'Don’t be that kind of neighbor!': New homeowner confronts entitled neighbor for letting guests park in his driveway, he puts up his own no parking sign

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 25, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

Imagine being welcomed into your new neighborhood, only to discover that your neighbor wants to continue using your driveway as her personal parking lot. Some welcome!

There is something to be said for neighbors extending occasional acts of generosity to one another. If one neighbor is throwing a party and requests access to your driveway for a one time thing, maybe that would be acceptable. However, to assume that you would be ok with that happening on a regular basis is an audacious display of entitlement. 

Thankfully, it seems that this new homeowner has dealt with people like this before. He knew from the moment his neighbor suggested that she was going to be doing this that he needed to nip this idea in the bud immediately. So before things got worse, he told her, in so many words, that there was no way he was going to give up his driveway for her guests. Let's just say that she did not take it well…

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  • The most amusing part of the story has to be the “no parking” sign that the author put up immediately after the confrontation with his entitled neighbor. Talk about a nice touch that really solidifies the point. You can almost picture this lady's reaction when she saw the sign the following day. It's giving temper tantrum! Good luck to the folks in her family who now have to listen to her complain about this guy day in and day out.

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    We moved into a new house last month, and it's been mostly great, except for the neighbor across the street.
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    She came over the day we moved in to "welcome" us, and then casually mentioned, "Oh by the way, we usually have guests park in your driveway since it's closer to our door. Hope that's okay!"
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    I said no, that wouldn't work for us. Well... a week later, I came home to find some random SUV parked square in my driveway.
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    I knocked on her door and asked her to have the guest move. She sighed, "Oh come on, it's just for tonight. Don't be that kind of neighbor."
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    I told her I am that kind of neighbor if "that kind" means expecting to use my own driveway. She looked at me like I'd kicked her dog, but at least they moved the car.
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    I've since put up a "No parking" sign and she hasn't spoken to me since. Fine by me!
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    Mrchameleon_dec. 2h ago Glad that you nipped that one in the bud!
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    Beloved OmegaMan 2h ago I can guarantee the previous owner of your house didn't let them do it either, and she saw her chance to take something she wasn't allowed to do before.
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    2centsOf • 2h ago Next time it happens, tow them.
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    ThealaSildorian ⚫2h ago After I bought a house about 10 years ago, I came home to find someone's pickup in my driveway. The owner, who lived several houses down, came to get it as I
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    was looking at it, and said he'd gotten into the habit of parking there while the house was empty (the previous owner had d six months before that).
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    I told him, "You should get out of that habit immediately. I have strange cars in my driveway towed, and I don't bother looking for the owners." I had been in the process of googling a tow company when he came by to get his truck
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    He gave me a funny look, and we didn't speak again after that. But he parked elsewhere after that.
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    Several-Honey-88... They may have had an 2h ago arrangement with the old owners. That ended the day of the sale and transfer. Get the number of a good tow company.
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    woodsman775 • 2h ago What is wrong with people today? That is all.
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    Sewing-Mama · 2h ago • Park behind them, even if you park in the street blocking the driveway. When they knock, don't be available. Be on a work call,
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    in the shower, on a VERY long walk, sleeping, listening to music with ear canceling headphones, etc. She FA. Make her FO.
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    Viviana_Fabia • 2h ago You're definitely not in the wrong here. She asked, you said no, and she tested the boundary anyway. That's not a misunderstanding, that's deliberate. Putting up a sign
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    was smart, and her reaction only confirms she didn't respect your space. You handled it calmly, and that's something to be proud of.
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