Parking Wars: My house edition

[Millerad1651]

Seeking any advice...and yes, I know it's edition, not addition, but I can't change it!

The house across the street form me is being rented through a company. According to the company, there are only three people on the lease. We regularly see 6+ people going in and out.

The problem is the amount of vehicles they have and where they park. They park along both sides of the street, including in front of my house. Both sides of my driveway at times, which keeps the plow from clearing the street. It also makes leaving the driveway difficult. People can't sit in cars at the bus stop since there is no room anymore.

The city owns the streets, so HOA can't do anything. We stuck a note on the blue VW last night and asked them not to park in front of our house (we had company coming over that had to park down the street since there was no room in front of our house!) Instead of moving, we got a reply of "I can park here, its not against city rules...and do not touch my car."

Any ideas on how to handle this from here on out? Its going to be cold here tonight, so I think the front yard needs watered...



Theres a fourth car to the right of the BMW...



5 cars in the street, one in the driveway...and one on each side of my damn driveway? (my driveway is to the right)



Asked this car not to park in front of my house, basically told to f off...

 

[saabpowered]

well I've got a solution.. you may not like it but if you have a valve stem remover you can just ever so slightly turn the valve stem till it leaks out very slowly or take it out completely and after a few times of this they will get the message.

 

[85straight]

Well you asked them nicely and got told to f@$& off, so if thats how they want to play it so be it. Contact the company renting the property and let them know you have proof of x amount of people living at the property full time. Take pictures for a week or more everyday showing how many vehicles and people consistently are there. Expect some retaliation from the neighbors though no matter what road you take

 

[ThorInc]

My advice: any response/action must be with knowledge of who your "enemy" is. Of course, this would have to be balanced with who you also are and how far you are willing to go. One caution, cameras are everywhere....

 

[Millerad1651]

Ya, I don't plan on touching anyones cars/property. Last thing I want is to be financially responsible for damage.

I've contacted the rental company, three or four times now. So far the only thing that's happened is the boat got moved off the street and into the side yard.

The HOA president has been in contact with the company as well regarding the boat and the number of people living there. He just keeps getting passed down the chain. I guess he's had to deal with too many people living in a single family home before, so he knows the drill.

The renters are a bunch of kids either in college or right out of college. The license plates are from a couple different states, so who knows. Like I said, I regularly see 6+ people, and it always seems to be a different person or car.

 

[00Sebby]

I can't stand the a-hole neighbor crap. At our current place I was able to resolve a nonstop barking dog issue and a noise issue with the lady next door who has a huge wind chime fetish. I hate wind chimes. But these are reasonable people who want to get along. At a previous house, when our kids were little, we had idiots build a house and move in across the cul-de-sac from our house. Next thing you know, there were people parking all around the cul-de-sac, people coming and going all night long, and drunken burnouts up and down the street. We moved. I'd rather move than be frustrated on a daily basis if the problem can't be solved.

 

[foxtrot]

How many vehicles do you have? Wait until they leave and park yours in the spots they have claimed. It's what I did when I had the same problem

 

[cashmoney]

Call the police. Call the city. Call a tow truck. In that order. I hate people parking in front of my house. Thankfully so does my neighbor so between the two of us we've got it taken care of.

 

[CXS]

Sorry but a public street is exactly that and people can park in front of your house regardless of what you want. Yes, I had to deal with it in a past house.

 

[Millerad1651]

Ya I know it's a public street, that's why I'm asking for any alternatives that people may have used. I'm already working on the too many occupants. I just didn't figure asking nicely to leave room for my guests would be this difficult a task. Looks like first step is to water my yard with the high powered sprinkler.

 

[1engineer]

Park in front of their house instead of your driveway for awhile leaving your driveway vacant. Make sure to take up as many spots as possible.

 

[ThorInc]

Park in front of their house instead of your driveway for awhile leaving your driveway vacant. Make sure to take up as many spots as possible.

B4 you do this get a recording cam pointed at it 24-7.

 

[Millerad1651]

The problem is I like parking in my garage or driveway. It lessens the chance that someone will hit my vehicle, and it makes it safer for the neighborhood kids. Most of the neighborhood does the same, its just these dipsh*ts. I've got the HOA pres working on it as well...he lives at the end of my court, and he doesn't like driving through it every day either.

We had called on one of the calls because there was no license plate. It was tagged for tow, but they parked on both sides of it so a truck couldn't get to it. We also called on the white truck in the pic, its facing the wrong way and is illegally parked. Haven't seen a tow truck yet though.

 

[BrianSD_42]

There really isn't that much you can do. Keep you cares in front of your house and your driveway empty.

 

[Drunner97]

Skip the rental company and go straight to the owner. If there's an HOA, they know who that is. Invite a bunch of buddies over and take over the parking for an afternoon. Call the cops if they're partying or anything. Eventually the owner gets notified of multiple calls/tickets caused by the occupants, at least they do here in California.

We had issues with the college kids that moved in next door. 4 bedroom house, 5 cars, short drive way. I park my Tacoma in front of the house, and any time I'd move it, either they'd park right smack in front of the house or their friends always would. Not generally a problem until trash day because they don't leave enough space for us to put our cans at the curb. Generally there's room for two cars at the curb, so I started parking the Tacoma in the middle of it so there was only space for 1, mine. They got the hint after awhile.

 

[Morphyne]

Make it the 9wners probl3m. Get the rental company, the owner, and the hoa on the same page. And the whole "they are public streets" thing is not entirely true, if your HOA has rules against it then you have a course of action to take.

HOAS were set up for this exact reason. Use it.

 

[Millerad1651]

The rental company is the owner. It was a foreclosure and a company that owns tons of homes in Indiana bought it just to rent out.

The HOA can't do anything about parking on the street since the neighborhood is no longer under construction. Once it was finished, the streets were turned over to the city. The only thing the HOA can enforce is the too many occupants and boat parked in the side yard. And both I and HOA pres have talked directly with the rental company/owner.

I plan on calling every day until its fixed.

 

[jwkilgore]

I agree with you that touching/damaging the cars would be a bad idea... every person in that house has a cell phone with a video camera. It's even possible they have preemptively set a camera up to record the street to try and catch you.

I plan on calling every day until its fixed.

This may be the only solution. Become so much of a nuisance that it becomes someone else's problem.

Just keep an eye out and every single time they do something illegal (parking backwards, no tags) call the cops. Eventually they'll get towed too many times.

Something else... they are parking right at the edge of the driveways... is there a local law/ordnance about blocking driveways? Even right at the edge makes it hard to turn in and out.

You said they blocked the snow plow... is there a law/ordnance about that?

 

[CXS]

HOAS were set up for this exact reason. Use it.

As the OP mentioned the HOA doesn't own the street, the municipality does. I lived where the HOA owned the streets in my last place. You don't want a petty HOA "authority" with that power, trust me. These tend to work out on their own, it sounds the rental company will get tired of the renters soon enough.

Don't sweat the small stuff, life's too short.

 

[Morphyne]

As the OP mentioned the HOA doesn't own the street, the municipality does. I lived where the HOA owned the streets in my last place. You don't want a petty HOA "authority" with that power, trust me. These tend to work out on their own, it sounds the rental company will get tired of the renters soon enough.

Don't sweat the small stuff, life's too short.

The HOA does not own your house either. It is all about the contract you signed and what you agreed to do and what conduct you will follow. I know. I live in a neighborhood where you can't long term park in the streets.