If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your rent pays for parking

Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by Mz on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:19PM (#14800496)

I rented an apartment for five years that came with an assigned spot. I wasn't there all that long when I gave up my car. All the neighbors were like "Yay! Free space!" My rent did not drop.

I felt all kinds of shit all over. Parking spaces should be extra or people without cars should get a discount.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by chaosbutters314 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:42PM (#14800631)

Well, if they built the parking with the apartment I see no problem in the landlord charging tenants for the spot and letting them sublet it with the help of the landlord. If you didn't want the spot with the place, should've chosen another one.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by Mz on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:48PM (#14800668)

If you didn't want the spot with the place, should've chosen another one.

There is all kinds of stuff wrong with this statement.

A) It was the only apartment complex that met my needs.

B) I don't think there were any apartment complexes where a parking space was optional.

C) As I said above: I had a car when I rented the place. I gave it up later. That was not in my plans at the time that I rented the place.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by JadeNB on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @08:56PM (#14801316)

> C) As I said above: I had a car when I rented the place. I gave it up later. That was not in my plans at the time that I rented the place.

Without commenting on (A) or (B), surely (C) is not a reasonable complaint? If you rent a 2-bedroom, but then your roommate moves out, then certainly it was not in your plans at the time that you rented, but just as certainly you wouldn't expect your rent to go down. (I recognise that it's a different situation, since no-one can readily use the other bedroom, whereas someone can use the parking space; but what I mean is that "That was not in my plans" is not in itself a justification for a rent abatement.)

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by Mz on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:04PM (#14801347)

It isn't a complaint. It is a rebuttal of a completely ridiculous assertion that I should not have rented the place to begin with.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by gozur88 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:29PM (#14800914)

I would have talked to the landlord. He probably could have rented out the space to one of the other tenants and given you a break on the rent.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by pfranz on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:30PM (#14801851)

I lived in a 8 unit apartment with only 4 spaces. When talking to the landlord about why the 1br cost so much more than a studio, they said it was because of the space. The landlord seemed very willing to charge me for a spot if a neighbor didn't need their's. Maybe you should have talked to your landlord?

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