Fuming residents have been using chains, cones and signs to stop people - including neighbours - parking on their road in a row over space.
When he can, Abraham Gihawi parks his car in Waterloo Park Avenue in Norwich, because the neighbouring street he lives in is permit only, and his parents Deborah and Jamal have the only two permits allocated to their household.
But Abraham's family say some of the residents living in Waterloo Park Avenue have taken to placing various objects to reserve the places for themselves, despite it being a public road with no parking permit restrictions, reports Norwich Evening News.