Parking etiquette

[Tomtint]

So I recently bought a new unit in a 12 condo building. All spaces are owned by different contractors of different trades. Each unit is 30' wide, and has a 16' wide door with a man door next to it. Basically giving you a single parking spot in front of your man door to park and keep access in and out of your overhead door. .. without exaggeration, my neighbor has had vehicles parked in my spot no less than 6x in the last month. I'm sick of asking..telling them to move. Today, I pull in and again..there is one of their cars in front of my door. So I pull my truck right up in the middle of his overhead door, put it in park and leave in another one of my vehicles. .. I'm not trying to be a dick but maybe they will finally get the hint.

 

[Jstpssng]

It's got to be frustrating. Some people just don't think... or care. I once rented an upstairs apartment. The driveway was wide enough for two vehicles, and long enough for several in each side. Anytime somebody came to visit the apartment downstairs they would park behind me, to keep from blocking her in. One day I got POed, got into somebody's car who had left the key in it and backed it down the road, leaving it 2 doors down in the old schoolhouse parking lot.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

It's got to be frustrating. Some people just don't think... or care. I once rented an upstairs apartment. The driveway was wide enough for two vehicles, and long enough for several in each side. Anytime somebody came to visit the apartment downstairs they would park behind me, to keep from blocking her in. One day I got POed, got into somebody's car who had left the key in it and backed it down the road, leaving it 2 doors down in the old schoolhouse parking lot.

Mis-parked cars have a tendency to have two flat tires at once, on the same side, with both punctures in the sidewall.

 

[oosik]

We managed apartments in Anchorage for the first year and a half when we got there. What a PITA. Somebody was ALWAYS creating a problem or had a problem. We gave up on the parking situation. Posted signs - park wrong - find your vehicle at the tow company. NO exceptions. Didn't take long - everybody became pretty careful.

 

[Industrial Toys]

My Lady Friend manages Condos. Why anyone would want to subject themselves to all the BS that goes with that mode of domicile is beyond me. The BIG problem is, that land is expensive and the builders never allow for one more parking spot than the zoning specifies. There simply isn't enough parking! Apparently the calls my friend gets from people that have been towed are over the top, with most expecting the condo to pick up the tab.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
It takes all types. Years ago I went on a half-day deep sea fishing trip with a group from work. One of the guys got there late, and apparently to impress his girlfriend, left his car right out front in a no-parking zone. I'm not sure how impressed she was at the end of the trip when the rest of us were getting into our vehicles and going home, while he had to find out where his car had been towed and make arrangements to get it back.

 

[MossRoad]

So I recently bought a new unit in a 12 condo building. All spaces are owned by different contractors of different trades. Each unit is 30' wide, and has a 16' wide door with a man door next to it. Basically giving you a single parking spot in front of your man door to park and keep access in and out of your overhead door. .. without exaggeration, my neighbor has had vehicles parked in my spot no less than 6x in the last month. I'm sick of asking..telling them to move. Today, I pull in and again..there is one of their cars in front of my door. So I pull my truck right up in the middle of his overhead door, put it in park and leave in another one of my vehicles. .. I'm not trying to be a dick but maybe they will finally get the hint.

Take a picture and send it to the condo management and a copy to the neighbor. Tell them you're going to start having them towed. Send them an invoice for $20 each time they park there.

 

[Industrial Toys]

There are uber aps. There should be one where you can request for a vehicle to be stolen! lol

 

[Tomtint]

Take a picture and send it to the condo management and a copy to the neighbor. Tell them you're going to start having them towed. Send them an invoice for $20 each time they park there.

If there were even a possibility of getting the 20.00... I may consider it. But IMHO..it's a waste of time. I'm done asking nicely..if it happens again,I'm going to tie a chain to whatever is there and drag it out into the parking lot.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Unfortunately, here, you would be charged with mischief to private property. Or some such thing. A friend used to work at a tranny shop, so he knew his way around vehicles. Someone once blocked him in, so he crawled under their car, disconnected the shift quadrant, put in in neutral, pushed the car out of the way, put it back in park, but left the quadrant disconnected.

 

[Motorboatin]

I rented a small unit years ago that had no designated parking in the back where the overhead doors were. The body shop next door would always park in front of our overhead door blocking our access. After a few weeks I got sick of asking them go move and hooked my truck to our 20 trailer and blocked four of their cars in. They asked me multiple times to move but I refused

I hitched a ride home with one of my employees and got a ride back in the morning. The body shop owner came over as soon as I walked in and said they will never park vehicles in our space again

 

[MossRoad]

If there were even a possibility of getting the 20.00... I may consider it. But IMHO..it's a waste of time. I'm done asking nicely..if it happens again,I'm going to tie a chain to whatever is there and drag it out into the parking lot.

You'll get charged with something if you do that kind of thing. I know it's fun to fantasize, but reality says don't do it.

What does the condo management say?

 

[4570Man]

Dragging his vehicle is probably a bad idea, blocking it in or having it towed isn’t.

 

[groundcover]

Like the guy that ran a front load garbage truck and got sick of cars parking in front of the dumpsters. Used the front loader to pick an offending car and set it on a stone wall ! Turned out to be his last day though !

 

[L120]

The thing with situations like this is to NOT let everyone know you have a problem. When something bad does happen, they'll come straight to you.

 

[Ford850]

You could install a parking meter. Or a more aggressive approach would be to install parking spikes with a remote to lower them when you pull in.

 

[CobyRupert]

So I recently bought a new unit in a 12 condo building. All spaces are owned by different contractors of different trades. Each unit is 30' wide, and has a 16' wide door with a man door next to it. Basically giving you a single parking spot in front of your man door to park and keep access in and out of your overhead door. .. without exaggeration, my neighbor has had vehicles parked in my spot no less than 6x in the last month. I'm sick of asking..telling them to move. Today, I pull in and again..there is one of their cars in front of my door. So I pull my truck right up in the middle of his overhead door, put it in park and leave in another one of my vehicles. .. I'm not trying to be a dick but maybe they will finally get the hint.

I think I see the problem. Right there in the first sentence.

...cause people suck. But seriously, don't feel bad when you park in front of his door if he's parking in front of yours.

 

[kf4uda]

Dragging his vehicle is probably a bad idea, blocking it in or having it towed isn’t.

X2 on this advise. Dragging or damaging their vehicle will make you the bad guy. I am with you on wanting to drag the vehicle out of the way but remember that cool heads prevail.

 

[denchen]

Get to know someone who has a fork lift truck and a pallet of heavy concrete blocks. Late Friday might be a good time. And don`t leave the wrong phone number on the notice on the door.

 

[riptides]

You mentioned vehicles.....maybe your neighbor has not gotten the word out to all his employees?

Maybe a sign on his door for respecting designated parking is warranted?