Can a property management charge you for a parking space in the apartment building you live in?
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Can a property management charge you for a parking space in the apartment building you live in?
Asked on March 18, 2012 under Real Estate Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have a written lease for a specified time (e.g. a one-year lease), property management may charge you any amounts which the lease allows it to--and only those amounts. So if you have a lease for specified time, during the lease's term, you could only be charged for parking if the lease allows them to charge you.
When a written lease is being renewed, however, or if you are on an oral (sometimes called verbal) lease, on 30-days notice, then property management may add a parking charge; your option, if you don't want to pay, would be to look to move elsewhere.
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