Neighbor keeps parking in front of our house

[Anonymous]

I can't believe we are on page 7 of a thread about street parking in an urban environment and people are still trying to argue it isn't rude to park in front of a neighbor's house for a week at a time.

GTFO of the city if you can't understand that. Seriously- move to the burbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a public street. You do not own the space in front of your house.

End of story.

Neither do the rude people.

That is the story. Try and keep up

I don't have to "keep up" I am not bothered if someone parks in front of my house on a public street.

One would argue that you are keeping up if you've put in enough time to even notice that someone replied to your comment (on a 7 page post) and then submit another response.

How informative!

[Anonymous]

Streets are public property. There’s nothing you can do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe we are on page 7 of a thread about street parking in an urban environment and people are still trying to argue it isn't rude to park in front of a neighbor's house for a week at a time.

GTFO of the city if you can't understand that. Seriously- move to the burbs.

It’s an urban environment and a public street. If the space is open, it’s free to park in.

GTFO and go back to the burbs if you think you have a right to say who parks on a public street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish people weren’t allowed to park on the street. In my parents’ town you aren’t allowed on the street overnight.

Do they live in a sundown town?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We spent 15 years living in some of the more urban areas of DC, where people would have laughed out loud at someone who suggested that no one park in front of their house. We moved to the burbs about 7 years ago, and I confess, I feel a quick twinge of irritation when someone parks in front of my house. But I quickly stamp it down, because IT'S FREAKIN' RIDICULOUS. Who cares?

Seriously, OP, why do you care? You already said it doesn't impact your life at all.

Absolute horsesh*t. I've lived in Capitol Hill and Old Town (SE quadrant no less) and everyone knows that the only way you take the spot in front of someon'es house is if there are literally no other spots available.

Like the Del Ray guy said- it is the height of rudeness to park in front of someone else's house and leave it there for a day or more. Taking up two spots would get your tires slashed in Boston.

The whole idea is to lessen the burden of lugging kids and groceries in and out of the house. If obeyed, everyone benefits. All the toys go back into their places.

That might work where there are large SF rowhouses and no multi-family housing, at least a few blocks form a commercial strip - maybe. I lived in Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights, close to apartments buildings, condos, retail and restaurants, and where there's no street parking during the working day on one side of the street. Even apart from the visitors to the area who park, there simply isn't one spot per residence on those streets, never mind multiple spots per residence. You park where you can, hope it isn't more than a half a block away, and do a little jog if you find a spot in front of your house.

Please try and keep up. Are you always this dense?

Rowhouses aren't SF houses. They are, by natur.e and name, ... part of a row of houses. Please, try to keep up.

Not quite. There are row houses in which a single family lives, and that would be a SFH. Then there are ones that are broken up into apartments, and those are not SFH. A house need not be detached from its neighbors to be a SFH—go to any college town and you will see huge old Victorians that are a warren of student apartments. They have multiple bathrooms and kitchens.

THe 'single' in SFH not only refers to a unit for one family but it refers to one unit existing on oits own. If there is another home attcahed to it, it isn't a single family home. At least not in the eyes of the mortage holder and insurer. Language matters.

No, that’s not correct. Either a house is a single family home or a multi-family home. Tell me you’re not a city-dweller without telling me you’re not a city-dweller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read a bunch of the responses and I still don’t get why it’s rude for people to park in front of another house.

I’ve lived in DC proper and in the MD burbs and I don’t get why this would bother anyone if it’s public parking unless a car is abandoned or something. It’s not your spot just because it’s in front of your house any more than it’s your pavement. If no one has a driveway or alley I can imagine how etiquette could develop but it doesn’t sound like OP wants to park there anyway.

I doubt you'd be ok with neighborhood kids marking up 'your' pavement with those rinsible colored chalk while leaving theirs nice and clean.

And the county certainly does see it as 'your' pavement when it's time to shovel.

Back to the OP, she's already acknowledged that it's public property, however it's annoying. If you don't mind, that's so very nice of you. But there are others that find it rude.

[Anonymous]

It's not rude. Anyone can park wherever they want on a public street!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe we are on page 7 of a thread about street parking in an urban environment and people are still trying to argue it isn't rude to park in front of a neighbor's house for a week at a time.

GTFO of the city if you can't understand that. Seriously- move to the burbs.

Did OP say where they live? I toured a house in North Arlington a few months back where this was definitely an issue. There was a next door neighbor who had a couple of older model cars parked on the street in front of the house for sale. Was pretty difficult to miss -- cars were there the few times I drove by on different dates and times of day, and were also in the exact same place on google street view. And for various reasons, it was quite obvious that the cars belonged to the neighbor. So definitely not just a city issue. I passed on the house, not so much because of the cars, but more because I did have some concern as to what that neighbor would be like on a day-to-day basis. House prices are so crazy that it was better for me to wait than take the risk.

[Anonymous]

^ DP, but how does a car parked in front of my house limit accessibility to it? This is really a made up problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ DP, but how does a car parked in front of my house limit accessibility to it? This is really a made up problem.

Do you have everything delivered? You must WFH daily.

Do you never go out to get groceries? Not have young kids? Some of us have to haul things to/from work. It's basic etiquette to park in front of your own home, and not others. If you have multiple cars, be mindful of others and don't be a street hog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ DP, but how does a car parked in front of my house limit accessibility to it? This is really a made up problem.

Do you have everything delivered? You must WFH daily.

Do you never go out to get groceries? Not have young kids? Some of us have to haul things to/from work. It's basic etiquette to park in front of your own home, and not others. If you have multiple cars, be mindful of others and don't be a street hog.

But the OP has a driveway! And it no one has a driveway, it’s public street parking! When I lived in AdMo I almost never got a spot right in front of my condo or even on my block. That’s life with no garage/driveway. I don’t understand why anyone feels entitled to a legal, public parking space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We spent 15 years living in some of the more urban areas of DC, where people would have laughed out loud at someone who suggested that no one park in front of their house. We moved to the burbs about 7 years ago, and I confess, I feel a quick twinge of irritation when someone parks in front of my house. But I quickly stamp it down, because IT'S FREAKIN' RIDICULOUS. Who cares?

Seriously, OP, why do you care? You already said it doesn't impact your life at all.

Absolute horsesh*t. I've lived in Capitol Hill and Old Town (SE quadrant no less) and everyone knows that the only way you take the spot in front of someon'es house is if there are literally no other spots available.

Like the Del Ray guy said- it is the height of rudeness to park in front of someone else's house and leave it there for a day or more. Taking up two spots would get your tires slashed in Boston.

The whole idea is to lessen the burden of lugging kids and groceries in and out of the house. If obeyed, everyone benefits. All the toys go back into their places.

That might work where there are large SF rowhouses and no multi-family housing, at least a few blocks form a commercial strip - maybe. I lived in Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights, close to apartments buildings, condos, retail and restaurants, and where there's no street parking during the working day on one side of the street. Even apart from the visitors to the area who park, there simply isn't one spot per residence on those streets, never mind multiple spots per residence. You park where you can, hope it isn't more than a half a block away, and do a little jog if you find a spot in front of your house.

Please try and keep up. Are you always this dense?

Rowhouses aren't SF houses. They are, by natur.e and name, ... part of a row of houses. Please, try to keep up.

Not quite. There are row houses in which a single family lives, and that would be a SFH. Then there are ones that are broken up into apartments, and those are not SFH. A house need not be detached from its neighbors to be a SFH—go to any college town and you will see huge old Victorians that are a warren of student apartments. They have multiple bathrooms and kitchens.

THe 'single' in SFH not only refers to a unit for one family but it refers to one unit existing on oits own. If there is another home attcahed to it, it isn't a single family home. At least not in the eyes of the mortage holder and insurer. Language matters.

You're right that language matters. You're wrong on the definition. A single family home by any definition includes traditional row houses. Each row house sits on its own lot, which is separately owned in few simple. Plus, "in the eyes of the mortgage holder," single family housing includes up to four units on the property. Go read 12 CFR 1281.1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ DP, but how does a car parked in front of my house limit accessibility to it? This is really a made up problem.

Do you have everything delivered? You must WFH daily.

Do you never go out to get groceries? Not have young kids? Some of us have to haul things to/from work. It's basic etiquette to park in front of your own home, and not others. If you have multiple cars, be mindful of others and don't be a street hog.

But the OP has a driveway! And it no one has a driveway, it’s public street parking! When I lived in AdMo I almost never got a spot right in front of my condo or even on my block. That’s life with no garage/driveway. I don’t understand why anyone feels entitled to a legal, public parking space.

In a neighborhood where street parking is a precious commodity, you park where you can.

But if you have a choice to park in front of your neighbor's house, your own house, or 15 feet away in front of no-one's house... you do not park in front of your neighbor's house. That's just rude, when there are other options.

And if you have multiple cars... time to downsize, especially if they are not frequently all gone at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ DP, but how does a car parked in front of my house limit accessibility to it? This is really a made up problem.

Like I said, I was not concerned about the cars, but more in terms of what it meant for how the neighbor behaved generally. Maybe the neighbor was fine, and if OP has no other issues with the neighbor, then I agree it's a non-issue. But when you're house shopping and can't get to know the neighbors, you have to rely on these clues.