View original postI can understand why you would not want to share your garden with strangers but with 16 different families already having access that is a lot more the I would fell comfortable allowing access to an area my daughter plays in unsupervised and she is seven. Maybe it will not be as bad as you think. You might get the occasional renter who behaves badly but I would suspect that except for those rare exceptions must people only use the garden area the same way you do. You might even get lucky and meet the occasional new friend. My uncle rents out a beach house and except for the occasional broken dish or picture frame he never has issues.
There's always one of us out with her, but there are parts of the garden that can't be seen from other parts and she loves to run about.
We had time before Evie was big enough to play to get to know our neighbours (the ones who use the space anyway) so I'm comfortable that they're safe for her to be around.
View original postI would be very quick to call the police though if anyone is making a nuisance of themselves. I would also take the precaution of putting extra security on any access to the patio. I assume these people are putting down some sort of security deposits, I know I had to when I have done similar rentals, and if they damage anything or leave messes take that up with the owner of the flat. Usually some sort of cleaning fee is required, try and get messes left in the garden are included. It would probably be a good idea to express your concerns with new owner now. We rented a house in the mountains this summer and they had a list of things we were not supposed to do like mess with the beaver damn or go exploring to far behind the house because it was surrounded by private property.
Looking at the site, and from experience with this, there isn't a cleaning fee or any sort of bond. It's just a flat fee per night.
Nothing we can do about security either, not without permission from every other property owner in the development, and frankly, if any extras have to be put in place then she should pay for them all.
View original postI know this comes off sounding like I am saying you are over reacting and that isn't the what I mean, there just doesn't seem like much you can about it and maybe it will not be a bad as you think. Most people are decent and try to respect the rights of others. Of course I may simply think that because I live in Texas and that is the way most of the people outside of the yankee infested cities act 
Yeah, I know. Not sure what we can do either. It's just frustrating that she'd do something that has potentially big impact on everyone in the development without talking to people first. Especially because she won't have the least inconvenience since she lives on the other side of the city! I don't think she's considered the rights of others at all in this situation. She's all gung ho, even talking about painting gates etc that are common property. It's possible that she just doesn't understand how a shared garden works, and maybe having a good talk with her will be enough to help her see that this mightn't be the best thing to do with the property. We'd have no problem with long-term tenants because they do have to provide bonds and references etc.
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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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do you let your child play unsupervised now?
- 16/11/2013 06:46:08 PM
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Not precisely.
- 16/11/2013 08:01:54 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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