All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Ronald says - I've seen easement and city approve parking spaces in easements, BUT you cannot count those spaces.

Matt says - Also locally all of the parking in the easement or even off site with a parking agreement would all be able to count toward you development requirements.

Thank you, little confused ( i understand city development office is the best place to get answers) but just making sure can i count the parking spaces in easements towards my development requirements (7k sqft retail center)

Thank you, the easement is to a C3 zoned corner lot .48 acres for variable width drainage and electrical; in the lot just next to it there is a retail center with parking in easement (shown in pic below); 'd like to build a 7000 sqft retail center in 20,950 sqft lot; i'll check with city, 7k is already too tight for a 21k sqft lot, if parking is also not permitted in easements i don't think its possible to build, trying to get second opinion...

Hi -

1) is a 7000 sqft retail center possible in 20,952 sqft land (.48 acre)

2) what does it mean by "+/- 10,000 SF Buildable area with an agreement for extra parking area", is it a risk building retail center depending on parking space agreements

3) can we construct open parking in electrical, drainage easements and building setbacks ? (boxed with pink border below)

@Brooklyn A.

do you know if companies like "RPA - Rental protection agency" are helpful in resolving such issues?

http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com

@Account Closed thank you for the reply

I am a non-immigrant on work visa and trying to find out if there is a way to solve this without getting into legal matters (not trying to gain sympathy, don't know if it affects my work permit renewal, but just trying to stay away from such issues)

asked the manager to reduce these additional charges (since the apartment is benefitting from what I pay and he said, "we already gave you 10% discount of what a laminate would have costed")

if I said yes to granite and terminated the lease next day, its two months notice and the increase in rent after granite tops install is IIRC 110 per month; I am ready to pay the $220 as additional charges but the manager just ignored...

I strongly believe its unfair but I am worried taking it up legally, is court my only option?

Thank you @Andrew Ware for the reply; to your following point

If the unit wasn't damaged, the owner typically would leave it as is

had I continued to be a tenant and said yes to granite top installs I would not have been charged for laminate replacement; the management was already ok installing granite tops before I moved out and after I moved out they did the same (infact i've seen many other units upgraded when tenants moved out)

I guess what I am trying to ask is - "is it a fair housing policy to treat moved out tenants differently vs existing tenants";

hi - after moving out the apartment manager had sent final account statement with additional charges of $1059 for replacing kitchen counter tops, saying they were damaged due to excessive water (my negligence or not is altogether different topic); i've asked for pictures of replacement, he said he can send the pics but they will show granite counter tops (i've lived and moved out of a laminate kitchen counter top unit) - he said i am being charged only a part of the granite install cost, for the amount of what a laminate replacement would have costed; he doesn't agree to my point that if i am asked to pay, it can only be when they were laminated again, to bring the apartment to state i moved-in...

i think this is unethical for following reasons

1) I am being asked to pay for a work that was not done; the amount i have to pay is going into improving the unit (increasing its rental value)

2) in a perfect scenario the unit should be brought to move-in state (lamniate) i should be charged with the exact amount and later a decision should be made to upgrade or remodel the apartment with apartment management's own money

3) when i complained about counter tops during my stay, the management gave granite counter top option and said replacing the counter tops (which basically is upgrading the unit like other units in apartment complex fetching higher rent) will increase the rent by somewhat close to 110$ and if i terminate the lease i dont need to pay for granite replacement; I decided to terminate the lease and move out, the unit was upgraded after i moved out and am still being charged to cover a portion of the upgrade costs (granite counter tops)...

4) have complained about the faucet leaking to previous management many times, no one showed up to fix and i had to put temporary fixes myself; the previous management was worse; when i complained again to the new management they asked for a reference number which i donot have as all complaints were made in leasing office verbally; the new management said, they checked in the system and dont see any complaints related to faucet leaking - anyway as i dont have proof of complaint, had to remain silent; infact they got to know about the problem after i complained, not when they checked after moving out (so not sure if i was negligent)

is it fair to upgrade the unit (increasing its rental value) and ask me to pay a part the costs? can i dispute these additional charges?