‘My neighbour tells me my parking space is hers for stupid reason’

What would you expect from your new neighbours when you move into a new area? Would you expect them to give you a card to let you know their details in case you need them? Or maybe a bunch of flowers to welcome you, to let you know that they’re nice, generous people?

When one woman moved into a new house, which came with a parking space, she was left dumbfounded when her neighbour immediately demanded something of her, claiming the owner of her rented property had made a promise to her.

Taking to Reddit, the woman who had recently moved explained: “There is an alley parallel with my street. Between my street and the alleyway, each lot has two houses on it (an old-timey area where houses are not in a cookie-cutter development).

“We have completely different addresses, but both my house and the house behind me are two different addresses. I have a driveway that leads to a carport. The back house renter says the owner ‘promised’ she could park in my driveway since she was ‘here first’.”

The woman was left furious at the neighbour who claimed she was allowed to use the space, saying it was her driveway and her address. She was unsure why the neighbour was alleging these things.

Warning: The below post contains strong language.

She fumed: “And the leasing agency was ZERO help because they can’t speak on what the owner has done with these renters.

“She wouldn’t even move her car when we were moving in for ease of unloading. I just don’t understand where people get so entitled. And I would like to fight her on this, but I wouldn’t even know how”.

The disgruntled woman seethed that she was having to park on her “front yard” because there’s “not enough street parking” for both her and her husband’s cars without using their driveway. But because the neighbour had claimed that, they had no choice.

The woman ended the post by saying the situation was just “infuriating,” and she needed advice.

One person wrote: “Read your lease. If your lease says the driveway is your property that you are renting. Call the police and have her ticketed and towed. It doesn’t matter what anyone said verbally what does it say in writing?”

Someone pointed out: “Assigned parking spaces, carports or garages are intended for resident use only. No sharing, assigning or sub-leasing of assigned parking spaces, carports or garages is allowed”.

Another fumed: “Write a cease and desist letter, you don’t need to have an attorney to do this. Cite this specific part of your lease, or even include a copy of this part.

“Give a deadline to remove the car from your property and threaten to contact law enforcement and even pursue legal recourse if she doesn’t take action”.

One Redditor raged: “The landlord can’t give rights to something he doesn’t own. Her legal rights as a tenant are set out in her lease. If it isn’t in the lease, it isn’t part of her legal agreement for the lease of the property.

“She can either show you her lease where it gives her the right to park in your driveway or tell her the next time she does it you will have her towed. Make it her responsibility to get in touch with the landlord”.