Driveway Addition

[Stephen Mahoney]

I currently home a home in Orlando, Florida that has two units on it. Currently the driveway is only for one of the units and the other unit has been using a parking spot across the street. That spot is no longer available and therefore I have to widen the driveway to make another spot for my tenants to park. One of the tenants, in the other unit, is complaining because they are saying the driveway expansion is going to reduce the size of the yard they lease. I do not believe they have any say over this as their parking situation that was in outlined in the lease is not changing and the fact the front yard is not "theirs". Thoughts?

[JD Martin]

I assume the one across the street was outlined and they are losing their spot? 

Who maintains the front yard of the other unit? If the tenant is responsible for maintaining the yard, I would say you have rented that yard to them. If it is common space, or maintained by someone else, I would ignore their complaint altogether or give them the option to break the lease and move if they don't like it (and you are comfortable renting to someone else).