PLANS to turn garages and car bays into housing have angered residents on a Dorking estate.
Mole Valley Housing Association (MVHA) has told people living in Rough Rew that ten new homes could built at the expense of 30 existing parking places.
But homeowners have complained this will only worsen the estate's "ongoing parking nightmare."
Security guard David Richdale, 41, says the problem is the worst it has ever been. "I'm sorry but MVHA are morons if they think this is a good idea," he said. "How can you get rid of spaces when parking is already such an issue?
"What's worse is that they want to replace parking spaces with more housing, which means that the demand for parking is increasing but the provisions are decreasing."
He added: "I would say that there are several of us who have to leave their car over in Goodwyns every night, a good 300-foot walk away."
Fellow Rough Rew resident Ivor Barker says MVHA has wasted valuable money on consultations and surveys and called the preliminary plans "fundamentally flawed".
"They have gone to the trouble of drawing up plans so are obviously serious about it," he said.
"But it's money down the drain because it is an idea that simply cannot work.
"I have no faith in MVHA's ability to assess anything properly. No one is denying that housing is needed, but this is not the way forward."
Following a consultation on October 10, MVHA has told residents it may build additional parking spaces on the estate's green land, but resident Mary Londis said this would be "a waste of time".
She said: "Why dig up parking spaces to build new homes and then build new bays? It is idiotic. We want to keep what little greenery we have. This whole situation has turned into an ongoing parking nightmare."
MVHA spokesman Mark Thomson said: "There is a desperate shortage of affordable homes in Mole Valley. We are always looking to provide more homes for families in housing need.
"We understand that residents have concerns about car parking and these will be taken into account as we try to balance this with the urgent need for affordable housing."