Council contractors, have covered a few parking spaces for many years.
But, according to Ms de Rosa, at the start of this year more containers were placed in the area, blocking “six or seven” spaces.
Ms de Rosa said: “They can’t really tell us when they’re going to go. It’s not just containers, they’ve also got some machinery that they store there.”
The long-time Grahame Park resident claimed she had asked Barnet Council if there could be a reduction in the parking charge as the current situation was “unfair”.
She said: “That’s fallen on deaf ears. We’re practically told – ‘well there’s nothing that we can do’.
“This is not on that we’re paying for a service that we’re not getting.”
Ms de Rosa claimed that trying to find a space for her car in the evenings can be difficult, forcing her to park further away from her home.
She said: “We have an estate which is very poorly-lit. It does raise the safety issue as well… [for] a woman on their own, for instance.
“You’re walking through an estate – it’s going to get dark at 4pm soon.”
Ms de Rosa said that if a reduction in the parking charge was not possible, then the council should move the containers onto other areas of the estate, such as in the nearby park.
She added that she did not know what work was being carried out that required the containers to be there.
According to the council website, there is an ongoing regeneration project taking place on the estate which aims to deliver 4,000 new homes as well as extra community facilities.
Barnet Council has not yet responded to a request for comment.
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