Parking at the curb in front of my house?

Question

I live in a cul-de-sac full of rowhouses. There's a curb in front of my house that's supposed to be shared between my neighbor and me. My neighbor likes to park right in the middle and take up both spots and then yells at me if I ask him to move up. I've measured it, it's 37 feet long. That should be 18 1/2 feet for each of us. But, he has a 17 foot long pick-up and likes to park 5 feet away from his driveway. He gets mad if I park 5 feet away from my driveway, but my car's only 12 feet long, so I'm still on my half. Is there any way to deal with this? It's technically government owned property, but they won't get involved in it.

(Be realistic, I can't cut up his tires or anything.)

Answer 1

Get a can of paint and mark out two parking spaces on the street.

Answer 2

Its a curb. It's public property so there's nothing you can really do about it. First come, first served in this case. Unless he's blocking your driveway or he doesn't move his vehicle from the same spot within 72 hours, you just have to learn to let it go. Seems unfair especially since its your house in front of that curb, but by the same token, if you had ten cars of your own, you could park on the curbs in front of all your neighbors' homes and they couldn't do a legal thing about it as long as you moved each vehicle within 72 hours from those same spots.

Answer 3

the best option? let go and park somewhere else. u'll be the better man for it. and dont waste ure life measuring the curb - move on...

Answer 4

Unless there are officially marked parking spaces painted on the road, there's nothing you can do.  He is fully within his rights - although he's also pretty rude about it.  Next time you get a chance, try parking your car in the middle, so that he can't fit his truck.  Let's see how he likes it.

Answer 5

EVERY evening when you get home, knock on his door and ask him to move his vehicle so both will fit in the space allotted.

He may yell, but so what, Its OK for you to ask.

Play broken record, every night same thing.

He may quit answering the door, but keep knocking and/or ringing the door bell, every night, saying the same thing.

He will get the message, you are just letting him know there should be room for both.

Answer 6

Maybe you can ask the city to paint "red" in the middle so he parks on his side only.  I've seen a lot of driveways where both sides of the driveways are painted red, owner of the house can call the police if you're parked in the red zone.  Or have a talk with your neighbor, if it's possible.  In my neighborhood, there is one parking in the street for every two houses, and my next door neighbor's car is ALWAYS parked there.  And because we're neighbors and friends, it's kind of hard to say "can i park there sometimes?".

Answer 7

The street in front of your house is  most likely city property, and anyone is allowed to park there.  If you can't convince him to cooperate, then there's not much you can do legally. Maybe he is having trouble parallel parking.  Offer to teach him how to parallel park better.  

Barring that, get back early and park your car right in the middle a few times.   When he asks you to move it, offer to move it and park only on your side from that point on if he agrees to do the same.  If he doesn't agree, then repeat.

Answer 8

just start parking like he does and see what happens

Answer 9

I don't know if I  can give any good advice or not, but one thing I'm just now learning, as old as I am. And I should have learned a long time ago, and it is; you can't make everyone happy. I know that sounds like something you already knew, but I've had the same problem, not wanting to have confrontations with people, mainly because I didn't like having people mad at me. The sad fact of the matter is, if you don't stand up for yourself, no one else will, and people will run over you.

The only real best advice I can give you is to keep expecting your half; it's only fair. If he don't like it, that makes him the jerk, not you.

Answer 10

Is there a way you could park there first and take up the whole spot?

Answer 11

too bad you didn't have spare car, park it where he would normatlly park and just keep it there to teach him a lesson. When you get home move that car to a new spot on street and park your car there or just leave it and park your car somewhere else for little bit, until it sinks in. When he sees your car there, he'll get the idea. Before you leave you have to move the other car back in place obviously. Its a hastle but  In your case unless your able to do something legally via city or landlord, then i would cause him as much trouble as he's causing you. What goes around comes around

Answer 12

Sounds like you have asked your neighbor nicely and got nowhere.  Are you a renter?  If so, talk to your landlord and perhaps he can draft a notice stating the parking rules.  He coluld maybe say something like "Due to shortage of parking in the area, tenants will please pull their vehicle as far forward as possible to allow parking for other vehicles."  

If you own your home, I guess you've run out of options- just try and get home before your neighbor if you can!  Sorry!

Answer 13

I used to own a townhouse and had to pay HOA dues.  Can't they get involved?  

If they won't/can't and the neighbor insists on ignoring you, turn juvenile.  Set up a light on your property to shine into his bedroom.

Answer 14

pretty simple here it goes the answer is .............................

if you have a landloard report it if you dont report it to city hall they will take care of it

if not,  say who cares and park where ever you want because city hall didnt do anything

or, the hard one.. move.