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    demonaz
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      Hi all, new to this forum and would like some advice.

       

      Mid last year we bought a villa in a four-unit complex, we are unit 4 at the very end of the block (L shaped, we are at the end of the ‘axe’ so to speak). There’s a very, very long driveway and a super tight 90 degree bend (unit 3 just at the bend and I’m at the very end). Between unit 3 and 4 there is a massive tree and a bit of common property between the tree and unit 3’s garage that acts as a ‘turn around facility’ for unit 4.

      Theoretically, to get out of the complex I reverse into the common property between adjacent to the tree and drive straight out. When we moved in late last year, we found that unit 3 is parking one of their cars in the common property in question. In fact, they installed a retractable sunshade onto the external wall of the villa to protect their car from rain… I believe there are no exclusive use arrangements.

      In order to get out of the complex, I have to reverse all the way out (about 50m). It’s very tight and at night or when it’s raining hard to see anything. I’ve had several close calls with pedestrians reversing out, once with small children. Not to mention the hassle of reversing almost 50m in a tight driveway…

      The owner of unit 3 used to park their car from about 4pm until 6am (wife’s working times). I spoke to the owner and he was dismissive of my concerns, citing his tenure of the villa (10 years or so) and the fact that they have ‘always parked there’ and the ‘previous owner just reversed all the way out’. I didn’t want to have an argument at the time as we just moved in and have a lot of stress-causing things happening in our personal lives (work and wedding preparation etc).

      However, since early this year, they got a new car and started parking their other car, a bigger sedan (husband goes to work on a motorcycle) all day, every day almost permanently in the common property. There maybe days that he uses the car but it’s once in a blue moon.

      We want to start a family and either upgade to a larger car (I’ve got a tiny Corolla), or have two cars which will make it harder to reverse out all the way to the street. I also don’t want to risk reversing and posing a danger to residents and pedestrians. I’ve had it and want this issue resolved; there should be no parking on common property anyway! To add fire, the owner regularly parks his cars on the driveway to wash his cars or load/unload things, sometimes hours on end. I’ve had to on several occasions, tell him to move his car so that my wife and I can actually get out of our garage.

      We have an AGM in a couple of weeks and I plan on raising this issue. I just want some advice on how I should approach this, as we have just appointed a new strata manager (owner of unit 3 convinced us to change strata managers last year).

      I’m not one to cause disharmony and trouble but I’m under stress everyday and just want it to end.

      Thanks!

       

       

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