Someone cut my bike lock.

[Nortones2]

Just to repeat; in Scotland "Tenament" is a description of a type of block of flats and says nothing about the ownership of said flats. I live in a tenament, but I own (well have a mortgage on) my flat. Other flats in the same block are rented from private landlords who live elsewhere.

There are a few in England as well: Barrow in Furness. Listed buildings: http://tinyurl.com/379shlg I had some dealings with the area a while back - problems with the scaffolding giving scrotes access to peoples windows.

 

[killiekosmos]

Ownership is not an issue here. Whether the flat in question is owned or rented does not matter. Normally, if a tenamental property has garden ground and/or railings to the front then these are linked to the adjacent ground floor flat. You could report this to the police but if the flat occupier denied any involvement then the matter would end there. It might discourage future incidents (if this was the culprit).

If you have the full address you could check the Landlord Registration web-site to see if it is privately rented but this would just be idle curiosity.


When I had a tenament flat in Glasgow I chained my bike to the railings on the landing outside the flat.

 

[Vickyjrob]

When I had a tenament flat in Glasgow I chained my bike to the railings on the landing outside the flat.

It wasn't possible to chain it inside her building, although I think I would rather it be inside than next to the horrible neighbours.

In response to everyone else, I hadn't thought that it could have been an attempted theft. There were two people who had been walking by looking at the dumped bike trying to recognize if it was their neighbour's bike but they didn't say anything about seeing an attempted theft.

I'm just going to leave it. They aren't my neighbours so the problem will only arise when visiting my friend.

The bike lock fortunately only cost £6 and my uncle is giving me a motorbike lock. But as a student living off only £20 a week, it's a small cost that I cannot afford. I've just learnt the hard way I guess and when I started this thread I wasn't thinking of taking legal action, I just wanted to know if I was in the wrong chaining it there so that I could avoid maybe breaking the law in the future and wether I had the right to go demand that they pay for a new lock.
I haven't been riding my bike for long. I haven't had a bike since childhood and it was just very disheartening this happening. I consider myself a courteous cyclist. I have my bike at home chained to the staircase railings at the bottom entrance hallway and I've left a note on it in case it is in anyone's way. Perhaps I should just do that all the frigging time...

 

[swee'pea99]

TBH it sounds to me like you've rubbed a Glasgow psychopath up the wrong way and got off very lightly, all things considered. I'm not belittling the loss of the lock, but in the great scheme of things it could've been a whole lot worse. I'd take it on the chin, move on, and not park there again. Life is too short etc...