Securing my son's pushchair in a flat?

dizziblonde

You can actually get shoulder carry bags for lots of different types of buggies so you could pop the right sort of pushchair (again, possibly a little umbrella jobbie) in that to carry it up and down the stairs easily)... Amazon have a few on there for examples of them (lots of people buy them for things like the gentle treatment buggies get from airline baggage handlers etc).

Wilma33

Don't leave anything in communal areas. Imagine if everyone left a cooker, mattress and buggy in the hallway (and they are just the things you have mentioned).

wiggywoo9

Hi all, thanks, I think I'll just leave it in the flat and do the 'dash' when we need to go out!
I seriously didn't think about the cooker, I got it, found my sockets are fully electric, then had another guy turn up with 2nd hand furniture and just had to leave it on ground floor. I didn't think- and I sure will in future. I'm going to apologise to the ground floor because of cooker, and my floor because of mattress. I'm tentative as I used to live in a very safe, very friendly, open area, and I'm not used to having my own place let alone neighbors! I will make more of an effort and thanks for your advice

Savvy_Sue

chocdonuty wrote: »

Check with your landlord first, some do not allow items in the stairwells in case of blocking fire escapes ect.
The gas cooker disappearing may be because other people assumed it had been left by the previous tenant and not known to ask, still could have been nicked though!
I also live in a flat on the 2nd floor and bikes/pushchairs ect are not allowed in the stairwell although tney do turn a blind eye to leaving things under the bottom stairs where it doesnt cause a nuisance and in no-ones way.
What do others do around there?

Agree with all this.

Ich wrote: »

The housing association is the landlord!

And you must read your tenancy agreement - I'd be gobsmacked if you were allowed to leave anything in the communal areas.

However, do you have a downstairs storage area? I know some flats / maisonettes do. Could you keep the buggy locked in there?

londonsurrey

shegirl wrote: »

Bumping a buggy does not make a racket.It does not damage concrete steps (as most blocks of flats have) and it isn't going to do much to the buggy.You don't slam it down...wheels are round not square

An old banger,seriously? What buggy is worth wasting money and leaving an old car taking up space?Buy a banger to store a bloody buggy in?:rotfl: How many light weight pushchairs could you buy with that money?

People told the OP not to bother buying carpet for the bare floored flat (personally,I would prioritise for the little one and don't understand people who refuse to put any flooring in their home,but still) buying an old car to store a bloody buggy that she should put in her home is a good idea?:rotfl:

Bonkers!

You might think it bonkers, but lots of people happily fork out £60-£200 for plastic storage sheds to store old tat in, so £100 for a waterproof storage area is not too out of the general norm.

The fact that it's a different shape enables it to be "stored" in what a bunch of humans have deemed a parking space, where they would object to the OP putting up a £100 shed/buggy storage. There's societal norms for you.

If I were in the OP's position, and the banger option were a viable one, I'd probably use it for storing other things as well.

lor6126

fluffnutter wrote: »

Your ego appears too fragile for internet forums.

On the contrary, i simply treat people with the same courtesy from behind my keyboard as i do to their face. Your posts remind me of a particularly unpleasant child in my primary 5 class, thats all.:)

kj*daisy

Your tenancy agreement will probably have something in about not leaving obstructions in the communal areas anyway, so you need to read that to see what you can and can't do.

Frogletina

This has reminded me of when I had my first baby and I lived on the first floor of a block of flats. I had a pram (a proper one, not a folding one) and used to bump it up and down the stairs.

No wonder I weighed a lot less then than I do now - I must have been really fit to do that.

suki1964

Wiggy woo, saying sorry will go a long way

Living with neighbours is a balancing act at times. But keep in with your neighbours because they can be a great help in times of need

And keep an open mind about the area. My last HA flat was in a block tucked at the back of a pub, next to a tube station. We had drug pushers and prozzies in the pub car park and wasn't a day went by when an empty purse or wallet wasn't tossed into our front, but I never felt unsafe there. We all knew each other and kept an eye out for each other. My previous place had been in a very affluent area, no one talked to each other, everyone turned a blind eye, and I was burgled 4 times in one year

Enjoy your new home

katiechoc_2

londonsurrey wrote: »

You might think it bonkers, but lots of people happily fork out £60-£200 for plastic storage sheds to store old tat in, so £100 for a waterproof storage area is not too out of the general norm.

The fact that it's a different shape enables it to be "stored" in what a bunch of humans have deemed a parking space, where they would object to the OP putting up a £100 shed/buggy storage. There's societal norms for you.

If I were in the OP's position, and the banger option were a viable one, I'd probably use it for storing other things as well.

The thing that changed my mind on this was walking past a car on our estate that broke down the year before last and has been left there - its now full of dirty old sun loungers and random tat. Which wouldn't bother me too much (my car is full of bits and pieces too, most are ) but its also covered in rust, flat tires, the road underneath it is a mess where the rust seems to be dripping in the rain. It's basically making the place look a total mess, and any car that isn't driven regularly will do the same eventually.