Got a nastygram this morning...

... for parking across from my house instead of directly in front of it. Really puts you in a sour mood, I have to say. Ending it with "Looking forward to being good neighbors!" was a nice touch. I thought about leaving a note, but it turns out Arlington County had already taken care of that for me, as he'd decided to park illegaly (in multiple ways), presumably to show me who's boss

You have to be kidding me. Why do people think they are entitled to have everything thier way. Next thing they will leave you a nasty to stop breathing their air. Best thing is you got last laugh and did not have to do anything. I could only whish neighbors would park a 911 in front of my house. Good luck with the TOOL of a neighbor and don't sweat it.

Did he at least sign it? My neighbor left a nasty message on my sister in laws car with two kids for parking in our Cul-De-Sac. Burns me up. Coward would even sign the letter. These kind of people are always nice to you when they see but talk behid your back. You're neighbor's probably Jeleous becuase you have a nice car.

I could recommend moving to Nashville. Wide open spaces and NICE people. Grew up in Potomac, MD and it would take a lot for me to move back to the DC area. Hey, at least it was a note and not a keying......

It it was happening on a regular basis, I would also write a letter or go over and ring the door bell.

Some people have nothing better to complain about. I would hate to be going through life in that state of mund, just looking for problems.

Honestly, if someone parked in front of my house on a regular basis (not just attending a party, etc.) I'd do more than call the cops

People do not own the road in front of their house, and in many areas the 1st 5 feet or so of the property adjacent to the raod is also property of the city. That being said, I would not park my car infront of someone elses house anyways, but I suppose it may happen in certain situations (fire hydrant, curved roads, driveways adjacent to one another, fear of being rear ended when neibour backs out of driveway, etc). If there was no reason and someone kept doing that, I suppose that I could make life difficult for that person by having the sprinkler system splash the car daily, have the landscaper blow the grass on the car after cuts, etc, to passively encourage them to park in thier own driveway.

Just curious...how come you didn't park in front of your own house? And, do you do this often?

wish my neighbor would park a p-car in front of my house instead of the POS clapped out minivan he usually leaves there.

Ask your neighbors for property tax you pay to cover that portion of the street in front of their house, should be a couple of hundred a year, and you'll never park there again. Until that time tell them to STFU.

I would only have a problem if the neighbor consistently parks in front of my house when his driveway and house-front are always clear. No, I don't own the pavement in front of my house, but I do find that extremely discourteous. Why would anyone need to do that?

Occassionally someone parking in front of my house, not a big deal. I'm not a fan of it, but it is public property. I live on quiet street and virtually no one parks on the street, so if someone did it all time, right in front of my house, yeah, I'd say something - in person. But come on, if it was Porsche I'd probably pull up a chair and have a beer next to it. Nice touch with the County taking care of it.

Could be something as simple as neighborhood covenants, and have nothing to do with that particular neighbor's personal opinions. I know our subdivision has convenants that I value a lot: no RV or boat parking in view of street, for example .... and that maintain / add to the property values of all the residents.

I forget the dimensions but I know im Maryland depending on the width of the street you are only allowed to park on one side of the street (to let emergency vehicles get in). IIRC that side is the side that's on the right as you face the direction you do coming into the street. Just for fun I would look into that and if he's on the side you have to park on say "sorry, it's the law, I don't like it any more than you do because it means I have to cross the street to get to my car"

I hate it when people park dripping junk in front of my house and leave me an oil slick to track into the house when I get out of my car...

i'm going with the consensus. I hate it when people repeatedly park in front of my house. If its a party or out of town guests then its fine, but I have a neighbor that whenever his family comes to visit, they park in front of my house instead of their house??? and no one is in front of their house. I have another problem with the people accross the street who have 2 pickups and an SUV, they park the suv in front of their house, directly in front of my driveway. Fine its their house park where you wnt, but I have caughjt them using my driveway to turn around in. Instead of their own. WTF, I have started parking one of the porsches or the Audi at the edge of the driveway but totally in the street blocking it as if there were a sidewalk to give them a friggin hint.... To make it worse, they have a garage they don't use, DUH

I used to have nehbors like that when I lived in Arlington VA, PITA, you should park in front of their house all the time. This neibhore would routinely call the cops and report a suspicious car or somesuch. I was told by the friendly constable that you cannot park for more than 24 hours in the same place and you must park your car pointing in the right direction, all of which led to tickets. Arlington is a over-regulated place, too many cops and too much taxes. Did you know that the counties in va. can chose how they assess your car, some do it on KBB, some do it at wholesale and some at retail ie. arlington, and then you get taxed every year at that rate. You should get an old porsche and laugh at them. sorry for the rant.

Also, in Arlington VA, the county considers you their personal cash cow that they can milk anytime they like, sorry but you need to be a homeless bum to afford to live there...

Last time (literally) I parked in front of my neighbor's house was to get my '01 Audi A4 out of my driveway and out of range of my oak tree during a bad early spring storm. On returning home, I found my neighbor's maple atop my Audi - insurance paid out >$5k to have the car repaired. So now I'm scared to death to park in front of ANYONE'S house. other than mine Fortunately the C4S was safe in it's garage bay!

here is my 2� worth on this. 1. In most states (check your local ordinances), as long as the street or curb are not marked as a no parking zone or no parking during some period of time, you or anyone else may park anywhere they like, including in front of your neighbors house. Most city parking ordinances set a time limit (like 24 - 72 hours) that a car may be parked in the same location, the vehicle must be facing the right direction and distance from the curb, but besides that you can park there without fear of impunity. 2. City, state, and federal laws & ordinances trump subdivision and homeowners association covenants. 3. If you have the *****, talk to your neighbor to find out what their basis for complaint is, and explain that streets are public areas that may not be regulated by adjacent property owners. 4. While I have to agree that I feel somewhat protective of my street easement, I have come to grips with the fact that on a public street anyone can park on it, including in front of my house.

Some a hole complainted to my family when I was a kid. They said the curb has their house number on it so it's reserved for them. I wish I was old enough back then to own their asses. On a street where no parking is allowed, my parents neighbor once parked and blocked my car on the drive way. I left a note since no street parking is permitted.

Of course, you might suggest they use an old East Boston technique...put out an old chair in front of their house so nobody ele can park there. They may feel that looks better than a gleaming Porsche. -- M

Since some people asked, the background is that we both live on corners, and thus have two sides of our house to park on. The number of "spots" is probably 3 in front, maybe 4 on each side. But it's moderately dense housing, and everyone street parks (garages? driveways? I wish!). I've parked around the block before when things have gotten crowded, though I've actually never parked in front of that particular house before. Both sides of my house were lined with cars, there were zero cars in front (or side) of his house. He wasn't home, and in fact, rarely is. Arlington is kind of nice, but the parking sucks at times

You think the parking sucks in Arlington try to find a space in any major German city. My German wife can not parallel park to save her life and me the American growing up in Oklahoma always has to park our cars. Anyway the nice thing for him to have done was to park in front of his house, oh well unfortunately people seem to become ruder every year or just maybe I am getting older....nah they are just getting ruder.

The guys complaining here about people parking in front of their house should try living in the big city with the big people. Manhattan, Chicago, as someone above noted - east Boston, or here in downtown Toronto, your million dollar house may include about 20 feet of curb in front of it ('cause your million dollar house is only 20 feet wide). There will be a miscellaneous car parked in front at all times. The entire street is bumper-to-bumper parked cars. If you're lucky enough to have a garage off a back lane it will hold at best two cars. If you're lucky enough to have more than two cars you will be fighting for a space out on that street somewhere within a quarter mile of your house. Oh, and by the way, people who live in urban neighborhoods like this generally despise cars, even though they own some clapped out early 80's Toyota or Volvo themselves. Their rusty Volvo will be the one parked in front of your house from November until April. After the snow melts off it they will drive it to the recycling station to pick up supplies for the compost heap they have located just 15 feet from your back deck. This is how the big boys live in the big city in their million dollar homes. Don't like somebody else's car parked in front of house? Sheesh! Life is great 'cause I have a Porsche in my garage out back! (in addition to the filthy-dirty Toyota in there and the rusty Volvo parked down the street in front of someone else's house ;-)

You live across the street from Vulture?

... and did he leave a dollar with the note?

Laugh my *** off!

Thank God I live in the country. Unless someone's having a party, no one parks on the street. If the road on your street is publically maintained, you have just as much right to the road in front of his house as he does.