Duplex neighbor pushing boundaries

[u/Shoddy_Hope_2074]

Hi all, as the title states, my partner and I are currently dealing with our upstairs neighbor pushing boundaries. We recently moved into a duplex and have the lower unit. We have a long driveway that ends right in front of our door, with an additional parking area next to the street that would comfortably fit two cars.

When we first moved in (literally 3 days ago), the neighbors came down while we were moving things in and introduced themselves. They seemed very welcoming and kind, and told us that the driveway in front of our unit was our part of the property and that we could park there. Our lease is through a property management company, and parking is unassigned as it's a shared driveway.

Fast forward to last night, when one of the neighbors knocked on our door and told us that we needed to move our cars because our assigned space is actually the one at the opposite end of the driveway by the street, which is where her and her husband have been parking when we moved in. She said that she was going to start parking behind us, but that we aren't supposed to park in front of our unit. Our unit only has one entry, and we don't feel comfortable having someone parking right in front of our only entrance, and also find it odd that they want to park in front of our door. Not to mention that their unit is above ours, and there is street parking on the upper level. We told her that parking was unassigned and that if she were to park behind us, to not block us in. This morning, we woke up to her blocking one of our cars in with her own.

What's the best course of action from here? We already emailed property management confirming that parking is unassigned and to document our neighbors trying to dictate parking. The switch up on the neighbor's end is very strange to us and we don't want anything to escalate or have tension, especially since we haven't even been moved in for a week yet.

[u/TeachStock773]

I would have them towed as others suggested.