Renting a Garage - Bournemouth

[shantybeater]

Guys I'm in the middle of a house/flat purchase and need a bit of advice.

The property comes with a detached double garage as pictured here:



According to the current owners it is let out for £100pm and has been for at least four years (whilst they have lived there). From what they say they barely see the guy who lets it out so it seems like a good situation. Now my issue is I could do with rental income to start with whilst I get settled, but within 6-12months I will want to stop the agreement and make good the space inside for my toy, assuming it fits through the narrow doors! (currently sat in a carcoon). I inspected the garage yesterday and in places it is shoulder height full of rubble/bricks/wood and apparently carpets he keeps on the upper floor. There is no written agreement in place and I'm quite worried about being lumbered with the cost of disposal if things turn out unsavoury (it could even be the current owners mess for all I know!).

Questions:

- Would anyone advise whether to carry this agreement over to my ownership?
- If I cancel the agreement and make sure the owner clears the garage prior to exchange (my current thinking) is £100pm easily obtainable in this area?
- Should a written agreement be written up?
- Would it be silly to clean the garage up and offer it out to a car enthusiast with options for carcoon/trickle charging in place?

Thankyou in advance for any suggestions

Edited by shantybeater on Monday 24th November 15:56

[zed4]

Can’t really help with the legalities, but depending on its location, I’d very happily offer £100 a month for it for my two cars.

[shantybeater]

Hi Dan, thats good to know, won't be available until new year though. My preference is to offer out for car storage rather than junk etc. as I plan on putting effort into making a nice home for when I finally migrate the pork. It's in the wallisdown area

[zed4]

Ok, well one of my cars is currently stored in my mum’s garage in Ensbury Park, so not too far away from you. It’s going to stay there for the next couple of months until it’s ready for the road, my other toy is in my single garage at home, so I’m sorted for the short term. I’d like to try and find something closer to me in New Milton, but I can’t! I might be interested for the new year, if it does become available, so keep me posted.

[martinrpeachey]

I've just moved out of the Walisdown area and if you can get rental income from it then go for it. A safe place to store a car is a good thing in my book and one of the reasons I sold my place in Walisdown and moved to creekmore. I got sick of the local workshy p1sspots and ferrel children damaging the bloody car.

[nick1275]

I would get it cleared out and re let or at least get a written agreement sorted out with yours or the vendors solicitors. If it's as full as you say it could be in to hundreds of pounds worth of skips and your time or paying someone to clean it all out.

[shantybeater]

Thanks for the replies

Nick - Sound advice which I plan on sticking to

Dan - Will do

Martin, whereabouts in Wallidown were you living? I know Turbary has a nasty reputation but I worked on Wallidown road for 4+ years and had no problems, seems the estate areas are best left alone.

Edited by shantybeater on Wednesday 26th November 22:16

Edited by shantybeater on Wednesday 26th November 22:18

[martinrpeachey]

shantybeater said:

Dan - Will do

Martin, whereabouts in Wallidown were you living? I know Turbary has a nasty reputation but I worked on Wallidown road for 4+ years and had no problems, seems the estate areas are best left alone.

I was just off walisdown road (Fraser road - off Scott road).