View original postNot sure I'd do more than expressing my concerns as you will do, largely because it's hard to see what else you can do. Unless perhaps you have some sort of regular meeting of the building's inhabitants to discuss the maintenance shared spaces, and others share your concern.
No regular meeting, but if we ask the factor to call one then they have to do so. So that's definitely an option.
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View original postHow far would you take it if you didn't get a good response from the owner?
View original postHonestly, from what you said, the chances that she agrees to drop this plan of renting out the flat because of your concerns don't seem very good to me. (Unless it can be legally blocked by the local authorities as Avi argues, of course.) So if that's your definition of a good response, it may be a bit optimistic.
Yeah. I'm hoping if she doesn't reconsider it, then at least she'll agree to some stipulations about use.
View original postBut if she expresses understanding for your concerns without agreeing to drop her plan, you could at least reach some agreements about what she is to tell her guests about the garden, and get some reassurances from her regarding screening of guests. By the way, possibly relevant question - when renting out the flat, where does she intend to stay herself? Anywhere nearby from where she could intervene in case of any incident?
View original postIf it just turns ugly, and you can't win either through local regulations or through the support from most of the other inhabitants, then I guess in your position I'd just try to make the best of it, and resign myself to simply watching Evelyn more closely and having possibly some occasional small discomfort from the presence of the guests. Going to the Justice of the Peace or something like that is a last resort if the discomfort turns out to be neither small nor occasional...
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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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Hm. Tricky, that.
15/11/2013 10:38:57 PM
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Re: Hm. Tricky, that.
16/11/2013 09:59:57 AM
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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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