We have a vacant rental where the neighbors keep parking inthe driveway. OBviously, the best way to fix this is get the place rents, but it's hard to get a place rented when folks are crowding into your space uninvited.

They're fairly "carefree"... 1st time I told them to move, they called me a "d*ckhead" for demanding they not park there. 2nd time I called the cops and they told them not to park there. But sure enough, as soon as I left my cleaning lady stops by to do the job and they park right behind her, blocking her in. I couldn't get over right away, so she did get out after asking them to move. But then she saw them pull right back in again after she got out and sent me a picture. I drove back over later but the car was gone, who knows where.

I've take pictures of license plates and told them next time I find a car in that driveway I'm just going to tow it, no warning. They seemed absolutely unconcerned and once again cussed me out. I'm not wanting to drive over there three times a day to check on this, so I am wondering if there's a camera I could mount in the front window that would show me if anyone is in the driveway? There's no internet service at this house, but there is good cellular service coverage. So ideally this device needs some kind of uplink to a satellite or something else that doesn't require regular home internet or a cell phone hotspot nearby. Then I could call the cops immediately when they park there and have them ticketed and/or towed.

Any thoughts or recommendations?

First time tow it

Second time torch it. Vandals you know.

Sid I think you can call a tow company and get them in cahoots with you. Those drivers WANT to tow and will patrol the neighborhood trying to find something.

Find out from them what they need in order to grab the car: 1) Just your permission as owner? 2) A sign that says "No Parking blah blah blah? What exactly? And then do it.

The last 2 times I had to deal with this issue I did the following & it seemed to solve the issue.

First time I spoke with them & asked them to move their car & please not do it again.

Second time at one property, I loosen 2 of their tire's valve stems which resulted in a couple of flat tires.

Second time at another property, I used one of my extra trucks to park them in until the next day.

I had this problem at my Industrial building. They took my space. I towed one car and it never happened again.

People are inconsiderate and stupid. My own house had someone parked in the driveway when I came home 9pm at night . There was empty space on the street but they decided my driveway was a good place to check their phones.

Another time my mom went out of town and I was checking her house. Someone parked in her driveway. Again, plenty of parking on the street, and neighbors driveways weren't occupied

I purchased a set of 4 tire jacks. You roll them under the cars tires and pump so the jack lifts the tires off of the ground and the car can be pushed in any direction.

On tenant of a 40 unit building next to mine loved to parking our driveway for hours so my tenants couldn't enter or leave.

So I pushed the offending vehicle into my rear parking area and chain their car to the Utility Poll.

I would not release the car. They would have to figure a way to reclaim it. They have to get a tow truck to spin the car 45 degrees cause there wasn't the space to drive out of that spot. And they'd need either a torch, saw or locksmith to unchain the car from the utility poll.

Towing might work.

I don't know of any camera that will work without internet service.

I wonder if you are the manager or the owner. (Not being their, I don't know there entire demeanor the first time you spoke, but...)

When they resisted the first time, how did you react? It sounds like you spoke in person.

I would have tried the approach of:

I have a cell trail camera. Doesn't take videos but does take pics and sends them to my phone.

Mine is made by Spypoint. They have 100 free pics a month or unlimited for I think $120/year.

The pics are pretty good sent to the phone and really good on the card in the camera.

On the plus side, if they have a car in the driveway, it looks like the house is occupied.

The only thing that will work is to have it posted and then tow them.

just let them know that they are welcome to park there WHEN YOU DON'T NEED IT. no parking your vendors in or out. if they do they get towed. if there's a car there...NO PARKING YOU DOPES!

Add some Super Sticky window stickers. (Bigger the Better)

Add some Super Sticky window stickers. (Bigger the Better)

I had someone parking in my condo's parking space in Los Angeles. I would drive in from Las Vegas to L.A. and arrive in the middle of the night to find my space occupied (and there is never street parking except right after street cleaning hours). I left polite notes to no avail, and finally had to have the car towed away. That solved the problem.