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[surreygirl]

Yes I see what you mean it does cover tradespeople and workman, but obviously not friends using the property almost permanently and walking every day to and from their work to the flat and also perhaps lots of other times. It is ideal for shopping and anything else when there is car park a few minutes...

[surreygirl]

Yes I have looked at that again and I agree and even if she isnt using that particular site, she could still let all and sundry use it, which I think the other leaseholders would get annoyed about. It is only a small house let into six flats so not a great big block and the garden and the parking area...

[surreygirl]

Another problem which could arise is that the person using the car parking space could say to another friend that she can park there a day or two. It is alright if it is say for a few hours shopping, but you are talking about every day from say 8am to 6 or 7 or even later if they shop or go out and...

[surreygirl]

It will be a breach because my lease states that no part of the flat can be sublet....

[surreygirl]

yes but not on a permanent basis. However as I am the Leaseholder and also a Freeholder I would certainly charge if someone wanted to use it every day of the week.

I am trying to be diplomatic and not being awkward by allowing her friend to park her car there, but I have made a few provisions...

[surreygirl]

I agree and my lease states quite clearly that no part of the flat shall be sublet and the parking place is ceded to the flat ie it is part of the flat's premises.

I did tell her that if the car parking area was not available for any reason that they could not park on the hard shoulder...

[surreygirl]

I agree to that. Give an inch and the take a yard....

[surreygirl]

Yes that is through the garden. The parking spaces are at the end of the garden so they drive in past the house, past the front door of two flats and down past the lawn to the car park which is hidden by trees. Then, of course, the person has to walk back pasts the house and out onto the main road....

[surreygirl]

Well I sent my tenant outlining the terms and conditions and she sent me a rather curt email back. I just pointed out that the person using the car park had no rights to park anywhere else should the parking area for the flat not be available, I talked about damage etc and you would have thought I had...

[surreygirl]

Well I had to do something as the person managing the block was taking her time sorting it out and water was coming in quite badly, so I had it tanked to stop that. It would have been uninhabitable had it continued. He made no comment except to say that it needed to be done ASP and also noted that people...

[surreygirl]

All the render on the house needs to come off and be re-rendered. It has been falling to bits for years and if it had not been painted with a water proof paint for years and so the end result is that the render is now porous. I had to tank one wall as they have been debating having it done for two years...

[surreygirl]

well that clarifies it for me. Thanks.

Yes, I do not want the person who is parking there that they have any rights over it and could possibly, for example, say to someone else that he or she is not using the car parking space so you can use it today etc. or if the car parking space has...

[surreygirl]

A surveyor should be able to tell you! I had a similar problem with penetrating damp....

[surreygirl]

I do not know what you mean by "Licensing the space" what does that mean. Just that I am allowing their friend to use it!...

[surreygirl]

Hello, no the parking place is demised to the flat. There is a place for trades people to park so that isnt a problem. There isnt any wording referring to the car park area, it just says it is the parking place is demised to the flat!

Each flat has their own car parking space which is marked...

[surreygirl]

I agree. But I have allowed it. I have said though that the friend must only park in that parking area, in the correct manner, if by chance the car parking area is not available ie a workman is there, then the friend must park outside of the house and not in anyone else's car parking space, also I reserve...