Installing parking bollard

moonbeamglitter

Hi,

We own a leasehold flat with a parking space in London. The space is outlined in our deeds as our private land. The car park has no gates so anyone can access so as a result my space is often used by random people.

Am I entitled to install a fold-down parking bollard? Do I need to notify anyone? If someone damaged their car on it, am I liable?

Thanks in advance if you are able to help or recommend installers in London.

waamo

Check your deeds. They may well be silent on the matter.

Personally I don't see any harm. They aren't difficult to remove if you move property.

NeilCr

Agree check deeds.

Some of the flat owners on our estate have installed them. They are effective but do get knocked over quite often - I should say it is a very tight for space car park. I can't see how you would be liable unless the bollard was poorly installed and somehow hit another car (falling over say)

As it is your private land I wouldn't expect that you need to tell anyone unless there is something in the lease that mentions it.

moonbeamglitter

Thank you for the helpful responses.

The_Deep

We installed a hand operated rise and fall bollard, it is quite difficult to use and most of the tenants left it down, A friend had a fold down barrier and seriously damaged his car once when he forgo it was there.

PasturesNew

If it's your freehold land.... I'd go ahead and just do it. I'd be mindful of the cost in case anybody reared their head and found an obscure thing in the deeds that disallowed it, just in case I had to reverse my purchase. Mostly though, if anybody said anything and you wafted your deeds showing freehold, that's your trump and they lose.

Fruitcake

As above, check your lease/AST to make sure it is not prohibited. If it is silent then go ahead and fit it.

Remember, it is easier to seek forgiveness than permission.

moonbeamglitter

Brilliant. Thanks for all the helpful responses. I’ll go through the lease tonight and make sure there’s nothing in there.