Private Tenancy

[Gedcooke]

Just a query really, I signed up for a 6 month tenancy agreement for a flat in Rochdale town centre, although parking is not mentioned in the agreement it was the first question I asked was where I put my car? I was told by the estate agent that I could park at the rear even though it says private it was ok for me as I live here, I have used it once or twice but been told by the estate agent I should not have been told I could park there so now I have nowhere to park at all? The council has said no permits are available for here so now I'm stuck? What can I do because I can't stay here but will I have to stay the 6 months even though they told me false information?

[bednobs]

TBH i don't think you can do anything now if parking is not in your contract. You could continue to park there and risk whatever penalty it comes with. How long into your 6 month contract are you?

[buildersmate]

A difficult situation because this sort of question has to asked at a time before agreeing to the lease. I agree with bednobs conclusion.

What did you want to happen? - cancel the agreement?

[Gedcooke]

The thing is I am only 1 month into it and the first and main question I asked was where I park before I signed, the girl told me I was allowed to park and the man in the same office has since said I can't? I wouldn't have signed if they said I couldn't? Can they change there mind once you have signed???

[bednobs]

where do you usually park then? If you've only parked there once or twice in a month, can't you park where you usually park all the other times?
if you don't have it in writing/contract i think you are pretty stuffed

[boxtops]

when I rented privately, the fact that I had a parking space on the forecourt was written into my tenancy agreement - you should have asked for this to be included. However if you've only used it twice in a month, do you really need it?

[Gedcooke]

See that's the thing, parking on the Main Street is free between 3pm and 8am and weekends? I usually park there because I'm at work all the time but if I have a day off I'm stuffed ??? The little jumped up bloke in the estate agents is just winding me up, I thought a contract even be it a verbal one had some rules

[buildersmate]

Yes, it is. But it is your word against his, and you are hardly going to want to take him to court to try and prove it?

As boxtops has said, something as fundamental as this would normally be included in the agreement. But we appreciate that is being wise after the event.

As I asked before, what did you want to happen if you can't get satisfaction? - threaten to cancel the agreement?

[TheHangman]

Its a hard lesson but a good, one never take someones word when signing a contract. If you ask them the time get it in writing some will tell you anything you want to hear to get you to sign. Read the small print see CAB there may well be a clause that releases you.

[tonywiltshire]

bedknobs, BM and Gedcooke are all correct, a verbal contract is as binding as a written one, in fact in England & Wales there is no requirement in law to have your type of tenancy agreement in writing providing the key terms are provided in writing within 28 days, the difficulties are in proving the terms of an oral agreement. Ask whoever informed you that there was allocated parking with your flat to confirm this, preferably in writing, you may find it is now denied.

[Peter Pedant]

erm hold on babies


someone has made a statement that has induced Ged to enter into a contract. Is it not reasonable to say that the estate agent is the landlord's agent ? In that case so long as the estate agent maintains that who ever told him he could park was wrong ( erm showing that someone made the statement in the office ) - so actually even a letter saying someone made wrong statements would do
then the Misrepresentation Act 1967 (I think) operates and he could repudiate the contract.

anyway that's what I think

bit of a dead letter really - for once or twice a month, I would put up with it and move at the end.

PP