I have a rental property (2 bedroom flat) in Picton that is located next to a backpackers. The flat has 2 carparks in front of it owned by me for the tenants use. There are 'No Parking' signs on the external walls of the flat in front of these car parks. The owners of Atlantis Backpackers, continue to allow their customers to park in my car parks, and to sleep in their vehicles, despite numerous requests made to them by email, for this to cease.
I just phoned them this morning and asked 'Why has a van had been parked on my property for the last 2 months?'
The owners' reply was, 'Any time you want to sell, let us know', and then he hung up! I was gobsmacked.
My current tenants have terminated their tenancy due to this issue. It is obvious to me that the owners of the backpackers want to make it so hard for me to rent my flat, that eventually I'll give up and sell it to them so that they can expand their business. If I do that, it will do nothing to alleviate the current shortage in rental accomodation.
It is frustrating enough that their customers are parking on my tenants property, but that fact that they are generating income from this, none of which goes to me, and that it can jeopardise my tenants 'right of peaceful enjoyment of the property' is extremely annoying.
I have spent a lot of money on this flat in order to make it a comfortable long term home for tenants.
Any advice as to what I can legally do to stop the backpackers doing this in the future would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Harry
I just phoned them this morning and asked 'Why has a van had been parked on my property for the last 2 months?'
The owners' reply was, 'Any time you want to sell, let us know', and then he hung up! I was gobsmacked.
My current tenants have terminated their tenancy due to this issue. It is obvious to me that the owners of the backpackers want to make it so hard for me to rent my flat, that eventually I'll give up and sell it to them so that they can expand their business. If I do that, it will do nothing to alleviate the current shortage in rental accomodation.
It is frustrating enough that their customers are parking on my tenants property, but that fact that they are generating income from this, none of which goes to me, and that it can jeopardise my tenants 'right of peaceful enjoyment of the property' is extremely annoying.
I have spent a lot of money on this flat in order to make it a comfortable long term home for tenants.
Any advice as to what I can legally do to stop the backpackers doing this in the future would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Harry
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