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CF renting out our communal parking for Wimbledon!

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WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 12:20

I have NC as the location is outing. I live in a block of flats behind Wimbledon as in the tennis courts. I understand they host a large-ish summer event which is happening now.

Street parking has been suspended for the fortnight. Driving in general or trying to go anywhere locally is inadvisable.

This morning my DP alerted me to a large G Wagon in our front parking area which as well as being offensively large (cannot cope with Londoners having massive tanks) is not a resident’s. We can’t rule out that it’s a visitor (and someone did query a strange car last year which turned out to be visiting family (apparently)) but DP has seen people stumbling up the road in their tennis finery and getting into cars.

So we assumed these people were just chancing it - block of flats, hopefully no one notices.

Shortly thereafter I was at my garage about to go out when I woman in a car pulled up and asked me about flat 16’s parking space. She said flat 16 had put their space on Just Park! I said it’s communal - he doesn’t have a space!

DP enquired with our neighbour on the same floor as flat 16 and he thinks it’s a Portuguese guy with an Audi. His car isn’t here but regardless, it is communal parking for residents and visitors. There must be 20 flats and there are 12 parking spaces. Him not using a space does not entitle him to rent it out.

I looked on JustPark and there is a long term bloody listing for a space in our car park with 60 reviews!!! “Great parking for Wimbledon” etc.

Now what? I guess I report to our management agent but do I also take it up with JustPark? Given that there are currently two strange cars I suspect there may be even more renting out going on.

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WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 15:31

JoBrodie · 06/07/2024 15:27

Also check Google maps. When this happened in our block of flats we ended up with a large 'P' on Google, indicating that our (unmarked, but each space allocated) forecourt was a "parking lot".

Jo

Fortunately not so far

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WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 15:30

PoopingAllTheWay · 06/07/2024 15:11

The majority of areas around there are given a temporary parking permit.
Iv lived there for 20 years and always received 4 in the post.

Weird that you living so close to the Tennis, they dont give you all temporary parking permits

Yes, I had them last year

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JoBrodie · 06/07/2024 15:27

Also check Google maps. When this happened in our block of flats we ended up with a large 'P' on Google, indicating that our (unmarked, but each space allocated) forecourt was a "parking lot".

Jo

graceinspace999 · 06/07/2024 15:23

I’d rent mine out and go away for a nice break. Life’s too short to bother about small things.

It's also too short to answer the ‘what abouts’ that usually follow these comments. 😉

PoopingAllTheWay · 06/07/2024 15:11

The majority of areas around there are given a temporary parking permit.
Iv lived there for 20 years and always received 4 in the post.

Weird that you living so close to the Tennis, they dont give you all temporary parking permits

WhistPie · 06/07/2024 14:30

TheShellBeach · 06/07/2024 14:03

But according to the OP, there are no designated spaces.

Yes, but where they usually park if there's no space in the designated parking for the flats is all no parking for anyone for the fortnight. Are you totally incapable of reading and lacking in empathy?

ThatVoodooThatYouDoooo · 06/07/2024 14:27

TheShellBeach · 06/07/2024 13:10

Jeez, lighten up.
What difference does it make who parks anywhere?
If there's room for you, why are you bothered?
Well done to whoever is making a few quid on Just Park.
😂

Hmm

Can I come and park on your driveway?
Have a picnic in your garden, and sleep in your bed?

CHEESEY13 · 06/07/2024 14:18

Yes, it does matter "who parks anywhere" - what a bright and breezy attitude!
The residents complained en masse because our tiny cul-de-sac was crammed on both sides by cheeky buggers who were visiting the nearby hospital, church and supermarket. No room for residents, emergency vehicles and certainly no room on the narrow pavements.

Clamp them and fine them!

WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 14:17

@Myblindsaredown they need to be told not to do this any more so they don’t list it again elsewhere

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Myblindsaredown · 06/07/2024 14:16

If the listing is removed why report?

itsgettingweird · 06/07/2024 14:13

But according to the OP, there are no designated spaces

They are communal spaces for all the residents of the block of flats.
If they are rented out on just park there will be no spaces available at all.

They are designated communal spaces for those who own and/or rent the flats.

Are you always this hard of thinking? 🤦‍♀️

Scorchio84 · 06/07/2024 14:09

This stuff happens all the time at my OH's mams house, she lives really close to the airport, which in fairness is no help with it's limited car parking, this weekend travellers were told in advance that the spaces had sold out a week ago! So people have taken to parking at housing estates in & around the area, I understand the desperation, public transport to the airport is ridiculously inadequate but the residents are sick of it & it would piss me off too especially as nealy all households have two cars or a van so parking is tight enough

Definitly get onto your management company especially since he's bloody charging & it's not "just" people chancing their arm

TheShellBeach · 06/07/2024 14:03

PrincessofWells · 06/07/2024 14:02

It's bloody annoying when you live there and some arse is in your space.

But according to the OP, there are no designated spaces.

PrincessofWells · 06/07/2024 14:02

TheShellBeach · 06/07/2024 13:10

Jeez, lighten up.
What difference does it make who parks anywhere?
If there's room for you, why are you bothered?
Well done to whoever is making a few quid on Just Park.
😂

It's bloody annoying when you live there and some arse is in your space.

ManchesterLu · 06/07/2024 14:00

Vermin · 06/07/2024 12:23

Block the cars in with a note on the windscreen so they leave bad reviews and hopefully nobody else will book. In the meantime get on to managing agent and flat 16

Of course don't do that. The person who purchased the parking space has done NOTHING wrong and doesn't deserved to be blocked in, for goodness sake.

whynotwhatknot · 06/07/2024 13:58

out of order probably will get takend own but hes alreay got paid i assume

mooncloud1 · 06/07/2024 13:48

DrRichardWebber · 06/07/2024 12:42

I lived on Merton Road and rented my parking space out. We made several thousand pounds doing it. Maybe get in on the action?!

Can you read?

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 06/07/2024 13:46

Vermin · 06/07/2024 12:23

Block the cars in with a note on the windscreen so they leave bad reviews and hopefully nobody else will book. In the meantime get on to managing agent and flat 16

Don't confront the flat person directly or let them know it's you complaining, you could be poking a resentful hornet's nest unnecessarily.

Get as much photographic evidence of the cars parking there and the ad online, as you can as it will help to shut this down quickly. See if other residents you trust who use the car park are similarly inconvenienced and get them to help with photos too.

Send it all the the managing agent/It's their job to act and not to implicate you and ask them to quickly contact the parking company on the whole building's behalf. They have their own solicitors and can contact the flat and the Parking company with a really firm warning to stop immediately. Copy in the resident's association if you have one. (Or start one if you don't!)

The Agent should know if the flat resident are a freeholder /lessee or subletting ( which may not be legal) they certainly won't have rights to let out a communally owned car park as it sounds like they are letting out more than one space. It will be against the terms of their lease.

I'd ask MN to take out the flat number as its quite identifying.

WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 13:42

FriNightBlues · 06/07/2024 13:37

No parking permits? 😫
(Yes, it really is that bad - parking is suspended for the fortnight and traffic wardens are out in force. A car on our street without a permit had two tickets by Tuesday)

Edited

Yeah it’s odd. I’m not sure if it’s council being crap and forgetting us as we’ve also not had the food waste caddies we were promised and they missed four recycling collections!!

but the orange cones make me think we just can’t park in the street this year

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itsgettingweird · 06/07/2024 13:40

TheShellBeach · 06/07/2024 13:10

Jeez, lighten up.
What difference does it make who parks anywhere?
If there's room for you, why are you bothered?
Well done to whoever is making a few quid on Just Park.
😂

Ermmm because 1 person cannot rent out communal parking spaces for profit!

FriNightBlues · 06/07/2024 13:37

No parking permits? 😫
(Yes, it really is that bad - parking is suspended for the fortnight and traffic wardens are out in force. A car on our street without a permit had two tickets by Tuesday)

Menora · 06/07/2024 13:36

WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 13:35

@Menora wow surely they should be acting immediately in these cases to preserve the credibility of their platform!

Sometimes they suspended it but if a car was in it, the seller still got the money didn’t they. Then they would open a case dispute that took ages for a response. But I did get them banned

WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 13:36

Damn
reporting to agent now

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Menora · 06/07/2024 13:35

WarsofWimbledon · 06/07/2024 13:34

Just park seems to have removed the listing

Watch out as they can add it back on when they say they have ‘completed checks’ so I just kept reporting it