Property owner gets 3 of the entitled neighbor's cars towed after they presumptuously park in his garage without permission: 'It cost [him] $1,000'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Sep 14, 2024 7:00 PM EDT

Welcome back, fellow Internet perusers! That's certainly not the warm welcome that the guy in this next story received when he moved into a new neighborhood. Instead, u/SensitiveHat8490 was ushered into his new home to the tune of a tow truck horn, an empty threat, and a riotous guilt trip from an entitled neighbor. 

The original poster (OP) of this story rushed to a popular Reddit forum where posters can ask strangers to judge a scenario without bias, and there, he found that the eager public was firmly planted in his corner on this property line dispute. The guy had just purchased land in the neighborhood and was flabbergasted by the nature of his unneighborly neighbors; we picked up on the story when he had nearly completed construction on his property.

After reports of a hailstorm were predicted in their region, the guy's neighbor decided to park 3 of his vehicles in OP's covered garage. Because nobody lived in the house yet, I suppose the neighbor assumed that this would be fine–except he never bothered to ask for permission. 

As we all know as Internet experts, stomping around on someone's property and then having the audacity to leave 3 cars in their garage overnight is a pretty gargantuan overstep, which the neighbor found he'd have to pay for in spades. Read on for the fallout between neighbors that's costing this presumptuous neighbor more than just tow truck fees.

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    "It's called trespassing"
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    AITA for having my neighbor's cars towed from my garage? My house is being built in a neighborhood that's a few. years old. My lot is one of the few remaining lots and there
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    are occupied houses surrounding mine. The exterior is basically complete and the contractors are in the process of putting up the drywall. After work the other night, I decided to drive out to inspect the work. Everything
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    looked fine until I decided to check out my garage. When I opened the door, I saw 2 cars and a minivan parked INSIDE my garage. I called the contractor to see if he knew anything about them and he was as perplexed as I was.
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    My guess is that one of the neighbors decided to park their cars inside my garage because there was a slight chance of hail that night. At first I was just going to leave it alone but the more I thought about it the angrier I got. By
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    the time I got to my car, I was steaming mad. So much so that I called a tow company and had them tow all three vehicles away. The next morning my contractor called and told me the police was there to investigate the theft of the
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    vehicles. I had them put the police on the phone and explained that I was the owner of the property, had the vehicles towed, and gave them the tow company information. My contractor told me later that the owners of those vehicles were
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    shouting and cussing them out until the police made them leave. I went by after work and a guy confronted for me about being as having their vehicles towed. He was shouting about how I ruined their day because they missed work and their kids
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    were late to school because. He also said it cost almost $1,000 to get all 3 vehicles back and that I'll be covering the cost. I told him good luck with that and that he's the for parking in my garage without my permission. We went back and forth until his wife came and pulled him home.
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    Some of the other neighbors came out to watch our argument and afterwards some of them told me I was starting off on the wrong foot and should apologize to that guy. They said that I should be more neighborly and understand
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    that neighbors help each other out. One said that I should have left a note instead of having them towed. It seems all my neighbors are against me. I can see their point so maybe I overreacted? I'm not sure.
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    Dzov Imagine if the neighbor left a $50 with a note explaining the situation. Everyone could have been happy.
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    LvBorzoi You can see how much respect you will have from them...a good fence is going to be necessary.
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    Glowurm1942 NTA. Who the eff feels so entitled as to park their vehicles in someone else's garage even if the house isn't yet occupied?!?!? Starting off on the wrong foot? That's what the neighbor did by putting his things where they didn't belong. What if your contractor came back in the morning and they were still inside
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    and that's where your contractor had to do work or stage materials? That's potentially money out of his pocket or yours. What if this neighbor damaged something pulling in or out and just left without telling you? I'm certain they wouldn't have let you know or offered to pay to fix it.
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    DinaFelice I'm certain they wouldn't have let you know Exactly right. You know how you can be sure they wouldn't have let OP know? Because if they were the kind of people to communicate and take responsibility for their actions, they would have left a note on the cars identifying themselves, explaining why they were borrowing the garage, and their phone numbers so OP could easily contact them if it was a problem
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    RussColburn I agree 100! If I was the homeowner and saw the note with a 50 taped to it, I would have called and thanked them. If they had called and asked me, I would probably have let them use it. But to just find cars in my garage with no information - that takes brass.
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    Worth-Season3645 NTA....Sure, all neighbors are nice. Until something happens to their cats (My bad, should say cars!), while in your garage, illegally, and you are sued for damages.
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    Exactly how were they able to get into your garage without a door opener? And why could they not use their own garage? How were you to know they were a neighbors cars? Did they think to leave a note stating so? Squatters are a big thing in the US.
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    MerelyWhelmed1 They used your property without permission. These are the type of people who would turn around and sue you if something happened to their car on your property.
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    Turn it around on them. Tell them neighbors don't take advantage of each other, and they are supposed to make new people feel welcome, not exploited. Ask them how they would feel if they came to their
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    home and found strangers trying to occupy their space. Because you haven't even been introduced yet, and they decided to use your new home as their own. How in the world is that "neighborly." NTA.
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    Present Amphibian832 It's called trespassing! That was a lot of nerve, good luck with these AHs
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    Phoenix RisingToday NTA Your neighbors were extremely presumptuous to use your garage. That said, I don't know why you didn't just knock one someone's door and ask whose cars were there, and ask them to move. No, you
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    should not have to do that but you're also leaving a half-finished house there every night with neighbors who clearly don't feel inhibited about messing about with someone else's property.
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    And how are those houses close enough together for them to use your garage but far enough away that nobody noticed THREE tow trucks with flashing lights come into the neighborhood and tow the vehicles away? Congrats on having a huge garage, though. Jealous!!
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    DallasSherier To neighbors- build your own effing garage
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