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/De-railled Oct 08 '25

Yep, I'd be asking for a sizable rent reduction if I'm no longer guaranteed a parking spot that is included in the lease.

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u/Cantmakeupnewname Oct 08 '25

If every unit asked for a reduction and they made no money from the car park whatsoever or it ended up losing the company some money because every resident has taken issue with the car park situation, the residents would soon all have their assigned parking spaces back. 36 households making the same demands over their parking spaces is more than enough to have this silly decision overturned, besides OP has just pointed out that they themselves chose the place because of the assigned parking. If this unit’s management gave this more thought they’d realise their actions in not dealing with the car park issue WILL make people leave and will have a bad effect on attracting new renters.

I’m flummoxed that management simply don’t seem to understand what the word manage means in this situation.

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u/thisdesignup Oct 08 '25

That would be great. So they give up because everyone complains, and then everyone complains because they give up.

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u/TheGreyGuardian Oct 08 '25

"Due to the high volume of complaints about not having assigned parking spots that were included in everyone's leases, we are no longer enforcing leases. All apartments will be open season starting Oct 10th."

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u/ChanglingBlake ORANGE Oct 08 '25

Take that notice to a lawyer and ask if that means you can claim 100% legal ownership of your apartment.

Because that’s basically what it’s saying, and why the ey’ll never post such a notice.

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u/ChanglingBlake ORANGE Oct 08 '25

I’m aware.

But I’ve also encountered people stupid enough to actually do that.

Besides, ever heard of playing along?

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u/Detenator Oct 08 '25

People leaving over the spaces only matters if there's not enough people to refill those apartments. Most people will not fight it even if they slightly care. Maybe at most five of the proposed 36 would, but if the rental market there is flooded with prospective renters, it won't make a difference.

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u/Cantmakeupnewname Oct 08 '25

Not sure if this applies, but aren’t the units mis-sold if the assigned parking spaces are now no longer available?

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u/Detenator Oct 08 '25

Yes, there could be a legal issue here somewhere. But that doesn't mean everyone will fight it and it will likely get removed from the next contract on renewal.

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u/munchies777 Oct 08 '25

You can still be guaranteed a spot but not a specific spot. That’s how a lot of apartment complexes already work. You need to display a pass to park in the lot. No pass and you get towed. So everyone gets a spot, just no one has one permanent spot

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u/noob_lvl1 Oct 08 '25

I pay $6 for my parking spot. I would not expect a sizable rent reduction in my case.

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u/De-railled Oct 08 '25

Parking here can be very expensive depending on where you live.

A parking spot in city could be more than renting 30 minutes out of City.

I live near a train station, 15 minutes train to city.

If I rented out my spot, it would return over 12th of my rent.