Council garage |
Council garage |
Mon, 6 May 2019 - 18:16
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Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 30 Oct 2010 From: London Member No.: 41,698 |
Hi All
I have rented a garage from the council for a long time now. On March 27, the council send to all garage tenants an increase letter. From £11/week to £30/week. Most tenant, according to the staff returned their garage keys. I have returned my keys but my [garage] neighbour, after returning his keys kept his car in his garage. Now he is panicking on what to do next. No letter was send to him, nor any sticker on the door to contact the council. He made a double of the key but the lock has been changed without let him it knows. It's been 5 weeks now and no news. Through a small gap at the top of the garage, one can see the car. So he knows it's still there. What are the powers and obligations [if any] of the council in that case? Is it trespassing, as he did not brake anything to get in? He just said a white lie when he returned the keys and kept his car in. Can the council take his car away without notifying him? Thanks This post has been edited by Londonhome: Mon, 6 May 2019 - 18:24 |
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Mon, 6 May 2019 - 19:17
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Member Group: Members Posts: 33,610 Joined: 2 Apr 2008 From: Not in the UK Member No.: 18,483 |
The council have become an involuntary bailee of his property. Was there anything in the lease about property left on the premises at the end of the lease?
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Mon, 6 May 2019 - 19:23
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Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 30 Oct 2010 From: London Member No.: 41,698 |
It was not a lease. Just a weekly rent with a week notice.
In the form which he signed, it asked if the garage was left as found. But nothing more, This post has been edited by Londonhome: Mon, 6 May 2019 - 19:26 |
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Mon, 6 May 2019 - 19:34
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Member Group: Members Posts: 33,610 Joined: 2 Apr 2008 From: Not in the UK Member No.: 18,483 |
Has he asked for it back?
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Mon, 6 May 2019 - 22:20
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Member Group: Members Posts: 25,726 Joined: 28 Jun 2010 From: Area 51 Member No.: 38,559 |
It was not a lease. Just a weekly rent with a week notice. In the form which he signed, it asked if the garage was left as found. But nothing more, I'll bet there are some T&Cs regarding the lease....may have only been a small print reference on the form or application but.... Agree with Southpaw, ask for access and the car back. Unlikely to be able to keep it, may charge rent (or try to)..ask for the terms and conditions if they do. |
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Tue, 7 May 2019 - 15:12
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Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 30 Oct 2010 From: London Member No.: 41,698 |
Was wondering if the Council even knows it's there? If their contractor was simply told to change locks to all garages where tenancy was terminated that's what they did.
Well, to be honest, there are no way know.. One of the garage tenant returned his keys but no lock was changed as he left it empty I suppose. Regarding the rent, we all feel the same. From £450 to £1500 a year. quite a hike in rent. Now, we checked how the garage door locks. There is a gap at the top and with two flat pieces of metal, we can open the door. That without notifying the council. I told him to remove the car, park it in a safe road [in London, safe?] and as there is a latch on the lock, park it at the weekend in the garage. He still want to know if the council has any right to remove the car without notifying before? We checked and there was no lease, just a direct debit for a weekly rent. But he sigh a form where it asked if he removed all his goods and said yes. I would expected the Council to write to the ex-tenants saying garages were to be re let and giving them a deadline to remove stuff or Council would do it. Am I right or day dreaming, again? Those garages have a difficult access and mine was empty for months before I heard of it. So no tow-away truck would get access to them. |
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Tue, 7 May 2019 - 15:23
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Member Group: Members Posts: 33,610 Joined: 2 Apr 2008 From: Not in the UK Member No.: 18,483 |
If he enters the garage then he will be doing so as a trespasser. He really ought to contact the council and arrange to attend with them/with their permission and remove his car.
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Wed, 8 May 2019 - 17:28
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Member Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 1 Nov 2013 From: NG1 Member No.: 66,409 |
We checked and there was no lease, just a direct debit for a weekly rent. But he sigh a form where it asked if he removed all his goods and said yes. Maybe no lease but there will be a rental agreement, same sort of thing really, something will have been signed. They agree to let you use it, you agree to pay£xx per xxx. Other conditions may have been present. |
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Wed, 8 May 2019 - 18:24
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,140 Joined: 19 Jun 2004 From: Surrey Member No.: 1,326 |
Certainly he should ask the council for his car back. It would be the obvious first step. However it might nor start after a few weeks.
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