HOA intervenes in fight over limited parking space, enforces new rule to get back at frustrating resident: 'Now [he] has to park his car far from his front door for at least 1 year'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 19, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Here is one of those rare instances in which an HOA was on the right side of an issue. 

You know that you're a major problem if everyone else in the neighborhood agrees with how your HOA dealt with you. This neighborhood had two desired parking spaces, one of which everyone unanimously agreed belonged to an elderly neighbor. The other space was hogged by an annoying resident, who would go out of his way to ensure that no one ever snagged his spot. Well, his stubborn nature got him absolutely nowhere, except perhaps in hot water with the presiding HOA. They ended up creating an entirely new rule just so they could force him to give up his spot. For once, we have a group of HOA board members who listened to the complaints of the community and took meaningful action, albeit at the expense of the annoying resident.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more anecdotes like this, check out this compilation of the top HOA horror stories from this past week.

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  • 01
    "All this just because he didn't want to move his car for one day"
    via Karina Carvalho
  • 02
    Don't want to move your car for one day. Lose your convenient parking spot for a year. M ос
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 03
    This happened on last 26th January and today the malicious compliance was done not by me but the committee of the society where I live. This drama conveniently happened in front of my window.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 04
    In my city the residential complexes are managed by housing societies much like the HOA system in the USA, just not as horrible. Each society has their own committee to manage day to day affairs.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 05
    Also, as my society has much more parking spaces then it has cars, it has no designated parking spots allotted to the residents. Anyone can park their vehicle wherever they want but it must be a marked parking spot. People mostly park their cars in the same parking spot just because of convenience and habit. Everyone mostly respects each others spot and I have never seen any confontrations happening because of the parking.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 06
    So, those of you who don't know, 26th January is the Republic day of India and all over the country the day is celebrated by flag hoisting ceremony in the morning. The flagpole of our society where the flag hoisting ceremony will be held is just in front of main gate of society. There are two parking spaces just under the flag pole. All other parkings are further away from main gate and you have to walk some distance to reach there from the main gate.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 07
    The thing to note is that these two parkings are very very convenient for all the flats which are facing this flagpole. However, out of respect people have left one of the parking for one elderly person whose flat faces the flagpole and the other spot is taken up by a annoying kind of person who never moves his car from this place, else someone will steal his spot. If this person wants to get into his car he just has to walk a dozen feet from his front door.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 08
    On the evening of 25th January committee members asked this person to move his car for a day so that the decorations and other arrangements for the next day's flag hoisting can be made.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 09
    Someone had already moved the car of the elderly person. However, the annoying guy was too frustrated about moving the car and first argued alot with committee people saying that there is no such rule in society rule book that someone has to move their car for any kind of festivities and if you want to move his car you have to write a rule in the rule book.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 10
    After a lot of arguments and interference of other people he finally moved his car. The decorations were done in the night and next day a small but beautiful ceremony was held.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 11
    AND in the evening of 26th everyone in the society received a message that there was an emergency meeting of the committee. The rule book has been amended and it has been decided that those 2 parking spots have to be converted into one and anyone who wants to park in that one spot has to take prior permission from the society committee.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 12
    As expected only two people applied for that parking spot- the elderly person and the annoying guy. And today the committee unanimously decided that the elderly person is in much more need of that convenient parking spot because of his age and that spot has been allotted to him for one year.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 13
    Now the annoying guy has to park his car far from his front door for at least 1 year (pretty sure that he is not going to get the spot next year too). He is not going to like this more in the coming rainy season. As we live in Mumbai which is notorious for its horrible monsoon rains each year. All this just because he didn't want to move his car for one day.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 14
    Last-Woodpecker Reminds me a story that happen here in Brazil where people where building a side walk and ask some guy to remove his car. He denied and went to work, only to find his car concreted to the floor up until the middle of its wheels.
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 15
    Foggy_Radish Nice! Got to love it when people get bit by their own mouths! ↑ 744 Reply Share
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 16
    Professional-Gear-39. There is no rule, you can't make me. New rule, we can now. 742 Reply Share
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 17
    BrobdingnagLilliput . Life Pro Tip: Go along to get along. This story is the perfect example of why. 118 Reply Share
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 18
    LordStark_01 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, amirite 110 Reply Share
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 19
    outtamywayigottap who wants to bet that when elderly resident no longer needs the spot, it'll be taken away completely
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 20
    OptmstcExstntlst Never dare the people who can actually change the rules to change them. That's asking for a loss!
    via u/rashmisalvi
  • 21
    JustineDelarge I rarely get the chance to use this Shakespeare- coined expression, but today is my lucky day. Hoist with his own petard!
    via u/rashmisalvi

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