Advice? For Unfriendly Neighbor...

[WaXJ_Skier]

I live in a rented out MIL appartment/house that is located in the backyard of the main house on the property. The couple that rents the main house gets the driveway, and my GF and I have to use street parking. This is on a quiet residential street most of the houses have a front fence of some sort. Out of respect for the Neighbors I park down the street a ways so I'm not directly in front of anybodys house. The guy that lives on the corner has a long(back yard) fence that runs along the street. I generally park by that fence as it is A. Legal street parking. B. The only street parking not directly in front of anybody elses house. The guy on the corner has the following vehichles

mustang (parked in garage presumably his wife's)
Commuter car
drag car
travel trailer
Suburban
flatbed truck
Trailer with with a tractor

He recently got the flatbed and trailer and started parking them on the street along side the fence. He started leaving me notes telling me not to park there. The one time prior I talked to him I told him I would stick to one end to give him room. I have been doing that.
I left to go to the parts store yesterday in my Jeep an he immediately(my girlfriend was watching from her car) moved every vehcikle he could out of his driveway into the street parking. He basicly pulled the flattbed and trailer into the street and then took up the remaining space with his Suburban.
He has room for all of these in his driveway or in front of his house. There are currently 2 open spots in his driveway and 2 in front of his house. Anyone have any advise? I really can't park anywhere now without inconveniencing the other neighbors.

 

[RTicUL8]

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I don't own the street in front of, or beside my house, but I know that it would upset me if someone else parked there on a regular basis.

The only suggestion I have would be to alternate your parking spots on a daily basis.

 

[Mutant_Xj]

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Do your other neighbors park out front on the street? If they don't explain to them what's going on and ask them if its Ok to park in front of their house. If the guy is being a child over the parking spaces in front of his house theirs no reason to try to talk to him because he's already proved he's an idiot.

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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I was thinking of just parking in front of his house now that the spots are open.

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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Do your other neighbors park out front on the street? If they don't explain to them what's going on and ask them if its Ok to park in front of their house. If the guy is being a child over the parking spaces in front of his house theirs no reason to try to talk to him because he's already proved he's an idiot.

He vacated the spots in front to take the spots on the side, he has a corner lot.

 

[fscrig75]

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I understand your trying to be neighborly by not parking directly in front of anyones house, but you live there too. You have the right to park relatively close to where you live.

The street is public and as long as its not posted anyone can park there.

 

[Sherman_thetank]

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Just start parking all of your cars infront of his house.

 

[TekkaMaki]

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park in one of the (now empty) spots in front of his house :guitar:

 

[bigalpha]

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I don't own the street in front of, or beside my house, but I know that it would upset me if someone else parked there on a regular basis.

The only suggestion I have would be to alternate your parking spots on a daily basis.

Even if it was at the end of your property and you didn't even need it as a parking spot?

 

[IslanderOffRoad]

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Park in his driveway

 

[plymatt65]

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Slash his trailer tires!!!!! HaHaHaHa..... Sorry, my evil twin just took over.

"Can't we all get along?"

Park where you feel most comfortable, it's a f'ing public street.

 

[x2elite]

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I would park in front of his house now that those spaces are open, but keep a close eye on your vehicle, and maybe be ready with video tape in case he tries to vandalize it.

 

[x2elite]

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If he tries to get confrontational about it, don't even bother with him, just immediately call the police, and let them come make him look like an ass. No need to get yourself into trouble. I was a cop for several years, and believe me this kind of stuff happens A LOT more then you would think.

 

[welldone]

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i would just park infront of his house. still leagally parked nothing he can do about it.

 

[old_man]

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Here in friendly Loveland, Colorado, you can only park a trailer that isn't connected to a vehicle on the street for one hour. Does his drag car have valid registration and license plates. You can't park an unlicensed vehicle on a public street. Call the zoning commission. Some towns have a limit of vehicles in or at a residence.

 

[DownhomeMoto]

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my wifes grandmother is like that, she has one car and it's in the gaurage. But the guy across the street has five cars...all used everyday (three kids that drive pluse him and his wife). Well one always is parked in front of her house and she always gets mad, and leaves notes and has even called the HOA on them. Well last week they parked there and she went out all in a huff and long type short.... they called the police on her...the police office was very nice about the whloe thing but told her in short if she doesn't leave them alone she will be the one in trouble. She has no clam to any part of the street. So with that... I would park where ever you want. If he is taking all the side street parking the go to an open one. And if it so happens to be in front of his house the so be it. But i would also keep close eye on your stuff... let us know...DH

 

[Coastie]

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Get a flat bed trailer and wait for him to move his, then park the trailer where you used to park and just drive up on the trailer every night

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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Get a flat bed trailer and wait for him to move his, then park the trailer where you used to park and just drive up on the trailer every night

i was thinking of having a NW chapter "bring your own jeep" party.irate1:

 

[SeansBlueXJ]

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I hate to say it but this is the way some people are. My mom's street has always been 90% street parking that is to say only like 10% of the homes have driveways. There are two houses that always pissed me off when i lived there. Our next door negibor was an old guy who felt it was "his" spot infront of his house always put a garbage can out. would yell if you parked there when he got home. Now he has a resident handicap spot so it is basically his. The other pissed me off more (and it hurt that he had a lifted XJ) he had 3 vehichels. the XJ which was a trail rig, his and his wifes cars. for some reason even though he has a drive way, all 3 are parked on the street always. Of course my new house i have plentiful parking in my driveway. I have had 5 cars there at one point and nobody was boxed in. (4 XJ's! but not all mine)

 

[cal]

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I'm on the just park in front of his house until he moves, and then go back to parking where you have been, bandwagon.

It's a street, and he has no right to behave that way any more than you do. Let him get huffy and puffy and mad, remain cool. Let the neighbors see that. When he gets confrontational, call the cops and get it documented.

After he gets in trouble a couple of times, he'll give up.