LandLord taking advantage?

At work, our landlord owns the building & has his office upstairs. He has a few different businesses so, some days he has meetings with his businesses upstairs. He's got dozens of people working for him. Now, we pay for rent on the office downstairs. When he has the meetings, there are no available parking spots what-so-ever. There is a parking area out back (he owns a drive way sealing company) but it's very dirty & for big trucks. I'm afraid my car is going to get hit & the men are very disgusting. I started parking at the business next to us, & they went up stairs to our landlord to talk about it. Of course, our land lord sent the guy down stairs to talk to us. WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO GET PARKING? Am I crazy to think I should be able to park out front, where all HIS workers park? Help!

We do not have a lease. We pay month to month.

I can see your side of this and I think you are being shorted here by your landlord. since you rent the space I would think that he would have the consideration to assign you a close, marked parking spot.

I'm a landlord too, but you can see that landlords can be just as snotty as other peeps.! Since his meetings are with various other people I'd think he would consider the problem but evidently he, as some other answerers, don't consider both sides of the question.

If he were a decent sort of person and considerate of your problems he would work something out amicably, but evidently he isn't so you are stuck with that.

You're right about this but unfortunately there is nothing you can do short of finding another place, which is what I would do in your case.

If your lease doesn't specify that you have x number of spaces on his property for your exclusive use, then parking is subject to availablility.

If you are talking about street parking, then your landlord has nothing to do with it. He who gets there first gets the spot(s).

You don't have a right to use the lot next door without their permission. You're lucky you didn't get towed.

Next time you negotiate a lease, make sure you address reserved parking.

His employees have the same rights to the parking spaces as yours.

You park where ever you can find a space, but within your companies parking lot. You have no rights to the other parking lot.

If you are as elite and deserving of special treatment as you seem to think you are ask for a designated parking spot with your name clearly marked on it.

If your rental agreement with the landlord INCLUDES parking on the property, it will stipulate your entitlement to spaces. Otherwise, the space you think is yours isn't really yours.

The Muse