Greedy landlord

tln111

I wonder if anybody could advise on the following scenario. Someone buys a luxury newly built apartment and obviously pays a lot of money for it. Soon it becomes apparent that the freeholder's purpose was to spend as little money on the development as possible and as a result there is a whole bunch of things which needed to be done but weren't to save his money. One of the problems is particular distressing, but involves the uncooperative next door landlord and it would require for the original landlord to seek legal advice and probably issue legal proceedings to sort it out. The original landlord says that the person who bought the flat has to pay all the legal costs as she is the one who needs for the problem to be sorted. However, I feel that it is the landlord's duty to pay for the problem to be fixed, whether legal help is required or not, as the price paid for the apartment did not reflect the existing problem. Who is right?

UK007BullDog

What kind of problem is it? I think we need a bit more info to be able to help you or come up with some answers.

tln111

The landlord would have to get the other landlord to comply with the existing legal agreement between them with regards to the shared access area, where no parking at any time is allowed.

neas

no parking? Can you expand on the situation?

Why doesn someone parking cause you a problem? How big of a problem is it to you?

tln111

Actually, it's the opposite. It's illegal parking, and a lot of it, which bothers me to the extent of driving me to a mental illness. There should be no parking in the area under my lounge french door window at all, which is recorded in a legal document (a legal agreement between the two landlords), but as the area technically belongs to the landlord next door, who does not wish to spend money/time on erecting signs and ignores all communications on my part, my landlord says we can't put up any signs there without issuing legal proceedings. (my landlord himself did not even try to speak to the other one about the problem because he is not bothered and doesn't want to spend any money either).

neas

You do sound insane... to bring up such a topical issue.

So someone is parking infront of your window? And its illegal?

How is it illegal? By the law of england? Does it have a yellow line there? Is the road/pavement owned by one of the landlords and appears on his deed

How are you related to this issue? Surely isnt it a Landlord -> Landlord discussion and... if you are lucky you MIGHT get them to erect a sign?

Why would they spend money on your behalf, if they legally don't have to? Money dont grow on trees. If you really bothered offer to pay HALF the legal costs eh?

Or are you the "Im gonna throw my toys out the pram" individuals combined with the "Im a cheap skate who wants to moan but not pay anything to fix it" and "I think I deserve everything for moi!!! mwaaah"

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moneysavinmonkey

so there is an area of space which is directly outside of home
the area does not belong to you and is not owned by your landlord
- ie it is a totally different plot.
In the deeds of this other plot it says that there is to be no parking in this area
people are parking there
but the landlord of this area does not care + won't do anything

is that right?

hmmm. i'm not sure of the answer. Who enforces covenants in deeds?? I don't know the answer but that is what you need to find out. In the meantime take some deep breadths and perhaps buy some blinds as a temporary measure as you do seem a bit giddy.

moneysavinmonkey

oh ok.. I've read you other post and it is not something which is in the deeds but simply an agreement/contract between the landlords.

Unless you have some assurance from your landlord or whoever you bought the flat off that there wouldn't be any parking then I don't see how you can do anything about it. Is there anything in your deeds/purchase paperwork?

tln111

Neas, I feel you are overeacting a bit. The land under my window is a shared accessway (and it is certainly private land) for both properties and there is a legal document in place which states that neither party is to park or unload there or to obstruct it in any other way at any time and the landlord next door is to maintain it and keep it in good shape whilst my landlord is to contribute to this financially. When I was buying the flat and saw the provided documents I believed that that's how it was going to be and therefore considered the property suitable for me and worthy the asking price I paid for it. The parking under my windows is a big problem for me as we are in a very busy area and it's not just one car, but many different cars at the same time at all hours of day and night, and it will be viewed as a problem by many potential buyers if I try to sell the flat to get out of here.

moneysavinmonkey

what is the nature of this 'legal document'
is it part of the deeds, or the leasehold or just a contract between the two landlords?

tln111

It's a document which was created in 1989 when the whole plot of land, which both properties are now on, belonged to one person and he sold most of it to the present landlord next door but retained the plot of land, on which our block of flats has been recently built. My landlord is not the original owner of the whole plot, he bought this piece of land from the original owner only recently, but the document specifies that all the conditions in it would apply to any future owners of either part of the plot of this land. The document is called H M Land Registry Land Registration Acts 1925-1966 Transfer Of Part.