# Dispute with nighbors over parking, am I being a bitch **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564 "2015-12-28T14:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/81 "2015-12-30T16:42:47Z")
Your parking situation sounds similar to a lot of rowhouses in DC. I can’t find a good picture on line, but what a lot of people do is put up an automatic garage door connected to a wooden frame at the end of their pad. There is no garage, just the door that you can open and close without getting out of your car. It might be pricey, I don’t know, but I like Kayaker’s idea of splitting the towing fees with a company, you could finance the project through fees. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/82 "2015-12-30T17:29:33Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “It is used primarily in ambushes and as an \*\*anti-infiltration device \*\*against enemy infantry. **It is also used against unarmored vehicles**.” If the OP is dealing with armored vehicles being stationed in her parking space, all the advice in this thread so far is woefully inadequate. ---
**Author:** ![dizzee\_dee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dizzee\_dee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dizzee_dee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/83 "2015-12-30T20:39:11Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It doesn’t matter who they are, what matters is that they are parking on your property and blocking you in. This. Fix your latch. Put up signs and cameras. Then tow any and all that park on your property. No screaming. No confrontation. Just tow them every single time. And stop worrying about if you are being perceived as a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/84 "2015-12-30T21:11:43Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Didn’t they do a survey when you purchased? Weren’t you given a plat of survey, and weren’t there paint marks, pipes, or at least little flags at the corners? > > To even be questioning enforcing your property rights, you really need to know what is and is not your property. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Where I live, if you want a survey, you pay a guy to do it. The town has a map, but it doesn’t tell you where the corners are on the actual land. The guy might put up some little flags or pipes. And you might trust the ones from when your neighbor decided to do a survey, but you might not. And maybe none of your neighbors did a survey recently. > > It costs a few hundred dollars, too. I was under the impression that you had to get a survey done to get a mortgage. At least I had to and I’m glad they had me do it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/85 "2015-12-30T22:34:50Z")
Nope, just a title search. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/86 "2015-12-30T22:51:08Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I was under the impression that you had to get a survey done to get a mortgage. At least I had to and I’m glad they had me do it. Licensed title insurance agent in Virginia, DC and Maryland here. Lenders do not necessarily require the borrower to get a survey on the property to approve the loan, just that the title company will issue the final loan policy without the survey exception in Schedule B-1 exceptions from coverage. However, no competent title company will take on that risk and delete the survey exception without first receiving a recent survey on the property. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/87 "2015-12-31T19:16:47Z")
I second the bollard idea. Plant [one of them](http://www.bigbollards.com/services_mn.htm) a close to but well within your property corner and it is taken care of. > [@kayaker](#): > > I went to the Indianopolis 500 once with a group of guys. People were selling parking on their lawns _to the highest bidder_. How does that work? I show up, see there’s some open spots, offer $50. How long do I stick around to make sure I’m not outbid? What if I outbid one of the occupied spots? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564/88 "2015-12-31T19:44:54Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > How does that work? I show up, see there’s some open spots, offer $50. How long do I stick around to make sure I’m not outbid? What if I outbid one of the occupied spots? We were parked at our motel about a mile walk to the track. People were outside doing quick auctions for their available spots. “OK, anyone wanna go higher than a hundred?”, kinda deal. It was a crazy atmosphere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564.md?page=4)