Tenants of four apartments on Karola Miarki Street had used the storage units for more than 25 years to store personal belongings such as tools, small building materials and other items commonly kept in basements, garages and storage rooms. In November 2025, four storage units were demolished by the owner of the bakery.
The history of these rooms dates back to 1995 and is connected with the expansion of the bakery. At that time, the bakery owner built eight storage units: four on Mikołaja Brody Street and four on Opitza Street. They served as a kind of replacement for the basements in the building, which were occupied by his company.
“Since 1993, I had been trying to expand the bakery for the first time,” says the owner. “I only received permission in 1995 because various regulations were changing. I really wanted to expand the company, but in agreement with the tenants of the building. I walked around with letters so many times to obtain it. But out of 40 tenants, 38 agreed. That was a success. That was also when I built the storage units. And I always took care of the courtyard, its appearance and condition. You can compare this courtyard and its appearance with others that are less well maintained,” explains the bakery owner.
After some time, the entrepreneur decided to adapt the space occupied by the four storage units on Mikołaja Brody Street in order to install flour silos there. Consequently, in 2001 the people who had units there were, in a sense, “relocated” by MZGM to the rooms on Opitza Street.
“We were assigned these storage units administratively,” one of the residents explains. “Our possession was peaceful and undisturbed until November 2025. Then the bakery owner fenced off the units and began demolishing them without our consent, knowledge or prior notice. MZGM believes that the demolition of our units was lawful because on January 30, 2025, and October 24, 2025, it posted notices on the doors of the units calling on users to make contact and empty the rooms. In my opinion, the legal standard for public institutions such as MZGM is to send a summons by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt to the address, or deliver it personally against a receipt,” the tenant complains. He also presents, as evidence, a letter drawn up in 2001 by the then head of MZGM, which records the allocation for use of one of the units in exchange for a basement room.
“One of the owners found out that notices had been posted and sent a letter through a law firm from Bydgoszcz to MZGM, but it did not help,” explains the son of another tenant. “My mother did not even know that a notice had been posted there. A neighbor informed me, and I informed my mother so she could check whether anything was hanging on the door of the storage unit. We took no further action because this was not a lawful way of resolving the matter for us. I would even say it was a deliberate and premeditated action by MZGM. Did they not know whom they had assigned the units to and how to contact those people?” the man asks.
MZGM, however, claims that the Facility has no civil-law agreement with the person using the unit. Any potential claims can be directed to the bakery owner.
The Mayor of Bolesławiec, who was also approached about the matter, replied that the demolished storage unit was not owned by the residents because it was not an appurtenant room belonging to the apartment.
“Why did the Municipality of Bolesławiec sell us apartments without the storage units that had been assigned to the apartments?” asks one tenant. “In my case, the unit was specified and the appraiser included it in the valuation of the house, while the apartment price was increased by the price of the unit. I had used my storage unit since 2000. I paid property tax for the apartment plus the storage unit. I thought the unit belonged to me, but after 26 years it turned out that it was not included in the deed because it was owned by the municipality,” the upset woman adds.
The tenants also contacted the bakery owner, asking why he had dismantled the units. He replied that he had demolished them after purchasing the land from the city.
“We do everything in accordance with the regulations,” explains the bakery owner. “I am constantly subject to inspections, which have found no irregularities. The people who complain have always done so. Even when we were renovating the building’s façade, these same people wrote complaints. I have been running a business in Bolesławiec for 37 years; I have been in this courtyard since 1979, when I was an apprentice. We renovated the entire courtyard at our own expense, as well as the pavements. They used these units for 30 years, and I repaired them—the gutters, everything. The time came when I demolished them because I am not these people’s sponsor. What did they keep there? I have photographs of what they kept. Worthless waste. And they signed agreements with someone else, not with me. I did nothing illegal here, yet they threaten me with court action. They blame MZGM, but write to me,” says the owner.
The Municipal Office confirms that the storage units were and remain the property of the bakery owner, while the land beneath the units was owned by the Municipality of Bolesławiec and was sold to the owner of the units.
“The units in the indicated area are occupied without an agreement by users who were ordered to empty them by February 11, 2025,” MZGM states in a letter. “In 1995, the head of the District Office in Bolesławiec issued a decision approving the design of the units and, at the same time, imposed on the bakery owner (the investor) the obligation to safeguard the interests of the tenants of the building on Karola Miarki Street during the construction work, solely in consultation with the site administrator, namely MZGM,” the Facility explains.
The tenants who lost their storage units reported a break-in and theft of belongings from the units to the police, which resulted in an investigation being opened. They also intend to take legal action.