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Neighbour parking on our side if Drive - what to do?
- Thread starter sinbin
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I would 2nd that
This would be the best solution I see other then parking a foot onto his part of the driveway a couple times and say "see its not so cool is it?"
Or instead of planters you could put those reflective strips that stand up down the middle and say it makes it easier to back in.
Or just park as close as you can (on your side of the driveway) to their driverside door so they cannot get in let alone open their door. Be sure to take pictures when first parked there to show no scratches and if they scratch it go through their insurance, the claim on their insurance should get them to smarten up.
"What my parents did was get 3 4' concrete parking bumpers (the ones about 6" tall and hexagonal shaped, that can be staked down) and put them down the driveway in between the garages such that the neighbor would need an off road truck to drive over them, and impossible to do accidentally. no permit needed, and made for a sightly solution."
What the above poster said is good solution. Make sure you place them on the property line and you should be fine.
I had a similiar problem years ago. But in my situation we actually shared a driveway and then it opened up in the back to seprerate garages. In the end it wasn't worth it anymore and we just moved. The lesson I learned was to never buy a house with a shared driveway of any sort. It's just not worth the hassel over the years.
What the above poster said is good solution. Make sure you place them on the property line and you should be fine.
I had a similiar problem years ago. But in my situation we actually shared a driveway and then it opened up in the back to seprerate garages. In the end it wasn't worth it anymore and we just moved. The lesson I learned was to never buy a house with a shared driveway of any sort. It's just not worth the hassel over the years.
sinbin
Well-known member
Hello Folks,
thanks for the great suggestions. I have a pretty good idea about the physical options as far as a physical barrier, marker is concerned.
We will do the following for now:
1. In person request to owner
2. paint a marker line down the middle asap
3. If this persists then let the owner now final time and set up a low fence or something as I have no confidence in these ppl's abilities to actually not park on top of a low cur or even over it.
IT just amazes me how some ppl can be this ignorant, butoh well
Thanks again all!
P.S The idea of getting a car parked partially on our side towed is intriguing. Has anyone ever exercised this right before?
Thanks again
thanks for the great suggestions. I have a pretty good idea about the physical options as far as a physical barrier, marker is concerned.
We will do the following for now:
1. In person request to owner
2. paint a marker line down the middle asap
3. If this persists then let the owner now final time and set up a low fence or something as I have no confidence in these ppl's abilities to actually not park on top of a low cur or even over it.
IT just amazes me how some ppl can be this ignorant, butoh well
Thanks again all!
P.S The idea of getting a car parked partially on our side towed is intriguing. Has anyone ever exercised this right before?
Thanks again
stormcat
Well-known member
You beat me to this suggestion!
OP, are they actually impeding your ability to get your own vehicles in and out of your driveway and garage? If so, I can understand your anger. Start parking on their side of the driveway when they don't have any cars in it. Since they haven't taken polite requests very well, perhaps a dose of their own medicine is in order to get the message across.
As for towing their vehicles, because it's private property, you can have it towed but at your own expense.
sinbin
Well-known member
You're spot on with that diagram. Generally we ignore it if it's a late night parking and the guy is gone by the time we arise. However with the chips on my door and the whole lawn wandering thing we've had enough. Now the tenant parks as you have demonstrated in plain sight in front of us while we watch
I I approach him I can guarantee an issue and I am sure I will come out on the losing side given a few factors around how the police/courts view confrontations so we are trying to avoid even talking to the transgressor about this and approaching the owner directly.
sinbin
Well-known member
At times they have impeded garage access, typically they will park so that a car couldnt back out of the garage were my vehicle not parked directly in front of our doors preventing the same. I will avoid the towing until we are at the end of our tether in an an attempt to try to avoid escalation.
Hello Folks,
thanks for the great suggestions. I have a pretty good idea about the physical options as far as a physical barrier, marker is concerned.
We will do the following for now:
1. In person request to owner
2. paint a marker line down the middle asap
3. If this persists then let the owner now final time and set up a low fence or something as I have no confidence in these ppl's abilities to actually not park on top of a low cur or even over it.
IT just amazes me how some ppl can be this ignorant, butoh well
Thanks again all!
P.S The idea of getting a car parked partially on our side towed is intriguing. Has anyone ever exercised this right before?
Thanks again
Just remember your action(s) is going to cause a reaction from them. If it looks like you are starting a war they are going to retaliate. So how safe is your bike at night, or how nice is the paint job on your car? Maybe if you walked over there with some beers in your hand you can smooth things out.
BTW, you have to sign a damage waiver to tow a vehicle away that is not yours.
I feel your pain. My problem is a neighbour's yappy dog at all hours.
Anyone who thinks this is petty has never been through the Chinese water torture effect of the constant nuisance.
You will have to collect all the legal documentation as to what you can do and the possible complications. Bylaw and police can help but they may be over worked and you will have to become a pain in their side.
Know your enemy. Unless you have deep pockets don't get into a legal battle with a lawyer or a physical altercation with a 1%er. GBS wrote "Never fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pigs love it."
As much as becoming buddies with them and the problem resolved I don't think it's going to happen. If they are as ignorant as you say they don't care what you think about them. They are likely only interested in their reputation in their own cultural community. They don't care if they smell bad to you, seem loud to you, look weird to you etc. They don't care if you don't like them.
Be very careful to avoid any racial comment. All it takes in this PC world is one wrong word from you and YOU are the racist villain.
If I understand the system correctly your ace card would be getting a court order. That means they have to fight the court not you. Can it be done? Where's Turbodish when you need him? How long is the ban? Will he return?
Who is your counciller and have you asked him / her for advice or a nudge in the right direction?
Anyone who thinks this is petty has never been through the Chinese water torture effect of the constant nuisance.
You will have to collect all the legal documentation as to what you can do and the possible complications. Bylaw and police can help but they may be over worked and you will have to become a pain in their side.
Know your enemy. Unless you have deep pockets don't get into a legal battle with a lawyer or a physical altercation with a 1%er. GBS wrote "Never fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pigs love it."
As much as becoming buddies with them and the problem resolved I don't think it's going to happen. If they are as ignorant as you say they don't care what you think about them. They are likely only interested in their reputation in their own cultural community. They don't care if they smell bad to you, seem loud to you, look weird to you etc. They don't care if you don't like them.
Be very careful to avoid any racial comment. All it takes in this PC world is one wrong word from you and YOU are the racist villain.
If I understand the system correctly your ace card would be getting a court order. That means they have to fight the court not you. Can it be done? Where's Turbodish when you need him? How long is the ban? Will he return?
Who is your counciller and have you asked him / her for advice or a nudge in the right direction?
Yeah, this kind of situation really sucks. Personally I would be straight up with them. Go over and calmly inform them if they park on your side again you will put up a barrier. If they do it again, put up a barrier.
You said something about them not being from here. That's why you need to speak in plain simple english, If you park your car over the middle again, I will put a fence. Then you say thank you and wish them a good day. Don't stick around and have a discussion, just state the facts and leave.
You said something about them not being from here. That's why you need to speak in plain simple english, If you park your car over the middle again, I will put a fence. Then you say thank you and wish them a good day. Don't stick around and have a discussion, just state the facts and leave.
Just talk to the owner of the house no point talking to the tenants. Tenants don't care nor do they shovel or cut the grass. Let the owner know if he doesn't do something about tenants parking on your side the owner might lose some tenants hence he'll be losing some monthly rental income.
You shouldn't have to go to extremes at your own expense to put up physical barriers limiting your driveway space when all it takes is some conversation. If that doesn't work spike belts or tick tacks on your side of the driveway should do the trick.
You shouldn't have to go to extremes at your own expense to put up physical barriers limiting your driveway space when all it takes is some conversation. If that doesn't work spike belts or tick tacks on your side of the driveway should do the trick.
Kokla
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Oh my oh my. One can say things with care, but their true nature always shines through.
Anyways, a very similar situation happened with my unkle.
He owns a home down in Etobicoke with drivesways seperated by only about an inch of dirt. The neighbour frequently leaves pipes and the sort on my unkles driveway. He never said a word since it didn't really bother anyone. One day, one of my unkles tenants parks about 6 inchs into the neighbours driveway, not at all impeding his cars, (the driveways are 1.5 car lengths wide). Upon visting the home, my unkle is greeted with "what the **** is wrong with this picture, huh you *****?"
"Calm down, no reason to shout", replys my unkle, not mentioning the pipes that are presently on his driveway.
"***** *********** ******* ******* ***" screams the neighbour.
In the end the simple reply and soultion was...
"Oh, you just messed with the wrong person"
My unkles paying the tenants to invite their freidns over and have loud BBQ's everyday, oggle his teenage daughter from the sidewalk and the such.
Like someone in an eariler post said, it only escalates until someone moves out.
tl;dr Giving them a taste of their own meds is a surefire to start a war.
Why?? all out war? if she puts up a fence??
sounds pretty extreme too me. If all she is trying to do is protect the integrity of her property line, and if you dont actually use that space ( or should not) why care?
all this talk about calling the city etc.. they dont care people, good luck with calling the city and telling them there is an illegal basement apt, bad garage etc... they might show up if its a bylaw ticket cause that revunue generation and even that will take time.
Ill give you guys an example of why you have to be careful.
years ago, i dated a girl who lived in toronto, i would park on the street when i stayed overnight- 2-3 times a week, got a few tickets, it turns out the next door neighbour would call parking control and complain becuase he didnt like cars parked in front of his house.
Only he was allowed to park in front of his house on the street. He told me before not to park on the street in front of his house (" dont park your f'ing car in front of my f'ing house again"), i told him to get lost (not very nicely mind you but still), he doesnt own the street.
i called the city every day for two months to complain about parking on that street, last i know buddy got something like 15 parking tickets and i just started to park on my girlfriends driveway, gave her brother a spare key so he could move my car out of the way.
90% of the time, it was only my car and his car on the street-- he parked his truck on the street so his wife could move it out of the way. Stupid clown got screwed.
I would actually put it in my day calendar-phone to call city but always on diff days (1 week wendesday, 2 week friday, 3week tues/thurs etc..) even after i broke up with that girl.
I've got 4 feet on that side of my house to the property line and I never bought here to be shoved into a tunnel
you would need to see the space to understand
What is it that you are saying with care?
A basement tenant is 90% of the time illegal. Specially in the GTA. Very few owners are willing to spend the money to fire rate the ceiling and dimising walls. Too expensive. Not the mention fire exits etc. I would bet money its an illegal suite.
MarcosSantiago
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PLEASE before you do anything, confirm that he is actually parking on your property.
Last year, my neighbor came over to talk to me about setting Unilock stones in the space between our houses. I thought such space was evenly divided (50% his property, 50% mine). Guess what? It is only 20% mine, for wahtever reason the plot of land was drawn that way.
So, all what I am saying is, what if he is actually parking on his property? Just double check before moving forward with any solution.
Last year, my neighbor came over to talk to me about setting Unilock stones in the space between our houses. I thought such space was evenly divided (50% his property, 50% mine). Guess what? It is only 20% mine, for wahtever reason the plot of land was drawn that way.
So, all what I am saying is, what if he is actually parking on his property? Just double check before moving forward with any solution.
toshison
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+1 for the low concrete barrier idea. That should solve the problem. Painting a line just won't be enough.
You need to be delicate yet firm in these situations. You don't want hostility as these people are right next to you so you want to continue to be civil. The concrete barrier is a good compromise. Forget about talking with these people, they clearly do not have the decency and respect that you have. The barrier is a firm move and where you should begin.
You need to be delicate yet firm in these situations. You don't want hostility as these people are right next to you so you want to continue to be civil. The concrete barrier is a good compromise. Forget about talking with these people, they clearly do not have the decency and respect that you have. The barrier is a firm move and where you should begin.
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