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Keeping private parking private
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Relationships are two way. Tenants might not so accomodating when you most want them to be. Should be a fairly cheap long term solution available. With the cost being tax deductible.ThisIsWeird said:Other than that, not your problem.1 -
Hoenir said:
Relationships are two way. Tenants might not so accomodating when you most want them to be. Should be a fairly cheap long term solution available. With the cost being tax deductible.ThisIsWeird said:Other than that, not your problem.Is this the LL's issue to sort?Would someone parking across a tenant's driveway be an issue for a LL to sort? Would a neighbour's barking dawg be an issue for a LL to sort? Would...If the installation of some sort of deterrent improves the overall property for you, then fair do's. If you lose tenants because of this issue, then fair do's. If a LL wants to become involved, fair do's. But there is no onus on them to do so at all.1 -
Much depends on your outlook on life. How much you value your tenant. Ultimately letting property is a business. The nicest of people can rapidly become a complete pain in the backside.ThisIsWeird said:Hoenir said:
Relationships are two way. Tenants might not so accomodating when you most want them to be. Should be a fairly cheap long term solution available. With the cost being tax deductible.ThisIsWeird said:Other than that, not your problem.Is this the LL's issue to sort?
Not addressing the problem at all. Is little more than kicking the proverbial can down the road. Going to exist when the next tenant moves in.
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Start with signage - either a simple ‘Private Parking No. 14 only’ or a fake parking enforcement notice
No Parking Sign - Deterrent - Private Parking Sign Car Park - Fake Enforcement https://amzn.eu/d/1VXNx6u
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Hoenir said:Much depends on your outlook on life. How much you value your tenant. Ultimately letting property is a business. The nicest of people can rapidly become a complete pain in the backside.
Not addressing the problem at all. Is little more than kicking the proverbial can down the road. Going to exist when the next tenant moves in.Absolutely, Hoenir. And if you read the https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6557511/new-landlord-me-some-queries#latest thread, where a LL is going too far the other way, you will hopefully see that I am on the side of going the extra mile of helping to make tenants happy if at all possible, for purely ethical reasons. I was just trying to make it clear that such issues are just not the LL's responsibility. If this tenant actually had a car themselves, the issue would almost certainly not exist.I could actually be wrong in any case, since this appears to be a Freehold house and not a Leasehold property - if neighbours were to continue to fill this space, then the onus could be on the Freeholder - the OP - to sort it, as they are the only one who can enforce wot's in their deeds. Unless there's a management company who maintain the grounds including parking spaces, in which case they could be the first port of call. Basically, I don't know.D'oh!0 -
Apropos nothing and certainly not tom3454, I wonder what MSE admins are doing to prevent AI post(er)s on the forum.2
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Get a pavement artist to draw a big hole in the space.
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We had this issue (we were the tenants) with an allocated parking space. Not sure if it was other people living in the flats, their visitors or people going to the nearby leisure centre.
We did not consider this to be the landlords problem, but eventually (after notes on windscreens, putting a sign on the wall etc) got permission to install a folding bollard which resolved the issue perfectly. It wasn't expensive and was easy to install.3 -
See https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80346842/#Comment_80346842 for a related discussion - this is covered in our rules and we're grateful to people who report posts that may be AI generated.robatwork said:I wonder what MSE admins are doing to prevent AI post(er)s on the forum.Official MSE Forum Team member.Please report all problem posts to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com2
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