A homeowner's struggle with entitled neighbors blocking their driveway escalates when an Airbnb opens in a nearby house, leading to frequent parking violations and a tense confrontation with a longtime neighbor.
The author of the post has a very long commute to work, which becomes even more complicated thanks to their entitled neighbors . The situation got worse as an Airbnb was opened in a neighboring house, so that the tenants started leaving their cars in the author’s driveway even more often. The author started fighting this by regularly reporting it to the police so that the offending cars got ticketed and towed.
Recently it happened so that a longtime neighbor’s car was also ticketed – and he scolded the author harshly for “framing” him. The Original Poster (OP) says that they live in a not-so-prestigious area, and they have a narrow driveway, which was often blocked by neighbors’ cars before. After an Airbnb opened in one of the neighboring houses (the author suspects that it’s illegal, because there are so many people staying there all the time), the problem only got worse. The author’s commute is around 3 hours, every minute of waiting for the driveway to be unblocked so that the OP can leave in their car is worth its weight in gold. Finally, the author decided to fight this dominance of illegal parking, and every time they noticed that the driveway was blocked, they immediately informed the city authorities so that the violators’ car would be, and the offender themselves would get a ticket. This is what happened this time, when the OP once again saw someone else’s car on their driveway. However, this time, apparently, it turned out that the person who blocked the author’s driveway was their longtime neighbor. He cursed the original poster, seeing his car being towed, and they were left wondering whether they did the right thing, and whether they had made a long-term enemy in that guy. As for the legal side of the issue, the original poster is absolutely right, and there’s no doubt about it. For example, Deep Sentinel that any parking that results in your car blocking other vehicles from entering the road is considered blocking the driveway and, accordingly, is a violation. In such cases, it is strongly recommended: firstly, to knock on their window or door, if the driver is in the car. If the driver is not there, and the exit is not urgent for you, you can leave a note, politely asking the driver to clear the driveway and refrain from parking there. But if you need to leave urgently, and there’s no way to contact the driver – then you can and even should call the police so that they can issue a ticket and have the offending car towed if necessary. In any case, “if you’re being prevented from leaving then this could be classified as an anti-social behaviour offence and law enforcement may be able to intervene,” the Windscreen Company As for the “moral” aspect of this situation, people in the comments were quick to assure the original poster that they were absolutely right. Yes, of course, there is always the risk of becoming “that” obnoxious neighbor, constantly complaining to the authorities for the slightest reason, but this doesn’t mean that you should allow various entitled folks to regularly create inconveniences for you. Also, some readers strongly recommended that the author contact the Airbnb owners to try to solve this problem once and for all and in no case be afraid to defend their rights. “Very few people want to be that person having to call the city all the time, but there’s not much else you can do,” one of the responders wrote totally reasonably. And what do you, our dear readers, also think about this? People in the comments gave the author their fullest support and urged them to always stand up for their rights
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