27-year-old tenant calls out new neighbors for refusing to move their car from her assigned parking spot for 2 weeks: 'This is literally a lease violation that management should be addressing'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Nov 6, 2025 8:00 AM EST

When two neighbors engage in an ongoing parking disputes, it's only a matter of time before all decorum is lost.

This 27-year-old tenant had been living in an apartment complex with a guaranteed, assigned parking spot. There was never any level of confusion among other people in the building as to who was entitled to which space. Everyone followed the rules according to the lease agreements they signed with the property manager.

That is, until the new couple moved in next door. Perhaps they felt like the rules didn't apply to them because they were older members of the community. Or perhaps they simply did not care to read the fine print. Regardless, it became clear to this author after the couple blatantly ignored her parking note that they were not doing this by accident. 

If it was really an honest mistake, these two would have acknowledged the note, apologized, and parked their vehicle in another spot moving forward. But that's not what happened. Instead, they chose to put up a fight. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of this online community!

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  • A blue "reserved parking" sign stands in front of a red wall.
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  • The most frustrating part of this tenant's tumultuous parking debacle was that her property manager refused to step in to resolve the situation. Considering that this was a clear violation of the author's lease, management should have felt obligated to confront the new neighbors on the tenant's behalf. However, the fact that they left this confrontation entirely to the tenant to handle is a gross refusal to assume responsibility.

  • "New neighbors moved in and have been using my assigned parking spot for two weeks"

    I (27F) live in an apartment complex where parking is assigned. Each unit gets one specific numbered spot. I've had spot #47 for the three years I've lived here. It's in my lease. Two
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  • weeks ago, new neighbors moved into the building. Since then, someone has been parking in my spot almost daily. Not - occasionally almost every single day.
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  • The first few times I left notes on the windshield saying "This is assigned parking, please use your assigned spot." Notes were ignored. I contacted the leasing
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  • office. They said they'd "send a notice to the new resident" about parking assignments. Nothing changed. I've had to park in visitor parking (which is further
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  • away and often full) or on the street multiple times. I'm paying for an assigned spot that I can't use.
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  • Yesterday I came home at 10pm after a long day. My spot was taken AGAIN. Visitor parking was full. I had to park three blocks away on the street and walk back in the dark with groceries. I went
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  • back to the leasing office this morning. The manager said "Have you tried talking to them directly?" I said I've left multiple
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  • notes. She said "Well, I can't get involved in disputes between residents. You'll need to work it out between yourselves."
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  • I'm so frustrated that I'm being told to "work it out myself" when this is literally a lease violation that management should be addressing.
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  • Mason JarFlowers . Can you tow them?? Every apartment I have lived in that had assigned paid for parking, you can have a violator towed from your spot. I used tow people all of the time. Bc I paid $100 for my spot monthly so f**k em.
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  • If your spot is in your lease, your management office is in breach of contract by not having the violators towed.
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  • Ask for a refund or credit for not being able to use your spot. Send an email to management to have it in writing with photos of the dates and times the car has
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  • been in your spot. Call the non emergency police line and ask them what their protocol is for someone parking in a private spot on private property.
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  • Showmethe_monet. TOW THEIR A ES!!! This exact scenario happened to me. I had them towed twice (make sure you have your lease agreement showing that you pay for that assigned spot) Towed them. twice...guess who never parked in my f ing spot again
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  • Global-Move-3525. Your leasing manager is not doing her job. Send an email to the corporate office explaining your situation and cc the leasing manager.
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  • Attach a photo of the violation. Don't point fingers at the leasing manager. Just say that you have reported the ongoing incident and the situation has not been
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  • resolved. Then put a note on the vehicle that you have contacted corporate to rectify the situation. Now it is all documented.
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