Since moving in to my new place a few months ago, I've noticed a few aspects of the place are quite different from when I lived at home. The first issue involved one of the tennants of the apartment complex next door who would play his music at ridiculous levels at nearly all hours of the day. We finally had a talk with him, and the volume was greatly reduced.
This latest issue, while not as serious, is still an annoyance but is much more difficult to resolve by speaking to someone.
To avoid a lengthy explanation of the geography of the area (and because I'm bored) here's a Google Map with some lovely MSPaint annotations.
The problem we have is that people are constantly turning left into our driveway in order to turn around. During the day, it's an annoyance mostly because, well, it's our driveway and not public property. it also makes the dogs go nuts because they know that the sound of a car approaching means someone is here. Factor in that this happens multiple times an hour, likely by cars turning around to park in front of the apartments, and you can imagine how it'd get to be a major pain in the ass. When it happens at night, you can see where our front windows are. If we have the windows open to let cool air in, we also get some nice headlights blasting in through the open blinds, on top of the noise of their cars (which arent always the best running vehicles) and of course, the dogs.
To me, it's just rude to use someone else's property. I was out washing my car one evening and 2 cars did it with em standing right out there. They didn't just inch into the driveway, they put their entire car in there, because they had to wait for another car that was driving from the opposite direction. it was really awkward..I just stood there looking at them like
as they sat idling in my driveway.
It would be one thing if it were a random thing, once and a while from people taking a wrong turn...but it is all the time, every day by mostly the same cars. In fact, that red truck you see under the word "Office"...that's one of the repeat offenders.
The problem is...how do you talk to people to get them to stop? There could eb at least a dozen cars that do this, and we have no idea who the drivers are. They could even be just visitors of tennants and not the tennants themselves.
I'm considering putting up a sign that says Private Driveway No U or something. We tried parking our cars at the very rear of the driveway, but from time to time we have visitors who need to use the small lot to the right of the driveway and doing so blocks access to that area.
Anybody else ever had this issue? I know to some it may seem like nothing, but when it happens with the frequency that it does for us, it's just ridiculous. As you can see on the map, there are many other options for someone looking to turn around, but we happen to be the first driveway ont he left, so everybody just thinks they can use it as they please.
This latest issue, while not as serious, is still an annoyance but is much more difficult to resolve by speaking to someone.
To avoid a lengthy explanation of the geography of the area (and because I'm bored) here's a Google Map with some lovely MSPaint annotations.
The problem we have is that people are constantly turning left into our driveway in order to turn around. During the day, it's an annoyance mostly because, well, it's our driveway and not public property. it also makes the dogs go nuts because they know that the sound of a car approaching means someone is here. Factor in that this happens multiple times an hour, likely by cars turning around to park in front of the apartments, and you can imagine how it'd get to be a major pain in the ass. When it happens at night, you can see where our front windows are. If we have the windows open to let cool air in, we also get some nice headlights blasting in through the open blinds, on top of the noise of their cars (which arent always the best running vehicles) and of course, the dogs.
To me, it's just rude to use someone else's property. I was out washing my car one evening and 2 cars did it with em standing right out there. They didn't just inch into the driveway, they put their entire car in there, because they had to wait for another car that was driving from the opposite direction. it was really awkward..I just stood there looking at them like
as they sat idling in my driveway. It would be one thing if it were a random thing, once and a while from people taking a wrong turn...but it is all the time, every day by mostly the same cars. In fact, that red truck you see under the word "Office"...that's one of the repeat offenders.
The problem is...how do you talk to people to get them to stop? There could eb at least a dozen cars that do this, and we have no idea who the drivers are. They could even be just visitors of tennants and not the tennants themselves.
I'm considering putting up a sign that says Private Driveway No U or something. We tried parking our cars at the very rear of the driveway, but from time to time we have visitors who need to use the small lot to the right of the driveway and doing so blocks access to that area.
Anybody else ever had this issue? I know to some it may seem like nothing, but when it happens with the frequency that it does for us, it's just ridiculous. As you can see on the map, there are many other options for someone looking to turn around, but we happen to be the first driveway ont he left, so everybody just thinks they can use it as they please.
