What would you do? Neighbors parking in front of your house.

I would just tell him in a polite way that you need the space yourself Maybe he isn't that bad or stubborn as you think?

 

Check your deed restrictions. I'll bet parking cars on your lawn is a no no.
Time to drop a dime and rat him out to the city.
Do the cars parked in front of your house move regularly? Or do they just sit?
Parking regs usually require they move every few days or they can be ticketed.

If he moves his cars snag the spots in front of your place with your own vehicles.

 

Do you have a homeowners association? If so call one of the board members.

Our association will send out letters if the trash cans are left out.

Does he park with one wheel in the grass? This could help. http://www.hi-vel.com/Catalog__18/Novelty_Items/novelty_items.html

 

Easy, have the sprinklers spray his cars and he'll probably move. Or, get some of those orange cones and place them in front of your place. He'll get the drift. Aside from that figure out how he's breaking the local ordinances and rat him out. It seems like talking it out with these knuckleheads these days only leads to more problems. Good luck

 

Sounds like one of those difficult neighbor to neigbor situations.

I'm just throwing out a suggestion..
You hire an elite tactical team to sneak in his house at night and fill his room with knockout gas, so he sleeps through a nuclear blast.
You then have the team pluck each vehicle with helocopters and have them drop his hulks, RV's etc. into the Bay. The Sea-Doo's they'll have to fill with lead or drill holes to sink them. Just to humor him, leave one car. When he comes to, he'll obviously file several stolen car reports, which should take a considerable amount of time to locate. Meanwhile your neigborhood is excessive-car free.

 

So, let's see if I read this right. Your driveway is empty but you don't want to park there because the sprinklers get your car wet? How about adjusting the sprinklers so they don't waste water on the driveway and you can park there??

Not that his parking that many cars all over the place is the right thing to do either but if it's a public street I'd say it's first come first served.

 

But he still should not be allowed to park directly in front of his house, escp. if it's a violation due to the fire hydrent.

 

let the air outta his tires, maybe he'll get the hint

 

What Mrs. Bugattiart said.

 

As I see it, you got 3 choices

1) Man up and confront the guy

2) Call the city and see if he's violating any city regs

3) Just live with it

If it's a public street and the cars are legal, then yes, he can park in front of your house.

 

Don't worry about it until he drags a sofa onto his porch and his toothless cousin Zeke plants himself there with a banjo!
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Stick a nail against the tire in direction of rolling.
By the time he gets a flat he won't be able to determine where he got it.
Do it on a regular basis,that will make him sick of his cars,remember to always greet him and be polite.....

 

Go ove dere and kick his dogk!

 

I would advise against taking any action which would damage his vehicles. Not only would it be illegal, but it would start a war. I have seen several lawsuits between neighbors and it is as ugly as a divorce case. You can see how things started escalating until the parties abandoned all reason. I suggest that you look at your neighborhood restrictions and the city code. The city code is your best bet as you can get the police to enforce the violations. A violation of neighborhood restrictions may give you or your neighborhood the power to take some legal action, but it does not give the police the power to enforce any violation in the absence of the neighbor’s violation of a court order.

You didn’t indicate if he purchased the house or is renting the house. If he is renting, the landlord may be of some assistance, especially if he is parking on the grass.

But then again you could always get a trunk monkey. http://www.trunkmonkeyad.com/4qt.htm

 

He has to be violating some type of deed restrction, HOA rules, city ordinances. Even if it's a public street or whatever, I doubt you're allowed to use it as a car storage lot to park your 10 cars.

I'd look into that.

 

Just ask nicely if he can stop parking all his cars their...and direct him to the nearest car storage...

 

I've also had problems with neighbors before, not parking issues, but other irritating things.

I tried all kinds of stuff and the one final thing that worked was "law enforcement"
The police do 3 things: warn you, ticket you, jail you.

Don't bother talking to him. It will mark you as the target and I seriously doubt this guy is going to say "oh gee-wiz, didnt realize my 15 cars were in your way. I'll store them for $500 a month so you will think I'm a good neighbor"

He knows exactly what he's doing and he's had the same problem, argument, confrontation at his last residence(s). He knows what to do and say to prolong the issue day by day,week, month, year etc. There are many of these types and they have too much junk, so they spread it around and they dont change.

My aunt had a guy renting a unit in their condo bldg. He bought and sold old Cadillacs. There were always no less than 10 of these things parked outside the bldg along the street. He knew exactly when to move them, how much he could get away with, and what to say to anyone who confronted him about it.

I'd suggest calling parking enforcement first and stay on them. You will need to invest time in this and be very persistant. They may already know the guy from his other residence. That was the case with the cadillac guy.

 

Borrow a Monster truck and drive over all the POS

 

I am really amazed at everyone saying to call the City or rat him out to some authority as the first step. COWARDS!

Go to the guys door, knock on it and have a normal converstion with the guy about the problem. Be rational. Make it known that you do not park in the space in front of his home and you expect him to extend you the same respect.

If he does not respond in a favorable manner.... THEN get whomever you wish involved.

But dont be a coward and make your first step begging some authority to do your complaining for you.

Everyone complains about what a litigious society we are and how we have giant Govt. running all aspects of our lives... but then when a neighbor does something we dont like rather than cowboy up and and try to work it out like men we want some Govt. entity to "fix it" for us.

Tell me: Which would YOU respond better too: Your neighbor politely asking you to not park in front of their house OR A policeman ticketing you because your neighbor complained to the authorities without coming to you first?




Terry

 

What he said. Pony the hell up and go talk to him.

 

I'm assuming that this is your dad's house? What has your dad said about all of this? Perhaps it could help if both of you went over and talked to the guy, explaining your situation.