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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I charge a neighbour for storing stuff in my flat?

Former_MSE_Fraser
Former_MSE_Fraser Posts: 40 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks...

My neighbour has asked to use some of the space in my flat for storage, which the past tenants used to allow. I don't need all of the space I've got, but I pay a lot of rent for the size of the flat. Should I charge her for the storage space?
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  • 19lottie82
    19lottie82 Posts: 6,029 Forumite
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    It depends....... Does she do you favours? Would she feed your cat or whatever if you were on holiday? If so, and it's not an excessive amount of stuff, then no.

    If no, then TBH it would prob be easier to just say "no" than to charge her.
  • boliston
    boliston Posts: 3,012 Forumite
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    Seems an odd sort of request! What sort of items would you be required to store? Are they items of value and if so who is responsible if they were damaged or stolen?
  • El_Torro
    El_Torro Posts: 1,829 Forumite
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    Just because the previous tenants allowed it I don't see why you should.

    I agree that you should either say yes if it doesn't bother you or just say no. Charging is probably more hassle than it's worth.
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,572 Forumite
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    boliston wrote: »
    Seems an odd sort of request! What sort of items would you be required to store? Are they items of value and if so who is responsible if they were damaged or stolen?

    The story is entirely made up, so it can be whatever we want. I think it's a stolen Van Gogh, an ingot of strontium 90, an old Marathon bar (which if we could see inside the wrapper, had gone white because all the cocoa fat had separated out) and the Colonel's secret recipe for spicy chicken.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • jaylee3
    jaylee3 Posts: 2,127 Forumite
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    No I flooping well wouldn't allow them to store their stuff!

    What a cheek!
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  • Zed42
    Zed42 Posts: 931 Forumite
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    I would turn the request down.

    What happens if you got broken into and items got stolen/damaged .... what happens if they just accused you of that.
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  • Herbalus
    Herbalus Posts: 2,634 Forumite
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    Zed42 wrote: »
    What happens if you got broken into and items got stolen/damaged .... what happens if they just accused you of that.

    If I was storing somebody's possessions and they were malicious enough to accuse me of stealing some items, I would be malicious enough to deny ever having had them.
  • Winter_Phoenix
    Winter_Phoenix Posts: 286 Forumite
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    Surely your household insurance doesn't cover you for this...?
    e cineribus resurgam
    ("From the ashes I shall arise.")
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Winter_Phoenix wrote: »
    Surely your household insurance doesn't cover you for this...?

    No, and neither will the neighbour's, but that's their problem rather than yours.
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    Why would anyone store someone else's possessions for them - except as a business arrangement with reasonable charge for it?

    Having said that - I would only consider it in "outside" space (eg a spare garage or the like) and with a proper written agreement absolving me of any responsibility for their goods. Obviously too - a fair rent charged.

    In other words - it probably wouldn't be happening then...and definitely wouldn't be for storage actually inside my "home proper".
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