Advice? For Unfriendly Neighbor...

[woody]

Re: Advise for unfriendly neighbor

OK Grasshopper, without reading all this Mr Niceguy BS... I have two words of advice:

Roofing Nails.

 

[karstic]

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Um...why can't you park on the street in front of the property that you live on?

No one else parks on the street besides you?

 

[WB9YZU]

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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.

It doesn't matter what your neighbor owns for cars, or how many.

It doesn't even matter that he doesn't want you to park infront of his property. He is obviously territorial- just leave him be.

Can you park infront of the property you rent from? That's the best course of action. You rent from them, make it their "inconvenience".

Unfortunately, you set yourself up for this confrontation. You rented a place with no off-street parking, and you refuse to park infront of anyone else's place for fear of pissing them off. So, you pick on one guy to piss off, and he is sick of you.

Now go treat your neighbor as you would like to be treated, or leave him alone. Either is an improvement on the game you're contemplating.

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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Um...why can't you park on the street in front of the property that you live on?

No one else parks on the street besides you?

Fire hydrant and mail boxes for the whole block.

 

[Darky]

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It doesn't matter what your neighbor owns for cars, or how many.

It doesn't even matter that he doesn't want you to park infront of his property. He is obviously territorial- just leave him be.

Can you park infront of the property you rent from? That's the best course of action. You rent from them, make it their "inconvenience".

Unfortunately, you set yourself up for this confrontation. You rented a place with no off-street parking, and you refuse to park infront of anyone else's place for fear of pissing them off. So, you pick on one guy to piss off, and he is sick of you.

Now go treat your neighbor as you would like to be treated, or leave him alone. Either is an improvement on the game you're contemplating.

The neighbor has no claim on the road. If WaXJ is parking on the side, not even in front of the guy's house but next to it, what reason does the neighbor have to tell him no? He's said a few times there is nowhere to park whereas the neighbor does have somewhere to park.

I'd go with the park in front of his house til he moves plan. If all that's available is the side or the front, let him decide where he'd rather you parked.

 

[WB9YZU]

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The neighbor has no claim on the road. If WaXJ is parking on the side, not even in front of the guy's house but next to it, what reason does the neighbor have to tell him no? He's said a few times there is nowhere to park whereas the neighbor does have somewhere to park.

I'd go with the park in front of his house til he moves plan. If all that's available is the side or the front, let him decide where he'd rather you parked.

He either learns to deal with a situation he landed himself in, or he moves out.

 

[wolfpackjeeper]

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I like the buy a flatbed idea personally.

I was so glad to move out of my last apartment complex because of crap like this. Had one lady who hated where everyone parked. Of course, she was also the last person to move in...

park where you have to, there is no need for a confrontation, this guy is going out of his way to do this. If he does not want to park in front of his house, then obviously that opens those spots up for you.

+1 on the roofing nails

 

[Mtb Jak]

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Just go talk to him!

 

[tbburg]

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Had a lady in our complex that bitched about all the parking spaces around her apartment always being taken up. When she moved, about 10 spaces freed up around that building. Turned out all the extra cars belonged to friends of her kids.

WaXJ_Skier: my advice for you is to get 2 or 3 small web cameras and a cheap laptop computer. 'Wire up the ole XJ. My guess is, you keep parking around that corner, you're going to walk out to a severely damaged vehicle at some point soon.
Right or wrong, this neighbor has gone from verbal harassment to physically blocking the parking. Want to guess what the next step will be? There is no real simple solution, and talking to him about will probably only make it worse

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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Had a lady in our complex that bitched about all the parking spaces around her apartment always being taken up. When she moved, about 10 spaces freed up around that building. Turned out all the extra cars belonged to friends of her kids.

WaXJ_Skier: my advice for you is to get 2 or 3 small web cameras and a cheap laptop computer. 'Wire up the ole XJ. My guess is, you keep parking around that corner, you're going to walk out to a severely damaged vehicle at some point soon.
Right or wrong, this neighbor has gone from verbal harassment to physically blocking the parking. Want to guess what the next step will be? There is no real simple solution, and talking to him about will probably only make it worse

I've considered it, a bunch of lug nuts were very loose the other day. I'm not going to try and start anything I only have 4 months left on my lease and only 2 I have to pay for(incentive for 18 month lease). My GF and I both commute across a bridge so we are moving to the other side when our lease is up. I'm getting a place with a garage.

 

[tbburg]

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Good luck. 'Hope nothing bad happens.

 

[bigalpha]

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I've considered it, a bunch of lug nuts were very loose the other day. I'm not going to try and start anything I only have 4 months left on my lease and only 2 I have to pay for(incentive for 18 month lease). My GF and I both commute across a bridge so we are moving to the other side when our lease is up. I'm getting a place with a garage.

If your lugnuts are loose, I'd get a camera and train it on the Jeep. Then, when he touches your Jeep you can call the cops.

I wonder if you can claim attempted manslaughter if he loosens your lugnuts?

I wish I had a garage.

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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If your lugnuts are loose, I'd get a camera and train it on the Jeep. Then, when he touches your Jeep you can call the cops.

I wonder if you can claim attempted manslaughter if he loosens your lugnuts?

I wish I had a garage.

That could have been a Kid though, I live 1/2 a block from a HS

 

[89RockHeep]

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That could have been a Kid though, I live 1/2 a block from a HS

You can never be to sure, and as i can see you have a kid, go over and speak to him, and make it very very very clear, that A he doesnt own the street, you have a right especially as a resident to park close to your home, and that your considerate enough to not inconvenience any neighbors, and that immature behavior will not be tolerated(intimidate,scare what ever it takes, he in all reality put your family at risk) moving cars is one thing, endangering you and your family is another, or, stoop to his level, and steal all his lugs, and stack his tires behind said vehicle that outa make it clear, personally if he had done that to me, i would have written him a note to piss him off, call him a pussy or what ever it woulda taken to get him to start something and wipe the floor with the guy. I dont care about what any of you say about that, a mans family is a mans family, and you dont endanger that!!!

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

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You can never be to sure, and as i can see you have a kid, personally, id go over and speak to him, and make it very very very clear, that A he doesnt own the street, you have a right especially as a resident to park close to your home, and that your considerate enough to not inconvenience any neighbors, and that immature behavior will not be tolerated(intimidate,scare what ever it takes, he in all reality put your family at risk) moving cars is one thing, endangering you and your family is another, or, stoop to his level, and steal all his lugs, and stack his tires behind said vehicle that outa make it clear, personally if he had done that to me, i would have written him a note to piss him off, call him a pussy or what ever it woulda taken to get him to start something and wipe the floor with the guy. I dont care about what any of you say about that, a mans family is a mans family, and you dont endanger that!!!

I don't have a kid, That's my little sister. I'm 22 I live with my GF work and go to school, I don't have time to start fights with people who think they have a right to everything.

 

[bigalpha]

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That could have been a Kid though, I live 1/2 a block from a HS

Who cares if it's your tard neighbor, a HS kid, or anyone else.

Loose lugnuts isn't something to play around you. That could kill you, your girlfriend, and other people. That's definitely one of those things you want to know what's going on.

 

[seanR]

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That could have been a Kid though, I live 1/2 a block from a HS

Dude, wake up, it was him.
I wouldn't park in front of his house any more with out some kind of security on your car.
I had some other ideas for you, but if he is going to try to kill you, forget about it, move away....

 

[x2elite]

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I would wait until the very last day when i was moving, and flatten every tire on every vehicle he owns, right before I got in my car to take the last load of my stuff to the new house.

 

[SeansBlueXJ]

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I would wait until the very last day when i was moving, and flatten every tire on every vehicle he owns, right before I got in my car to take the last load of my stuff to the new house.

Easy to do, if you dont already have a valve core tool get one. Just steal all his valve cores... irate1:

 

[jonzer12]

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If you are worried about bothering your good neighbours by parking infront of their house simply drop a letter in everyone's mailbox stating your courteous nature by previously parking by the fence. Mention that you are now only parking in front of homes due to the corner guy taking up all your old spots needlessly.
I bet none of them will care and one or two might say something to the corner guy to help you out.