# Car parking area sold and now chargeable

**URL:** <https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391>\
**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [4 August 2020 11:34 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391 "2020-08-04T11:34:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![David104](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/david104/32/4490_2.png) [@David104](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/David104)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2020 11:34 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391/1 "2020-08-04T11:34:28Z")

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Hi,

One of my houses is ex council, the estate like many includes little closes with garages and parking spaces. The housing association managing the estate sold the closes to a garage letting company who now also charge for the parking spaces. Has anyone else seen similar and had success fighting this practice? The housing association could and I think should have covenanted no charging for parking when they sold the land.

David

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**Author:** ![Colin3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/colin3/32/450_2.png) [@Colin3](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Colin3)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2020 11:40 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391/2 "2020-08-04T11:40:36Z")

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Residents should have bought it… Then again if such a clause were in it, it would not get sold \> i have seen loads of these up for sale on Rightmove… The one buying it has to maintain the place as well,

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**Author:** ![David104](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/david104/32/4490_2.png) [@David104](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/David104)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2020 12:56 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391/3 "2020-08-04T12:56:34Z")

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Coulda woulda shoulda. Sadly it’s not like planning permission, there was no requirement to let anyone know, else I’d have probably bought it.

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**Author:** ![Colin3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/colin3/32/450_2.png) [@Colin3](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Colin3)\
**Post date:** [6 August 2020 11:16 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391/4 "2020-08-06T11:16:53Z")

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I always wondered who would buy them ,and why? Now I know the answer !

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/system/32/11_2.png) [@system](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 August 2022 12:53 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/car-parking-area-sold-and-now-chargeable/14391/5 "2022-08-09T12:53:24Z")

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