So, to put in perspective I do not have a lot of storage space where I live whereas one of the neighbours has a garage attached to his house and lets me store things in there, nothing too major just car cleaning equipment (literally a bucket and some products) as well as the odd tool like a car jack, I’m not too bothered if he uses them as-long as he uses them right and takes care of them so they don’t break. Recently they’ve been getting used without being asked (again not bothered about that) but also being left out in the rain briefly rather than being covered. As well as a torque wrench being used as just a ratchet, AITAH for wanting to take them out of the garage and find storage in my place for them? I’ve also told him that I’m moving out soon and taking my stuff and he asked “how am I going to lift the Newer car up?” I actually offered him a different Jack that isn’t in use
NTA. If you don’t want him using the tools and leaving them in the rain, you move them to your place. And if you’re moving anyway, of course you move your stuff too. You can tell him that he’ll have to find his own jack or (as you did) loan or give him one you don’t want any more.
He does help me out by letting me store stuff in there like but I have told him he needs to use the stuff right, the rain incident was only once and was a freak downpour if that makes sense? Just annoying
NTA. Sounds like it was a nice agreement for both of you, as long as he was taking care of your stuff when using it, but not taking care of it would be like you just putting your stuff in there all haphazardly rather than neatly, or maybe gradually adding more stuff, taking up more room than initially agreed upon. It’s your stuff, even though he was nice enough to stirring for you, you never really had to let him identify in the first place (although that might have been borderline asshole 🙂)
What might have been borderline sorry I don’t understand?
I think they mean you would be an asshole if you stored tools in his garage but would not let him use them *in spite of* him (hypothetically) taking good care of them.