Neighbours left this note at the bottom of our stair >>

*Kat*

SnooksNJ wrote: »

No idea about the bike but I like your nail polish. What's it called and who makes it?

Amazing!! Thanks haha

It's chanel taboo! I suggest using revlon base coat. (In the small bottle) and seche vite top coat. The formula on chanel isn't they great x

hazyjo

The note also seems reasonable to me. I think the only time it could be construed as rude is if it said something like:

Dear Neighbours

We are sick to death of looking at the abandoned bike in the hallway. If nobody claims it within the end of the month, it will be dumped.

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I think maybe that's how you're seeing it, worded differently. Can assure you (along with everyone else) they have worded it politely, and not accusingly, not even aimed at anyone. They probably genuinely think a previous tenant left it behind and are giving plenty of time for anyone to step forward to claim it.

Really don't see how they could have worded it any more politely (don't think your draft was any different to what they said).

Jx

thriftytwosome

As it isn't signed it could be from any of the tenants, not necessarily the person you think left the note. As it is on the ground floor every tenant must see this bike each time they enter, so it could be that several tenants have got together over this.

I believe you are reading too much into the note, it is quite polite and to the point. I think you need to move the bike to your own flat regardless of who left the note.

googler

moromir wrote: »

Pastures New gives the correct advice regarding items left in the communal hallway, infact once the Council or Freeholder get wind, they'll likely be down removing anything left in the communal hallway. The lawsuit isn't worth the risk.

There's no Freeholder. OP is in Scotland.

Unless the council owns one of the properties in the building, what jurisdiction do they have over the owners' property?

googler

*Kat* wrote: »

She doesn't OWN that part of the building.

I believe you, and all the other owners, will be Joint Proprieters - i.e. you own an equal share and equal responsibility for communal areas.

Do you pay a share of stair lighting, a share of stair cleaning, along with the other owners?

EDIT: I see you're a private rental, in which case - does your rental agreement have anything to say on the topic? The landlord owns your flat, and also has a joint share in the communal areas, not you.

globetraveller

I suspect that you are just embarrassed about the fact that your broken bike has been left for so long chained outside of someone else's flat door.
The letter is perfectly polite. Perhaps it will spur your OH on to actually do something with it. just show him the note and let him deal with it.:)

anamenottaken

*Kat* wrote: »

... about 6mths ago a part of it broke and he has to order a new part to get it fixed.
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Previously, the neighbour who wrote this letter had also kept their old furniture and paintings under there which they recently cleared.

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I noticed this morning that there are bits of MDF outside their flat and under the stair, so I'm assuming ..........

Personally I'd be assuming (generally not a good idea to assume but ...) that they are redecorating their flat, possibly to sell and move away, and want to make the whole place look as neat and tidy as possible.

cod3

googler wrote: »

There's no Freeholder. OP is in Scotland.

Unless the council owns one of the properties in the building, what jurisdiction do they have over the owners' property?

They have no jurisdiction, but provide a bulk uplift service for abandoned junk that is too large to fit in a bin. I think this is what was meant by the letter writer.

*Kat*

It's not outside her flat door!! Oh my gosh!!! It's underneath the staircase!! Fffffff

cod3

googler wrote: »

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EDIT: I see you're a private rental, in which case - does your rental agreement have anything to say on the topic? The landlord owns your flat, and also has a joint share in the communal areas, not you.

^exactly this.

Kat- you say in post #30 that your downstairs neighbour does not own the space, but unless your lease expressly states that you have dibs, you don't really have a leg to stand on.