Can my landlord force me to buy a parking permit?

csgohan4

It is a money saving website. 20 quid could buy something nice at Aldi

But with all the parking tickets accumulating it's going to be more than 20 pounds lolz

littlegreenfrog_2

£20 that you have to spend on an annual parking permit for a flat you will be moving out of in two months when you have always been entitled to free use of a parking space under your tenancy agreement is £20 you can't spend on something else. The principle is important.

Hoploz

£20 spent on the permit is money not used on buying stamps writing to protest about parking tickets OP decides are unfair, and not getting yourself tied up in weeks or months of headaches, and not incurring legal fees in an attempt to make it seem ok not to have a permit. Money well spent in my view.

BTW i would imagine the policy says that the car must display a valid permit. Whoever pays for it. Has the LL actually been requested to pay for it? Or is the OP trying to deal with the parking enforcers? They don't care what is paid or not paid for, they are only concerned with whether the car has the correct permit to park.

Hoploz

littlegreenfrog wrote: »

£20 that you have to spend on an annual parking permit for a flat you will be moving out of in two months when you have always been entitled to free use of a parking space under your tenancy agreement is £20 you can't spend on something else. The principle is important.

It is indeed unfortunate timing. Which is probably why OP is disgruntled.

... Anyway, I'm going back to not bothering to read this thread. I only popped back to see how on earth it could possibly have gone on this long. Toodle pip

Nick_C

Guest101 wrote: »

In all my experiences in England at present, parking is handled by CEOs.

the other two no longer exist. - hence one in the same.

Well your experiences don't cover all of England, and why should they, but in law and in practice there are still a few Traffic Wardens employed by the Police.

And I don't know how you would know whether a uniformed employee or contractor of a local authority was a CEO or a Parking Attendant. It's up to that LA do decide what powers to give them.

Edit: Plenty of Parking Attendants in Scotland

Arthritic_Toe

What is the £20 charge supposed to cover? I would suggest that the agency in cahoots with the parking company stand to make a substantial profit out of this arrangement.

elvralia

Justice.

I wrote a letter to my landlord about the situation and the behaviour of the managing agent. He called me today saying that he's absolutely horrified about what's been going on and is going to make sure that I don't have to pay a penny, and that the agent will have no further contact with any of his tenants.

Lunchbox

elvralia wrote: »

Justice.

I wrote a letter to my landlord about the situation and the behaviour of the managing agent. He called me today saying that he's absolutely horrified about what's been going on and is going to make sure that I don't have to pay a penny, and that the agent will have no further contact with any of his tenants.

:T Exactly why I suggested not paying. This is a matter between the leaseholder and the managing agent that a tenant should not have to get involved in. As a leaseholder I'd be furious under the circumstances.

littlegreenfrog_2

elvralia wrote: »

Justice.

I wrote a letter to my landlord about the situation and the behaviour of the managing agent. He called me today saying that he's absolutely horrified about what's been going on and is going to make sure that I don't have to pay a penny, and that the agent will have no further contact with any of his tenants.

Success! :beer:

Thrugelmir

Arthritic_Toe wrote: »

What is the £20 charge supposed to cover?

The cost of administering the permits. As was said earlier in the thread. What's to stop other people parking in the available spaces. Soon be complaints if this was the case.