Do you have to police it? I realize it's irritating when people "borrow" the space without permission, but it sounds like watching it is more trouble than it's worth, up to the point that you do want to rent it out.
We had a parking spot before we had a car, and rented it out for a small sum to a neighbour's son, pretty straightforward.
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05-16-2011, 11:40 PM #1
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05-17-2011, 01:03 AM #2
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I am in the same situation, shootingstar, I bought the parking stall with my flat 10 years ago. Someone who works in the city and needs parking space rented it, this covers the yearly costs and one of my insurances.
I have never seen my own parking stall, ever
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05-17-2011, 06:37 AM #3
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When I first moved to DC, I rented a condo in a building with a small garage. My condo did not have a parking spot, but a neighbor had two. He posted a notice saying one was available to rent right about the time I had decided to buy my first car. I lucked out and was the first to call him -- several other neighbors also wanted the spot. So I had parking before I started car shopping.
It was a nice, easy thing -- I just went upstairs and gave him a check once a month.
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05-17-2011, 11:18 AM #4
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I lived in a house with covered RV parking. Some nice neighbors stopped by with a check quarterly and their boat couldn't have been a nicer, quieter tenant.
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05-17-2011, 11:24 AM #5
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If you rented it would you still have to police it?
I would be *sorely* tempted to do something creative with the space.
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05-17-2011, 01:01 PM #6
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Geonz, those are great. I want to go out and do likewise.
Shootingstar, if you rent the space, could you make it clear in the rental agreement that "policing" is the tenant's responsibility?
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