Bicycles in communal entrance to flat

NEH

Personally I can sympathise. When we had a studio flat we had to leave bikes outside on the landing but there was enough room to get past. There wasn't enough room to get them into the flat easily and no storage available so we were stuck.....

I think it is a case of if they are cauisng a hazard then alternative storage either has to be sort collectively or individually...

ET1976

Or, people could find places to live which actually suit their needs.

You wouldn't rent a studio flat and then put your cooker on the communal landing because there isn't room for it inside since you use the kitchen as a bedroom because you've got 3 people living there.

If you move into a place without bike storage it's a bit unreasonable to then expect that it is modified to accommodate your desire to store bikes.

Vincenzo

NEH wrote: »

Personally I can sympathise. When we had a studio flat we had to leave bikes outside on the landing but there was enough room to get past. There wasn't enough room to get them into the flat easily and no storage available so we were stuck.....

If there is no room to store a bike, then perhaps you should not have a bike? At the very least choose a property to rent/buy that has facilities or potential for facilities to store them.

Smallfries

personally i would move the bikes and put a lock on them, post a letter saying that they have had a warning and the key can be obtained from yourself to retrieve the bike. then if they leave it again, i would lock it again, but then go "missing" for a while so they cant get them back

NEH

ET1976 wrote: »

Or, people could find places to live which actually suit their needs.

You wouldn't rent a studio flat and then put your cooker on the communal landing because there isn't room for it inside since you use the kitchen as a bedroom because you've got 3 people living there.

If you move into a place without bike storage it's a bit unreasonable to then expect that it is modified to accommodate your desire to store bikes.

Vincenzo wrote: »

If there is no room to store a bike, then perhaps you should not have a bike? At the very least choose a property to rent/buy that has facilities or potential for facilities to store them.

Duh, like we all have the money to magically buy somewhere bigger....My hubby didn't at the time he bought the flat and wanted to stay fit and enjoys a hobby god forbid....

We have a 3 bed now and we have to store the bikes in the office/bedroom.

Rental propeties are in short supply in our area. We were served notice of evicition this morning as the recession has just hit our landlord and there is no 3 beds in a 160 odd mile radius so it's not as though some people can just choose to have a bigger place even if they could afford it...

Wee_Willy_Harris

NEH wrote: »

Duh, like we all have the money to magically buy somewhere bigger....My hubby didn't at the time he bought the flat and wanted to stay fit and enjoys a hobby god forbid....

We have a 3 bed now and we have to store the bikes in the office/bedroom.

Rental propeties are in short supply in our area. We were served notice of evicition this morning as the recession has just hit our landlord and there is no 3 beds in a 160 odd mile radius so it's not as though some people can just choose to have a bigger place even if they could afford it...

NO 3 beds in a 160 mile radius? Come on, that's bigger than an entire county!!!!

Ulfar

Solution is to increase service charge to cover costs of having a bikeshed put in or if there is money in the pot take it from that. It is required for the flats to meet Fire safety regulations which both the freeholder and leaseholders have to abide by. The leaseholders will be in breach of there lease not only for breaching the fire regulations but also for obstructing access of other leaseholders, you could potentially go to court to void the lease.

Post notice advising of this, also advise that once shed is complete any bikes left in the hallway will be removed and locked in the shed.

pinkshoes

In both the flats I have lived in, it was in the lease that no bicycles were to be left in the corridor.

Personally, I would put up a bicycle rack that is attached to the building in some way (and thus secure). Do this ASAP. As soon as it's up, I would then put up a sign in the hallway, and attach a message to each of the bikes that reads:

"Due to fire regulations, you are not permitted to leave bicycles in the hallway. Please remove all bikes and use the bicycle rack provided outside. All bikes remaining in the hallway after <date in 14 days time> will be removed."

NEH

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

NO 3 beds in a 160 mile radius? Come on, that's bigger than an entire county!!!!

Welcome to central Scotland...and yes we are considering about 5 counties worth...We went to look at one tonight but it wasn't suitable and we aren't being picky...We don't want to make a misake as we did with this one. We made do with this one last year and in return we got a very busy road, drunks from hell the whole weekend and a house falling apart...It looked ok when we viewed and the traffic seemed alright but it's gone downhill ever since...

We could pay an extra £300 a month for Aberdeen or central Edinburgh but we can't afford it as it would take it nearer the £900 mark...

Anyway back to the topic..

Ulfar

NEH wrote: »

Welcome to central Scotland...and yes we are considering about 5 counties worth...We went to look at one tonight but it wasn't suitable and we aren't being picky...We don't want to make a misake as we did with this one. We made do with this one last year and in return we got a very busy road, drunks from hell the whole weekend and a house falling apart...It looked ok when we viewed and the traffic seemed alright but it's gone downhill ever since...

We could pay an extra £300 a month for Aberdeen or central Edinburgh but we can't afford it as it would take it nearer the £900 mark...

Anyway back to the topic..

So your telling me that there are no properties within 160 miles that have space to store a bicycle except for the communal hallway.

I find this very hard to believe.