Bike storage in flats?

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12:01 AM, 2nd August 2023, 3 years ago 12

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Hello, I own a Victorian 3-bed rental property in London, it is a first-floor flat and I also own 2/3 of the freehold of the property which has one other ground-floor flat below it.

Three new tenants are moving in soon and want to store their bikes against the railings inside the front area of the property. The owner of the ground floor flat doesn’t want them stored there and suggested the new tenants should carry them up 2 flights of stairs to their flat.

This would be impractical and most likely damage the walls in the hallway and stairs. I wondered where I stood on the situation and if my 2/3 ownership of the freehold holds and away.

Thanks,

DBAR

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JB

Member Since May 2017 - Comments: 766

10:39 AM, 3rd August 2023, About 3 years ago

I would not want any bike with a battery inside the building as this is also a fire risk

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Kizzie Read Full Bio

Member Since October 2022 - Comments: 410

6:27 PM, 5th August 2023, About 3 years ago

As a matter regarding freehold, it is usually in joint ownership and individual leases held as tenants in common. So freeholders must come to mutually acceptable solutions

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