View original postDo other people in the building have kids? Presumably the new owner is within her rights to sublet it in this way?
Yes, there are some other families with children.
And we're not sure about whether she's allowed to do this. The title deeds state that it must be used for residential, and people are not allowed to run businesses from their flats, but whether holiday letting runs foul of either of these is about interpretation, I think. And the council can't do anything about it; we'd have to take a private law case against her and we're not sure it's worth that.
View original postI suppose I would make sure I supervised E in the garden, and if people who rent the flat seem sketchy or it gets to be terribly inconvenient, I would sell and move. I wouldn't be happy about it, but I am not sure what else you could do to protect her, which seems like the main concern.
It is, yes. We want to move in a couple of years anyway, but don't think we could afford to do it sooner.
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What would you do?
- 15/11/2013 07:33:08 PM
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Don't they need to apply for planning permission to do that?
- 15/11/2013 10:10:35 PM
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Also doesn't she need to apply for change of use to holiday let from residential?
- 15/11/2013 10:12:59 PM
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Perhaps I don't grasp the gravity of the situation.
- 16/11/2013 03:52:15 PM
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It's more irritating that grave, but I do worry about security to an extent.
- 16/11/2013 07:47:02 PM
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Uh...isn't the nature of ownership that you can do what you want to with your property?
- 16/11/2013 10:27:05 PM
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Not always, according to what title deeds and zoning restrictions say. *NM*
- 16/11/2013 10:32:20 PM
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Well, then you do some research before you start a shit storm with your neighbors. *NM*
- 18/11/2013 03:42:43 PM
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Which obviously we have done, Tim being who he is and all. *NM*
- 18/11/2013 04:49:45 PM
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Well, so what is the neighbor doing wrong? *NM*
- 18/11/2013 05:50:25 PM
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It depends on interpretation, from what I understand.
- 18/11/2013 07:17:03 PM
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Well, I'm not licensed in Scotland
- 19/11/2013 03:04:02 PM
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How is a short-term holiday rental not a business?
- 19/11/2013 06:01:50 PM
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For zoning purposes it's being used as a residence. Don't be daft.
- 20/11/2013 02:24:54 PM
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The essence of the question was "Would you think it worth the bother to seek an injunction?"
- 19/11/2013 07:01:30 PM
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I am a fan of British English usually, but not in the case of "flat". And yes, I'd go for interdict
- 20/11/2013 02:27:19 PM
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Though I always thought interdict was the Pope excommunicating an entire nation. *NM*
- 20/11/2013 02:30:23 PM
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Yes, but subject to limitations.
- 19/11/2013 07:03:40 PM
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Yes, restrictive covenants. And those things can be unreasonable and still legal.
- 20/11/2013 02:29:45 PM
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I would get the garden monitored with a camera
- 17/11/2013 04:00:51 AM
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