Bike Shifting in Choodasandra

Apartment associations in Choodasandra hold several sums for residents: the corpus, advance maintenance, a move in deposit. Alongside those, many charge small recurring fees that are easy to forget, and the parking fee for a second vehicle is one of the most common.

The usual arrangement is that each flat gets one covered bay, sometimes a car bay and a two wheeler bay. A second bike, or a bike as well as a car where only one slot is included, is charged a monthly fee for an extra space, often added to the maintenance bill. Over a few years, it becomes part of the bill nobody reads line by line.

When you move out, that fee can carry on unless someone stops it. Associations work from their own records, and the extra bay may stay on the account until the flat's next occupant arrives, or until someone notices. If the fee was paid in advance for a quarter or a year, there may be a refund due for the unused months.

It is worth checking the other direction too. Some associations charge the bay fee only from the date a sticker is issued, and some backdate it. If a sticker for a second bike was never issued because the bike arrived late, the account may still be correct. Read the bill before you write, so the conversation is about the right months.

So, a few weeks before the move, look at the maintenance bill and find the line for the extra bay. Write to the association, or tell the office, giving the date the bike will leave and asking for the fee to stop from that month. If you paid ahead, ask for the unused part to be adjusted against your final dues or refunded. Keep the reply.

Hand back anything that goes with the bay: a sticker, a tag, a bay number plate, a key to a locked two wheeler enclosure. Ask the office to note that the bay is free, so it can be allotted to someone else.

At the new society, ask the same questions before you arrive. How many bays come with the flat? Is there a charge for a second bike, and how much? Is there space at all, or is there a waiting list? Some newer societies have plenty of two wheeler space; older ones are often full, and a second bike may have to stand outside the compound until a bay frees up.

If the answer is no space, you have a decision to make before the move rather than after. Keep both bikes and find paid parking nearby, or sell one before you go.

Read the parking rules the new society gives you. Many specify that two wheelers must stand inside marked bays only, that bikes may not be parked in front of another flat's car, and that covers must be kept tidy. Some ban storing anything in the bay apart from the vehicle. Knowing this before delivery means the crew put the bike in the right place first time.

Also check the rules on where a second bike can stand while you wait. Parking in a visitor bay or a driveway may be against the society's rules and may attract a fine or a polite notice on the seat.

Our Choodasandra packers page covers the corpus, deposits and what you get back when you leave. This page is about the parking fee that goes with the bike.

Some societies charge more for an EV bay with a charging point, either as a fixed fee or by metered electricity. Stop that at the old society and ask how the new one bills it. When booking, share the electric scooter's make and whether its battery is removable.