Selling a house - issue with communal parking area

ekalexm

Hi,

Grateful for any advice. Will try to keep this short.

I'm selling an unoccupied flat in a four-in-a-block property in Scotland. The resident downstairs put in a low bid. Since I turned the bid down he has been parking two cars in the four communal spaces to the front of the building. One is on ramps and the other has a smashed windscreen and I believe he's repairing them at his property - illegally or otherwise. The spaces aren't allocated to each flat. Is there anything that can be done legally to get him to move one of the cars? Surely he can't be allowed to use both spaces? The place resembles a scrapyard and it's putting off prospective buyers. I'm unsure whether he is a homeowner or renting. He seems determined to derail my sale of my flat.

He has also dumped a lot of building material in the back garden. The garden belongs to him so I don't think I can do much about it unless it constitutes a health hazard?

Thanks,
A

cajef

diggingdude wrote: »

Set one on fire

Great suggestion, then they will have a burnt out car parked there.

davidmcn

What exactly does your title say about the spaces?

Easy enough to check on https://scotlis.ros.gov.uk/ who the owner of his flat is (and what rights they have over the parking spaces).

G_M

That's the trouble with the Scottish system. So much easier south of the border where leaseholders can turn to the freeholder to enforce a lease.


(sits back and waits.........)

HampshireH

What do the deeds say about the parking area and who owns it? Not sure if its different up there but you could approach whoever owns the parking area presuming it is all communal and you don't have parts each.

Or a more novel approach..... have you actually spoken to him?

Sibz

Downstairs resident? Have you installed laminate flooring yet? Started doing inspections wearing heavy boots between 2am and 4am?

martin1959

Wait until you know he won’t be in, and pay a couple of dodgey geezers down the pub to nick them and take them down the scrappy......

googler

ekalexm wrote: »

I'm selling an unoccupied flat in a four-in-a-block property in Scotland. The resident downstairs put in a low bid. Since I turned the bid down he has been ... I'm unsure whether he is a homeowner or renting. He seems determined to derail my sale of my flat. He has also dumped a lot of building material in the back garden. The garden belongs to him so I don't think I can do much about it unless it constitutes a health hazard?

Do the other two owners in the block have anything to say on the matter?

Joyful

4 in the blocks usually have a front garden for downstairs and a side garden for upstairs. The same for each side. How is yours positioned?