To expect to get out?

[Becca19962014]

My upstairs neighbour keeps her buggy, unfolded, in the access corridor. I can't get past it as I am disabled and on sticks and can't twist my body past it. I can't get to the bell and if there was an emergency can't get out.

I've been to the landlord and spoken to neighbour (neighbour was verbally abusive) but they're (both) insisting I'm being 100% unreasonable and obviously have a problem with children.

I can't move the buggy myself as I can't stand without sticks which I must hold on to. I can't climb stairs to ask them to move it and can't twist my body.

I've just come across this part of mumsnet and thought I'd ask you!

I don't understand why it's allowed. She knew about the toddler (who doesn't use the pushchair most of the time) and the steep narrow stairs, and narrow access corridor when she moved in. When her friends come round there are two or three there blocking the corridor.

Can someone explain to me why its considered to be so unreasonable to expect the access corridor (and emergency exit) to be kept clear please? I really don't understand.

Becca - this is surely illegal. It's a fire exit, the only one by the sound of it. It is surely illegal to block, even partially, a fire exit.

Your LL is an arse; he should not only know it's illegal, but be doing his utmost to remove the threat of blockage. I'm amazed that you are getting grief from LL, and from other tenants, when it's not your fault!

I'd def get the fire brigade out, and phone/email whoever I could think of. MP is a good one.

I've spent today having people having a go at me about this and feel really about it.

I've had enough. The landlord really laid into me about the threats of fines and police turning up. My friend had contacted them and they are demanding details of her employer to phone her and get her charged with harassment as the fines she said would be imposed and calling the police to get me out is totally out of order and melodramatic. I've not given them exact details of her employer. But am now worried she may face some kind of problem in work for helping me.

It is gone for now. Hopefully she will soon be gone as well.

Thy want details of your friends employer? Why? That really is harrassment - she and you should not put up with it. Her employer has nothing to do with it.

Def get onto the police - this is ridiculous, and illegal.

They know who she works for, but it's a big company.

I hoping it's all sorted for now. I've other more important things to being sorting out other than this, really really pathetic sounding problem.

Thanks for the support.

Latest on this, corridor at moment is free. Landlord informed me the tenant left early this week, returned the keys etc. Except she hasn't left. She is still coming and going, my neighbour has commented on this (unbeknown to me he had a 'serious' word with her regarding what she was saying about me making her homeless).

I'm totally confused. I told the landlord she was still coming and going as did the neighbour. We've both been told she has handed the keys back so is gone.

I'm wondering if instead she had a copy of the keys done?

I just want rid her GONE!!

All of this has also taken my own relationship with landlord to breaking point (threats of eviction) on the grounds of me being so unreasonable about all of this I've other things going on in my life that I'm badly struggling with, I'm wary of posting on MN in case someone knows me, and I don't need this.

Hopefully this makes sense. Apologies if not.

Becca that does sound weird, it sounds like she has made copies of the keys. Wonder what she'll do once a new tenant moves in? All you can do is inform the ll, and you've already done that....
On the bright side, if you are being threatened with eviction, would that help your hopes to be rehoused?

The flats stay empty for a very long time. More now since landlord now demands things like access to Facebook/twitter accounts as well as email for all tenants (this is a recent thing and is done by at least two others in my area), with the exception of email I don't meet those requirements.

The threat isn't in writing. According to CAB and housing I must have threats in writing.

Strange that LL is threatening you with eviction, but that the flats stay empty for a long time. You'd think that they'd want to keep tenants in them as long as possible, paying the rent.

If he is threatening eviction, I don't think he can do anything unless it is in writing. Certainly can't enforce it.

Might be worth you posting in Legal?

Thanks I might do that. I'm nervous about posting about myself on forums at the moment after having problems elsewhere (not MN!).

It looks like she might have gone. I've not seen or heard her(!) for a few days.

Research the disability discrimination act and send the relevant bits to the landlord. Having a child is not a disability

Call your local cab