Don't park in front of my uckin house!

[GreenLantern]

Any problem I have had with a neighbor was solved with a quick conversation. IT always seemed to go well, maybe when I left they were cursing me under their breath but I can't help that. I have a buddy who handles complaints in the by law office and he told me the first question he asks is "Have you talked to your neighbor?" 99% of the time the answer is no. Usually it will be your first and last step to solving the problem.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Bmuzyka

A great neighbor is a gift that should be treasured.

This is so true. I have great neighbours on both sides. When their parents come to visit, they park in front of my house or in my driveway if we have room. Work together and it's not that bad at all.

The converse is the people across the street who have a ####ty mini van with flat tires and a tent trailer on the driveway and a bunch of crap in their garage. They leave nasty notes on your car if you dare park in "their" spot in front of the house.

[ken0042]

Technically they aren't allowed to park the tent trailer on the driveway for an extended period of time.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

This is only a problem if the neighbor has somewhere to park his car and chooses to park in front of your house, I find that infuriating. My neighbor is like that, they have 2 vehicles and a driveway that could fit 4 AND and they have a garage... yet he still parks in front of my house. He says he does it because they have a lot of guests. He's a JW and he has about 50000 people show up randomly for 'meetings'. He says he likes to leave his driveway open for his guests, while the other 95% of the time his car just sits in front of my house. Not sure why his guests can't park on the street but whatever.

We got a second vehicle recently so I try to park my beater in front of my house now. I think that's reasonable, my car on the street and my SUV in my driveway. One day, about a month ago, I actually parked my car in front of his house when his was parked in front of mine, just to make a point. Looked so odd, both our of cars in front of the other person's house. He hasn't done it since.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Technically they aren't allowed to park the tent trailer on the driveway for an extended period of time.

I am assume this is a city bylaw, and changes from city/town to city/town?



There are tonnes of them parked on driveways, stored there in Sylvan.

What you can't do it leave it on the road unhitched.

[Eastern Girl]

I sympathize with the guy. The house I used to live in, there was a guy who had a tow truck and he would park it in front of our house all the time. He would have cars attached to it and they'd be leaking oil, etc. It was just awful. The annoying part of it was that this guy lived way the hell on the other end of the street. I lived pretty much right near the end of the street and he lived right at the opening. I guess he didn't want that monstrosity to sit in front of his house. We had him ticketed a number of times, and he would stop for a bit, but then he'd do it again after awhile.

The other irritating thing about people parking in front of your house, at least for us, was that some of them have a tendency to take that as an opportunity to clean out their cars. We would come home to tons of garbage on the lawn and thrown/shoved into the bushes. Drove us crazy.

We worked really hard to maintain our property and the house, so yes, please feel free to shove your garbage into our bushes or throw your crap over our fence. That's cool with us. It just speaks to the complete lack of consideration people have for others.

***As an aside, if you have a wheelchair/handicap permit, can you just park wherever? There's a side street just before our house that is incredibly narrow. There are no parking signs everywhere, but there's one car that occasionally parks there, but it has a handicap permit. Can they do that or can I call the city and have it ticketed? It sounds bitchy on my part, but because of this car, it backs traffic up endlessly because we have to wait for the oncoming lane to be clear to go around them.

[codynw]

This guy would kill himself if he lived where I do. I live near an elementary school and I have to deal with so many inconsiderate people parking around my house. I've seen people drive across my lawn because they didn't back up to complete a U-turn properly, block my driveway, take up both parking spots in front of my house (if you park properly, there's two spots. If you don't there's only one), block the alley, and I'm sure plenty of other annoying things that I can't think of right now.

People suck.

[fundmark19]

As other people have mentioned it is the people who have a garage or a parking pad behind their house who refuse to use the spots that irritate me. I had a duplex with front attached single garage. I paid to widen my driveway with my neighbour so we had extra spots for 2 vehicles. Then the yahoos across the street in detached homes with parking pads and 3 cars would refuse to park out back and park in front of the one guest spot we had for myself and neighbour. I then decided to just park my motorbike in the middle of the spot and move it when my neighbour or myself had company to ensure we had a guest spot

I have sinced moved from that house and have a house in a culdesac with front attached and rear detached garage so I don't need to worry about this. I have at least 2 spots at all time for visitors.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Technically they aren't allowed to park the tent trailer on the driveway for an extended period of time.

Yeah, there are probably 5 of them on our street. Mine was in my driveway for years, so I've never spoken up about it. Now that I have a bigger trailer I store elsewhere....

[polak]

People fail to realize they have no claim to the spot in front of their house.

When I lived with my parents and parked on the street, I had one of the neighbors come and complain that I parked in front of their house for one night. ONE NIGHT. Good thing it was my dad that answered the door cause I would have snapped.

There was someone in the spot I usually parked in and I specifically parked in the spot I chose for the night cause they never parked cars on the road. I guess I could MAYBE understand their frustration if I was parked there for a week or something but even then I would struggle to sympathize with them as THEY DON'T ####ING PARK THERE.

I don't care if my car being in front of your house annoys you. It's not your property. Deal with it.

[Dentoman]

Originally Posted by habernac

Yeah, there are probably 5 of them on our street. Mine was in my driveway for years, so I've never spoken up about it. Now that I have a bigger trailer I store elsewhere....

My buddy lives on a street that has someone who calls Bylaw Services on this all the time. He has had his tent trailer on his driveway to pack/unpack (he stores it in his garage) and bylaw shows up at his door 24 hours later (or whatever the max time allowed is) to tell him to move it.
My street .... a guy has his boat on his driveway all summer, nobody says anything. Around us, lots of trailers out for the summer, no calls.

[Russic]

I'm sure once we follow suit with Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto and start charging homeowners for the spot in front of their house everyone will be happy, right?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Russic

I'm sure once we follow suit with Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto and start charging homeowners for the spot in front of their house everyone will be happy, right?

Fo Reals?

[polak]

Originally Posted by Dentoman

My buddy lives on a street that has someone who calls Bylaw Services on this all the time. He has had his tent trailer on his driveway to pack/unpack (he stores it in his garage) and bylaw shows up at his door 24 hours later (or whatever the max time allowed is) to tell him to move it.
My street .... a guy has his boat on his driveway all summer, nobody says anything. Around us, lots of trailers out for the summer, no calls.

Man some people are such #### bags.

How does someone having a tent trailer on their own drive way affect you in anyway? Literally complaining for the sake of complaining.

I'd love to round up all the people who ever complained about something like that and launch them into the sun.

[Cube Inmate]

I want to know what grounds exist for demanding someone remove "*ucking" from a sign of private property? Is there a dictionary somewhere that lists all the words that are illegal in Calgary?

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

***As an aside, if you have a wheelchair/handicap permit, can you just park wherever? There's a side street just before our house that is incredibly narrow. There are no parking signs everywhere, but there's one car that occasionally parks there, but it has a handicap permit. Can they do that or can I call the city and have it ticketed? It sounds bitchy on my part, but because of this car, it backs traffic up endlessly because we have to wait for the oncoming lane to be clear to go around them.

To the best of my knowledge, the only benefit granted via a handicap pass is the ability to park in handicap marked parking stalls without risking a fine. It doesn't grant you a "you can park anywhere you want whenever you feel like it" power. If the signs you mention are "No Parking" and not "No Parking Except by Handicap Permit"...you can totally call Parking Authority on the vehicle. Especially as it's causing traffic issues.

[Doodlebug]

Originally Posted by polak

Man some people are such #### bags.

How does someone having a tent trailer on their own drive way affect you in anyway? Literally complaining for the sake of complaining.

I'd love to round up all the people who ever complained about something like that and launch them into the sun.

I wish they would have to disclose who complained.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Fo Reals?

My guess it'll come one day. http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/05/26...-werent-warned

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

I wish they would have to disclose who complained.

Shirley you can't mean that. Nobody would report anything.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by polak

Man some people are such #### bags.

How does someone having a tent trailer on their own drive way affect you in anyway? Literally complaining for the sake of complaining.

I'd love to round up all the people who ever complained about something like that and launch them into the sun.

Because it looks like shat. If you can't keep your property looking neat and tidy, I already am annoyed with you. If you can't keep your property neat and tidy and you're breaking bylaws, I'm going to complain until you comply.

The reason I care is because it's inconsiderate to your neighbours to not maintain your property to the standard of the properties around you. If you can't maintain your house in a nice state of repair, go get a condo (where the exterior is taken care of for you) or move to an acreage (where I don't have to look at your mess).

Neat/clean/tidy people are so because they're more comfortable in neat/clean/tidy surroundings. If your mess/junk is breaking a bylaw, why should I have to deal with discomfort when it's you that is breaking the bylaw? If some slob's fence is falling over, paint is falling off his house, starts projects and doesn't finish them, doesn't clean his gutters, parks his jalopies on the front lawn, leaves his crappy tent trailer on the driveway, etc., his neighbours have every right to complain. They're not a-holes for complaining; the guy is an a-hole for breaking the bylaw.

And should you talk to the neighbour before complaining? Definitely never. It's not good for the community. You want plausible deniability: "Somebody called on you for that?! What a prick! Weird, never bothered me..." Then when their mess is dealt with, you can carry on having a nice, civil relationship with them. You're not the guy who complained on them (in their mind), which is better for everybody's peace of mind.

[AcGold]

Nothing is more annoying than a neighbor that wakes up early to start his chopper so that it can warmup everyday... in the summer, at 6:30 am. I'm not a violent person but that one was close.

And if a neighbor parking in front of your house is annoying first ask them not to do it. Then if they ignore just park in front of their house.