Freehold house, leasehold garage under coach house

RM_2013

Bendy_House said:

RM_2013 said:

NameUnavailable said:

RM_2013 said:

Yes we had been told that there may be restrictions on what the garage can be used for as it’s underneath a coach house. Fortunately this suits us as we only use it for storage 

You will probably find that the lease allows for the parking of a vehicle or bike only (and specifically not storage of household goods etc. or any kind of recreational use).

Thanks we will look into this as it’s unlikely we would put a car in the garage.  Most likely used to store the kids bikes, DIY stuff and my husband is a football coach so we use our current garage for storing the stuff he needs for
that 

Most folk are reasonable. But, if the terms of the lease says 'no' to household storage, then a pedantic (perhaps correct) coachhouse owner might feel they need to impose these restrictions. I suspect most won't - they'll just turn a blind eye - but some likely will. IF that's what the deeds say.

Please don't assume you'll be able to store these materials if the lease says 'car/bike only'. Good chance you will, but it ain't guaranteed.

Thanks for the advice - definitely given me something to think about.  The current owner stores a classic car in the garage but also said he stores otter items.  He didn’t mention any covenant so I will definitely be asking my solicitor to look into this.  It wouldn’t be a deal breaker as we like the house and it ticks all the boxes but would be inconvenient if we can’t use garage to store items 

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Bendy_House said:

RM_2013 said:

NameUnavailable said:

RM_2013 said:

Yes we had been told that there may be restrictions on what the garage can be used for as it’s underneath a coach house. Fortunately this suits us as we only use it for storage 

You will probably find that the lease allows for the parking of a vehicle or bike only (and specifically not storage of household goods etc. or any kind of recreational use).

Thanks we will look into this as it’s unlikely we would put a car in the garage.  Most likely used to store the kids bikes, DIY stuff and my husband is a football coach so we use our current garage for storing the stuff he needs for
that 

Most folk are reasonable. But, if the terms of the lease says 'no' to household storage, then a pedantic (perhaps correct) coachhouse owner might feel they need to impose these restrictions. I suspect most won't - they'll just turn a blind eye - but some likely will. IF that's what the deeds say.

Please don't assume you'll be able to store these materials if the lease says 'car/bike only'. Good chance you will, but it ain't guaranteed.

There was a thread on here not long ago from someone with just this problem - the freeholder of the coach house was telling them to clear their garage (which was used for storing stuff, not parking a car) as it was breaching his buildings insurance and terms of the lease.

I rent a garage from my local authority (to park a car) and my agreement also states that I can only use the garage for a car and not to store any household items (I do have some stuff in there a couple of boxes of things and my tools and stuff for the car).