Parking in Driveway on a regular basis.
 

I have read the posts on parking a car in your driveway. My conclusion is that it is permitted. For 1 car garage home I would like to know about what percent of the residences park a car in their driveway overnight on a regular basis. What is your opinion of parking a car in the driveway on a regular basis? Thank you.

We live in a CYV neighborhood and several people always have a car parked int their driveway. On our street alone I know of at least 5 homes that always have one sitting out on a regular basis.

I see very few cars parked in driveways on a regular basis. In some cases it is necessary.

My opinion? I couldn't care less. I don't consider a parked car an eyesore.

Myself? I always drive my car into the garage even if it's for a few minutes. The sun is a big enemy of the car.

There's nothing wrong with parking your car in your driveway.

Agree, as long as the car is fully in the drive.
Me, I am like Pturner, me and the wife ALWAYS park in the garage to protect it.

Army Guy

Can I park my ice cream truck in the driveway?

Not if you are working on it.:shrug:

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driveway or the street.you can park where you prefer.

Paulandjean,
Depending where you live as far as parking on the street. In CYV neighborhoods you can not park on the street. Any guests must use the designated overflow areas.

Army Guy

You can park ice cream truck in my driveway if you are bringing me ice cream. :icon_hungry:

[QUOTE=Pturner;285290]There's nothing wrong with parking your car in your driveway.[/QUOT
In our development (suburb of the great metropolis of Memphis TN) you can only have one car outside your garage. period. You can get fined, lien put on property. At least it's OK for short time visitors.

Glad to know it's not a TV issue

Down the block from me a home owner put up a nice looking red tin roof. He didn't get permission from the Architectural committee.
No tin allowed and red color is a no no also.
Down it came. Combining comments of two threads in one. Hope that's OK...

It beats parking it on the lawn.... that'll kill the grass.

There is no lawn parking, that will get you a fine big time.

Army Guy

:BigApplause:Just don't park on the lawn..................looks like the slums

I don't believe there is any covenent which says u cannot park ur car in the driveway. There may be something which says one cannot park an unregistered car in the driveway, but other than that example parking in driveway is ur right as a homeowner.

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I park in my driveway. I already dented my car once trying to get in the garage in my CYV with those curved driveways. Just try parking a car and a golf cart in these garages and sooner or later you will probably hit something. I already ran into 4 people who damaged their car as I did. Some say that they let their spouses move the car because they are afraid they will hit something. If I had a two car garage I would use it but no way for me with a cart and car. Plus my car is nice to look at.

I have had several houses with garages and we always park our car in the driveway. These days the paint on new cars is pretty durable. I have never had any issues with my car's appearance suffering from being exposed to the elements; even snow. I see so many people going through great lengths to park their car in their garage and I wonder why. In the CYV's there is just enough room to park a car and a golf cart but there is very little wiggle room if you want to be able to get into your car without its door hitting your golf cart. We used to get stressed out everytime we had to use our car but now we are stress free and have plenty of storage space in our garage.

Vinny, I agree, the garages in CYV's are tight we just kept trying to get the right way to do it! But we fit our car (Honda Accord) a standard Yamaha golf car, my Harley (a Fat Boy) and still have room to walk around etc. Now I will tell you, we do not use the garage for storage. The little we do store is up in the attic in plastic bins. The only thing in our garage besides the vehicles is a small metal storge unit I use for my tools, etc, and we put that in the diagonal space next to the Heat Pump with our golf clubs in front of the Heat Pump in the other diagonal space. My CYV is a Beaureguard (sp?).
I will admit, my wife has me park the car in/out of the garage cause she is afraid!
Army Guy

I wondered why this thead was started. You can park in your driveway in The Villages if you want. Day and night, night and day, but now that I have reread all of the posts I see that there are restrictions on parking in your driveway in other places.

We have never parked our car in our garage in TV. There is plenty of room, we just don't. The car doesn't get iced. It doesn't start slow. No one bothers it. It is unlocked most of the time.

We are always running around in it.

I wonder if the neighbors are wishing we would put it in the garage....

No issue parking in driveway, but
 

Always safe guard your garage door opener when parking in the driveway. If the car is unlocked it is like leaving the garage door open.

Probably not. :)

You might ask them.

Would it bother you?

This is a new thought for me. I never dreamed that parking in your own driveway would bother anyone.

You never get too old to entertain new ideas.:popcorn:

I think a house looks more attractive without a car in the driveway but a golfcart is kindof cute.

Park in your driveway Gracie and never give it a second thought. We have a two car garage in North Carolina and never park inside. My husband uses the garage as his football room. No room for vehicles with all the televisions and couches.

We have two vehicles in the driveway in NC. Our neighbor keeps her Cadillac in the garage and her husband keeps his old Bronco in the driveway. Who cares? It's their driveway. He even washes the cars in their driveway. I couldn't care any less.

I have never heard of anyone complaining or objecting to a neighbor parking in their own driveway.

I think the topic is parking a car in a driveway in The Villages. Sounds like there may not be any covenants in the NC neighborhood.

To Gracie, I think looking down a street and seeing 60 cars parked in driveways is not appealing.

I totally agree with you. JMHO, but I was always of the impression that it made a house look trashy and cheap. Also that meant the people were poor and did not have a garage, though we know that is not the case in TV as all homes comes with them, except in Historic Area, or they were lazy and used the garage as a dumping ground. Once again, don't attack me, JMHO!!! To each there own as long as it is within the deed restrictions.

Army Guy

Gracie doesn't give a hoot. Gracie doesn't like 50 statues and she doesn't care for flamingos and stone bunnies and geese in bikinis and cannons. AND that lady bending over. Not that you asked.

BUT....cars are fine.

Bogie. We have deed restrictions here in Ohio. What is the difference between covenants and deed restrictions? Is it a rule that you shouldn't park outside in The Villages?

We park in the garage when it gets cold up north. We live in a nice neighborhood Army Guy. I see cars parked. I hate when people park in the street and then you have a hard time backing out or getting around them.

Coconuts...Who knew? Do you still love me? I really didn't know it would annoy anyone. sigh.

This is my Boniva morning. I NEED coffee!!!!

I have a house in TV also. We park in our driveway there as do many of our neighbors in the cul-de-sac. In TV we park our golf cart in our golf cart garage. Not every house in TV has a garage Bogie Shooter.

We have a very strict HOA in a true gated community in NC. People are still allowed to park in their own driveways. To each his own I suppose.

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I agree the neighborhood looks much nicer without cars parked in the driveway. If you must just make sure the vehicle you park there legally belongs there according to the restrictions. They don't belong in the street. So park in the drive if you must as long as it's not mine.

Not all cars fit in the garage. My neighbor has a van which will not fit. I have another that has 1 garage, 2 vehicles (because one of them is employed), and 1 golf cart. Are the ones with the van supposed to trade it in for something that fits or should the other neighbor buy a bigger house?

The only way cars in the driveway look trashy to me is if they are a piece of trash, but I have yet to see that in TV. Granted not all are luxury class cars, but they are certainly nice ones.

People who don't take care of their yards, etc. create the eyesores.

JMHO

Dings, Dents, Drips, Dung Deposits & Devious Denizens
 

Other considerations of why we prefer to park our vehicle in the garage as we have over the years whenever we had the option to do so.

Landscaping and other service people working in close proximity to car or walking past with deliveries...who knows flying debris from lawn edging tools, a UPS box being delivered, the fertilizer hose dragged around & spraying your vehicle, the junk falling from the trees and blowing about, the birds paying homage to the shiny roof & windshield; heck we even had a nest of mice living in the hood next to the engine when we lived up north. Do bees, snakes (& gators :1rotfl:) camp out in vehicles (inside open windows) or under hoods around here?:shocked:

So we keep ours indoors for mainly these reasons...not neighborhood appearances.

Park on the driveway, drive on the parkway. Common knowledge.

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"they don't belong in the street" I always park my car in the street here in the villages.Thats what the streets are for. I do not care if the person next has a problem with it.

As I have said before, as long as your deed restriction let's you then you can.

Army Guy

So there!

Gracie for Mayor
 

GG, you are better than a Broadway show.:clap2:
Anyway, I just realized that my neighbor parks his car in the driveway and I never noticed or thought it was a problem until now.:1rotfl::1rotfl: What does annoy me is when service people park on my pristine driveway and leave oil stains.:duck:

My neighbor don't seem to mind and frequently compliment me on my car . I have a CYV with my golf cart and MG in the garage. My car is always on the outside.

Nice
 

attitude.

Alright. It is because of me that we park in the drive. Sometimes....if I am not careful, I have scraped the side of our car.:cry:

Sweetie keeps it spiffy clean and shiny.

Coconuts?:D

And those in golf carts then have the privilege of playing dodge 'em with traffic getting around your vehicle on top of the lawn guys, A/C guys and so on. Thank you so much!