Moral Question

[Joer]

Is it right to fill your tenant's pick-up with snow when he parks not in the assigned area but in an area to make clean up harder.

[Ketchamized]

Joe, I'd say it'd depend on the circumstances. If the tenant ignores you and keeps parking there, then that's what I would do. Before taking an action like that, I would discuss it with the tenant. Your point might come across more loudly if you stopped clearing their driveway for them. Regardless of how the situation turns out, I'd add a provision in the lease saying that the tenants will be fined $25 dollars every time (taken from security deposit) their cars is not parked in the assigned area. But, this is only legal and can only be given to the tenant either when the lease is renewed or a new tenant moves in.

[Rob-B]

Are you asking as a tentant or the landlord? I'd say yes. Rob

[UCD]

When I had my Garage there was an apt building next door to the warehouse yard I keep clean as part of cleaning my garage yard. There was a tenant in that building that parked his car on warehouse property right where the snow had to go I warned him that if he didn't move it i would bury it. His landlord also warned him. He laughed thought it was funny. needles to say he didn't find his car until spring it was buried under 18' of snow just as high as the blower on the 7790 could pile it. He went to the police but was told he was warned so dig it out and move it if he wanted it. My apt building shared a drive with the building next door and the owner of that building told his tenants that when I was cleaning they had to move their vehicles as the snow had to go behind them or their vehicle would get plugged in. One big storm one of his tenants stood in the window watching me blow snow I motioned for him to move his car. He did not come out to move it so it got buried. Took him about 4 hours of shoveling to get it out when it would have only taken 5 min of his time to move it and have a nice clean parking spot. After that when he heard the diesel coming he had his car moved before I got in the yard.

[Tom_Byrne]

When I was in my old two family, I put it in the lease that I was responsible for snow removal of the driveway and sidewalks. The tenant was responsible to clean and move his car for proper snow removal "in a timely manner"(12 hours after snowfall). If the tenant chose not to clean the snow off his car and move it so I could plow, it was his problem to clean up.

[PGL]

What about opening the windows first?:O

[Joer]

1. he was told many times where to park. 2. PGL He was parked too close to my truck to get good angle for fill up. Also too lazy to get off tractor.

[Ketchamized]

Joe, That tenant has no respect for you. I wouldn't renew the lease.

[jjouelle]

After plowing commercial (shopping centers) for 20 years I know what it's like to get frustrated with people being ignorant or purposely making your life miserable while you're trying to clean up. I think you should have buried the entire truck!!! I did that once in New Britain, CT; it turned out to be the bank presidents Cadillac and he had called the property owner for permission to leave it there during Storm Larry (30"+/-) in February of 1978. We ended up going back a week later to dig it out, but it was worth itsm06sm06sm06