My house, has a dirt access road on one side that allows me and my neighbors to get into our back yards. I built a concrete driveway in the back yard for working on my vehicles near the back edge of the yard. When I know people are coming over, I will typically put all my vehicles in the driveway out back. This is to be nice and to leave plenty of space out front for visitors to park on the paved road, come up the sidewalk, and use the front door so that they won't get their cars dirty, or need to walk though the muddy yard to get to the house.
The typical thing that happens is that instead of parking out front, people will pull down the dirt road, and park in the driveway out back. Because there is not enough space in the driveway...because I put all my own cars in it...their car hangs out in the middle of the dirt road. The visitor will then walk through the muddy back yard to the front door. After answering the door, they will mention that there's no room in the driveway...ARRGH!
A similar thing happens at my parents house. They have a steeply sloped driveway that goes down to a basement garage. It's at a sharp angle, and many vehicles will scrape trying to get in. For that reason my parents park their own vehicles in the driveway, because he knows how to get in it without scraping, and he doesn't want other people to damage their vehicles on the driveway. There is always one person though that attempts to park in the driveway, despite the fact that there is no room there...but plenty of space on the street in front his house!
The typical thing that happens is that instead of parking out front, people will pull down the dirt road, and park in the driveway out back. Because there is not enough space in the driveway...because I put all my own cars in it...their car hangs out in the middle of the dirt road. The visitor will then walk through the muddy back yard to the front door. After answering the door, they will mention that there's no room in the driveway...ARRGH!
A similar thing happens at my parents house. They have a steeply sloped driveway that goes down to a basement garage. It's at a sharp angle, and many vehicles will scrape trying to get in. For that reason my parents park their own vehicles in the driveway, because he knows how to get in it without scraping, and he doesn't want other people to damage their vehicles on the driveway. There is always one person though that attempts to park in the driveway, despite the fact that there is no room there...but plenty of space on the street in front his house!
