‘Neighbour keeps stealing my parking space but I’ll get revenge’

When your apartment or home comes with a parking spot and someone else keeps leaving their vehicle there, it can get frustrating – especially if your only other option is to take someone else’s.

A man explained that he owns a townhouse, while his neighbour is renting one next door to him – and for some reason, they keep choosing to park their car in his spot.

He said that everyone who owns a property has their own parking space, but despite this, “the renter next door” had parked in the original poster’s spot “over six times”.

Getting fed up and not knowing what else to do, he “left a very nice note” explaining that he shouldn’t “park there if you don’t live there”.

However, this did not deter his neighbour, who continued to park there.

“It is literally my property,” he seethed, wondering what he could do to stop the person from parking there continually.

In the comments, people shared that it might be helpful to be more upfront in the note, rather than focusing on being nice.

One person wrote: “It might pay to be more direct in the note. Instead of adding ‘If you don’t live here,’ be clear and state that they have parked in your parking space that is allocated to your home.

“If they do this again, you will be forced to get their vehicle towed. I would also send an e-mail to their landlord advising them of the issue and include a copy of the note left on their tenant’s vehicle, just to keep them in the loop and informed of the situation. Good luck!”

Another reassured the stressed homeowner: “I mean, if you’ve left a note and they continue to park there, then you can politely but firmly tell them you’ll have their vehicle towed from your spot, and then you would need to follow through on that to have it done.”

Somebody else penned: “You sometimes have to be tough and just put a note don’t park in my parking spot. It is not yours and next time it will be towed”.

One woman pointed out that the person may have misunderstood what he meant with the note. She wrote: “You say you left ‘a very nice note’ not to park in your space ‘if [they] don’t live here’. Do you think they might have thought you meant ‘in the complex?’

“The better option would be a note saying ‘parking spaces are assigned. This is my spot. Please don’t park in it again. If you continue to park here, I will have to have your car towed’.

“You’ve been direct, you’ve been clear that this particular space is yours, and you’ve made expectations clear. That really should do the trick.”

One man added: “I parked behind my neighbour when they did this. They had to knock on my door and beg me to move my car so they could go to work. I made them wait 30 more minutes before moving my car. They never did it again.”