For some reason, many people get very possessive of parking spots, even when they are not saved specifically for them.

What would you do if your neighbor, who was often gone for weeks at a time, got irate every time you parked in a spot she felt was hers?

That is what happened to the family in this story, so they documented it when it happened and eventually had to get the police involved, leading to the arrest of her and her son-in-law.

Threaten my pregnant wife over parking? Enjoy your misdemeanor! HOA Bully.

About 5 years ago I bought a 1500sq ft townhome condo in an up and coming town.

Right in the downtown area.

This is a valuable property with home prices having increased 35% since I purchased.

This was a wonderful area in walking distance of everything I loved as a single bachelor.

When I moved in all my neighbors were wonderful.

We all got along great except for one person.

She belonged to the HOA board but was moving on because you can only serve 8 years.

We’ll call her Gimpy J.

Gimpy J is a 65+year old widow whose husband died unexpectedly from a heart attack.

She doesn’t have much to do.

She met a man online and moved on and I was happy for her.

Talking to my passive neighbors I hear bits and pieces of why things are at the HOA because of Gimpy J and another woman who had to move because of age.

On the board the two of them bully residents.

They change the landscaping from mulch to pine needles, they stop upkeep on the pool deck because they hate kids.

They reported one house for anything and everything because their kids were too loud.

She bullied a woman with MS because Gimpy J was feeding feral cats and attracting raccoons and possums near our homes and Animal control was called.

Residents did not like her.

I got married and wife has been living with me for 2 years now, at this point.

We are very happy.

During this time Gimpy J began spending more and more time with her new boyfriend.

He lives about an hour away from our house in the country.

She would initially spend the weekend, then a week there, until she began living there all the time with very little time spent here.

Maybe 15min-2 hours a month would be at our complex.

This is a pretty reasonable rule.

Now at our complex there is only 1 rule on parking, each resident is entitled to two spots close to their building, but not necessarily in front of your unit and there is no limit to parking spots you may occupy.

CLOSE to it is the key word.

We have new folks on the board who are all under 40 years of age and the place is starting to get spruced up.

We have some friends over regularly and they park in front of our unit.

Gimpy J had 2 hip replacements done and we had not seen her in about 7 months.

In our little area of the complex consists of 8 town homes that face each other, 4 on one side 4 on the other.

There are 8 spots for three homes and a handicapped spot for one of our neighbors.

Gimpy J started coming back around in January for longer periods; a day on the weekend to go out downtown or to visit friends.

She started complaining that we were in her spots.

Again, there are no assigned spots.

We were willing to move our friends vehicles for her to another empty spot, that is until she started occupying two spots at a time with her vehicle.

This behavior continued as she would come in taking 2 spots any time she was here.

The rules in the Master Deed says no vehicle can take more than one spot without written permission from the Board of Directors or Property Management group and cannot continue for more than 2 days with permission.

This was to account for residents moving in and out.

Suddenly that spring My wife had a medical issue and was hospitalized for 4 days and on disability for 8 weeks.

My mom was the only family member on both sides that had the capability of coming down to where we live to help us out.

She drove down and we needed to occupy 3 spots.

Doing everything by the book.

I promptly let our property management company know and the Board of Directors know what was happening providing them with my Mom’s make, model, and plate number and that she would be here 6-8 weeks, just in case anyone had an issue.

Gimpy J’s first time home in 6 weeks we had a car in front of her house but she had room for her vehicle.

She marched over and banged, and I mean it was loud, on the door demanding we move the car, and tried to open my front door and walk in my home.

Yes, she tried to ENTER MY HOME.

It shook my dog who peed herself it was that loud, who in turn growled and chased her out.

I promptly told her there was no assigned parking and the rule is 1 car 1 spot.

We would moved a car out of respect one last time and saw she occupied 2 spots with it, per usual.

The next time it happened, 2 weeks later, we refused to move our vehicle.

We also began taking pictures for our records and communicating with our HOA of Gimpy J’s erratic behavior.

She continued to arrive, bang on our door, scream at us for having a car parked “in her spot.”

One time banging on the door, she dented the frame with her keys.

A few additional times when we were not home she would come in and park occupying two spots.

I would take more pictures, for my records in case something happened because of her erratic behavior.

Finally it happened.

About this time last year, I was at the gym and I get a call from my Mom and my wife, frantic that someone is going to tow my wife’s car.

I drive home as fast as I can and its Gimpy J’s boyfriend’s son and his girlfriend, whom we have never met.

This jerk, who doesn’t live here and has no business here, is screaming at us and insulting my pregnant wife and mother.

Who does this guy think he is?

“MA MOTHER-IN-LAW PAYS $XXX DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THESE SPOTS! YOU ARE BREAKING THE RULES! IMMA TOW THAT THERE SUV!!!!!”

All while drinking beer.

Now we know he can’t do anything except scream and try to intimidate us outside.

He calls his “mother-in-law” (who is not married to his father) about the situation.

Gimpy J drives an hour to our complex.

When she gets here she parks her car behind all three of ours and gets out blocking us in, and I had enough.

I quickly snap some pictures.

I called the police.

I will not feel unsafe or be harassed in my neighborhood by people who do not live there, or are barely there.

Gimpy J realizes i called the police and moves her car.

I print out all my documentation, pictures, and communication from the HOA.

I shower quickly because I’m disgusting from the gym and throw on a nice polo shirt and shorts.

Pregnant wife sits in her rocking chair and my mother sits calmly at the kitchen table.

The police arrive and we can see them hollering, waving arms widely, and screaming.

The police come to the door and we kindly open up.

Gimpy J tries to walk in before I block her and ask her to leave my property and invite the police officers inside.

We apologized that we even have to call them over something so petty, but our neighbor is acting crazy and her behavior has been escalating.

We explain what is happening, show them communication from the HOA, show them pictures.

The officer quickly had enough of these white trash people.

He imposes a no trespass order on my porch and will not let her near my property.

If she steps foot on our walkway she is in violation of the order and she will be arrested.

We watch him go back out and explain calmly to her and she starts screaming along with her boyfriends kid and his girlfriend.

This goes on for a while and the officer calls for back up and a second car arrives promptly.

Gimpy J promptly declares its her property too, she pays her fees and that he can’t do that because everything is community property outside of a home.

She called his bluff, but he wasn’t bluffing.

She goes and marches up to my stoop and he arrests her.

Charges her with disorderly conduct and harassment.

The police then tell Gimpy J’s boyfriend son to go home.

He gets in his truck with his white trash girlfriend and they drive off.

That must have been satisfying to see.

As soon as he hits the road outside of our complex, the 2nd police officer pulls him over, for DUI!!!

That’s right, the drunk guy screaming at my wife and mother had been drinking the entire time and was loaded.

Police couldn’t do anything in the complex, but could when he hit the main road.

Both of them were hauled off the jail and we stopped hearing from them about parking.

She thinks she can reserve the spot I guess.

2 days later Gimpy J and her boyfriend show up to the complex and they park her boyfriend’s car in our lot and leave it, parked in one spot to ensure its “hers”.

Well, they drive off and we don’t hear from them in a week and no one is home.

Since Gimpy J’s boyfriend does not live here and his car is abandoned, I called the HOA to report it.

They came and towed his SUV.

Gimpy J put her house on the market 8 weeks later.

What a nightmare, why do some people act like this?

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say.

HOA’s like the one this commenter’s has are the worst.

This person hates their old HOA.

Here is someone who thinks the HOA was good in this case.

Sometimes the high road is the best path.

This person says the HOA seemed like it helped.

Could this lady not read the rules?

It’s really not that difficult.

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