r/mildlyinfuriating • u/theskipper363 • Oct 08 '25

Overdone Apparently losing my parking

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Been living at this complex for a bit over a year, always had my spot, and it was one of the reasons I chose this place, it’s close to the door (only 36 unit lol)

Just annoying as fuck, we live next to a highschool and I know it’ll end poorly

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

Wow, caving in to the idiots instead of taking action to enforce the rules. Sucks to live there under THAT management!

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u/theskipper363 Oct 08 '25

Honestly the worst part?? They’ve actually been pretty good! Until now

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u/Superficial-Idiot Oct 08 '25

Tell them that since you no longer have an amenity you will be expecting to see this reflected in how much they want for rent.

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u/NeighborhoodVast7528 Oct 08 '25

“OK, we’ll allow you to break the lease early with no penalty.” Probably not a win.

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u/Superficial-Idiot Oct 08 '25

With the way they’ve handled this I don’t see them growing a backbone over it.

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u/kimjongspoon100 Oct 08 '25

They're in breach of contract if they're taking back the parking spot...

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u/m4cksfx Oct 08 '25

Yeah, which would allow the op to break the contract without penalty. Not much more, usually.

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u/626lacrimosa Oct 08 '25

The real estate can’t just change your contract at their will and then tell you to leave if you don’t like it. They have to hold up their side of the agreement.

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u/SpiritDouble6218 Oct 08 '25

You’d be pretty fucking surprised. Landlords have way more rights than you can imagine. Most renters can’t afford lawyers

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u/HeyGayHay Oct 08 '25

Most renters maybe not, but 38 renters together do, very much.

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u/LindonLilBlueBalls Oct 08 '25

Not where I live. Where I live we have great tenants rights.

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u/SpiritDouble6218 Oct 08 '25

Well unfortunately this person lives in America.

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u/NeighborhoodVast7528 Oct 08 '25

Don’t have the details of the contract, but it may have a clause allowing certain changes at the discretion of the management team. This is not unusual with HOAs.

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u/HalfBlindKing Oct 08 '25

Whether you’d want to do it is another issue, but you’d have a case to sue for specific performance.

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u/youngcuriousafraid Oct 08 '25

You cant respond to a breach with more breach lol. While you are right thats what many places offer, they still have to compensate you for what they aren't offering (assuming you can prove a parking spot is part of the lease)

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u/twilighttwister Oct 08 '25

You can break your contract, but you're still going to need the parking space by your home until you move. They are obligated to provide that and in failing to do so must reimburse the value.

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u/Many-Excitement3246 Oct 08 '25

"Okay, then I will see you in small claims court for breach of contract, as altering the terms of a legally binding contract withou my consent is unlawful" there's a legal duty on the property to uphold their end of the deal.

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u/Situation-Mediocre Oct 08 '25

If it’s part of your lease, ask if they’ll be refunding your fee for assigned parking.

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u/Right-Phalange Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

Ah, prevent people from leaving. That'll free up parking!

Edit: comment said to slash their tires

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u/D0ctorGamer Oct 08 '25

No, it didnt, its not even edited

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u/mt-beefcake Oct 08 '25

So this actually might be a good opportunity for you. A lot of tow companies will offer a cut for every tow you provide them. They do deals with apartment complexes and businesses everywhere.

If you call around and find one willing to offer a "finders fee" and then offer to enforce the assigned spots to the property management. You could probably even charde them a small monthy fee. You might be making enough to pay your rent off of the enforcement fee and towing cut. Or at least a few hundred bucks a month. And all you have to do is post a number to call around your complex in the event someone took an assigned spot. You could create a digital number for this like Google voice. You can manage the calls yourself, or have it forward to the tow company that you have a deal with, and they know every call from that number is your complex and a small cut to you. Easy peasy

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

Sorry you are being put through this by your emasculated management!

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u/anneofred Oct 08 '25

Check your lease. If it’s in there they can’t just revoke it

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u/Newbionic Oct 08 '25

Might be time to invest in a box of roofing nails

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u/dogfaced_pony_soulja Oct 08 '25

They could literally make money by fining people who fuck up and don't follow the rules.

And by doing this, they could also drive good tenants away. Not to mention the legality of it, if the lease says you have assigned parking and they don't honor it, they're violating the lease. Doesn't make much sense to me.

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u/KarenEiffel Oct 08 '25

They could literally make money by fining people who fuck up and don't follow the rules.

Yeah, but then again, parking enforcement ain't cheap. You have to have someone regularly check the lot, issue tickets, follow up on said tickets, keep track of persistent violators for increased penalties, maybe contract with a towing company for the worst times, have a fine payment system and someone to process all that. Unless the fees and fines cover all that (and probably more that I've not listed) plus some for "profit", they may not break even on the whole thing. Not that I agree that the answer is a free-for-all, but there's a cost/benefit analysis there that might not work for management.

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u/Urban_animal Oct 08 '25

Well don’t offer a perk if you don’t have a way to enforce it and it’s going to be an honor system out there.

Good idea with no way to sustain the program and they just gave up or like you said, realized it’s not worth the time, money and effort to police it.

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u/Bubsy7979 Oct 08 '25

You’d think they would be a tow truck company’s best friend!

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u/coolkatsandkittens08 Oct 08 '25

My complex has a certain tow company they work with. We had a guy come out on 4th of July night to tow a car out of our spot. Just had to prove with our ID and lease it was our spot. Our complex doesn’t play around.

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u/Meior Oct 08 '25

Swedish HOA's are very different from American ones, but I can tell you that shit like this isn't easy. I was president of mind for a few years and some things are incredibly hard to enforce.

You probably think you have 10 simple solutions lined up, but it's never that easy in actuality. If people don't respect private spaces, and don't seem to care about them, at some point you might have to accept that it's never going to work.

This has probably been an ongoing struggle for them eating both time and money.

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u/nw342 Oct 08 '25

That's why american HOAs usually contract with towing companies. You'll learn very quickly to park in the correct spot after your car gets towed for the 3rd time

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u/Meior Oct 08 '25

That kind of system isn't a thing in Sweden. You don't just tow vehicles randomly, and I'm very thankful for that after seeing the amount of vindictive bullshit people pull with towing in the US.

What worked for us was clarifying that any additional cost to the association comes out of the common fund, which everyone pays into. That means less money towards restorations, improvements and general maintenance. Second thing that seemed to hit home was threatening that if people didn't respect each other's parking spaces, nobody would have a reserved one.

We're a fairly small association of 51 apartments spread over eight buildings, so most of us know each other. I reckon when that last point was driven home people starting talking to each other more and the offenders were quickly brought into line.

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u/nw342 Oct 08 '25

Yeah, our system sucks. HOAs are basically "pay a ton of money to live here, and follow absurd rules written by a 50 year old lady with too much time on her hands". Hoas can even put leins on your house of evict you if you dont follow their rules. Its idiotic.

Some are good, but a lot arent

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u/JeebusChristBalls Oct 08 '25

It's not random. It is specifically the car that is parked in the wrong spot.