Imagine buying a house where the parking in the neighborhood requires you to have a parking permit. Would you want to update the parking permit information so that only your vehicles could park there, or would you be okay with adding some other vehicles to the list?

In this story, one new homeowner is in this situation, and they’re thinking about removing some vehicles from the list. They’re not sure if this is the right thing to do or not.

Keep reading for all the details.

WIBTA if I cancelled the parking permits of the adult children of the former owner of my home?

Just brought a house in a controlled parking area, near a fairly significant employer.

When I picked up the keys the person I brought the house from said their two adult children will continue to use the parking permits associated with the house, as they work at the nearby place. It wasn’t a request, it was a statement.

I’m pretty sure way parking permits work is that the home owner gives a list of number plates to the local authority, up to a set number, and these number plates can park around here for more than a couple of hours. It’s all done electronically.

I assume if a car not associated with a home in the area gets caught parking for more than the set time they will get a ticket.

The renter is thinking about making some changes.

We have off road parking, but I also have family and friends who will park on the street when visiting, so will be updating the list of authorised cars in the next few days.

WIBTA if I ensured that only vehicles belong to us, my friends and family are associated with my property? Effectively ensuring these adult children will get a parking ticket sooner or later and will have to find alternative arrangements.

Also, am I obliged to warn them?

If they own the house, they have the right to do whatever they want. I think it would be nice to warn the former owner about the parking permit changes, but it’s not required.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person suggests giving the former owner a heads up.

Another person thinks the former owner was out of line.

Everyone seems to be thinking the same thing.

But warning the former owner would be the nice thing to do.

When you move out, you don’t get to hold onto the parking permits.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.