Neighbour parking on private property
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I know if a car isn't legal it has to be parked/kept on private land,does this have to be your own land or have permission of the land owner to keep said vehicle there?
Is his car legal? does have you rpermission to keep half of it on your land?
Do you know anyone with a big truck? ask him politely to move his car as you have a big truck coming that needs to be parked on your drive and you wouldn't want his car to be damaged!
Is his car legal? does have you rpermission to keep half of it on your land?
Do you know anyone with a big truck? ask him politely to move his car as you have a big truck coming that needs to be parked on your drive and you wouldn't want his car to be damaged!
Arrange for a PH acquaintance with a 4x4 to pull it out of the way when he isn't there, or if unavailable pull it with your own motor after jacking and placing 4 maccyD trays under his wheels. Then get Jewsons to deliver some pallets of cheap s
t breezeblocks/tonne bags of gravel up against the boundary 'so you can do some DIY', which you will mysteriously never do. Job jobbed.
t breezeblocks/tonne bags of gravel up against the boundary 'so you can do some DIY', which you will mysteriously never do. Job jobbed.jazzyjeff said:
saleen836 said:
I know if a car isn't legal it has to be parked/kept on private land,does this have to be your own land or have permission of the land owner to keep said vehicle there?
Is his car legal?
What do you mean by "is his car legal" Is his car legal?
mph1977 said:
jazzyjeff said:
saleen836 said:
I know if a car isn't legal it has to be parked/kept on private land,does this have to be your own land or have permission of the land owner to keep said vehicle there?
Is his car legal?
What do you mean by "is his car legal" Is his car legal?
Is there any dispute over the ownership of the land? If not, then he's clearly carried out an act of intimidation, the fact that you describe him as a thug suggests that he's not above using violence. That being the case, you need to proceed accordingly, or turn the other cheek. I don't think doing stuff to his car, or trying to maroon it, are really the directions you need to be going in.
Jasandjules said:
Put up a sign which states that any unauthorised vehicles will be clamped and there will be a £250 release fee. State that if the fee is not paid it will be increased by £100 per day. If after 7 days the fine is not paid in full the offending vehicle will be removed and crushed.
Then call an SIA accredited firm to come and clamp the car. After 7 days, have it removed and crushed, your local scrappy can come round and collect it...
Then call an SIA accredited firm to come and clamp the car. After 7 days, have it removed and crushed, your local scrappy can come round and collect it...
Brilliant!My god I envy the educated.
saleen836 said:
mph1977 said:
jazzyjeff said:
saleen836 said:
I know if a car isn't legal it has to be parked/kept on private land,does this have to be your own land or have permission of the land owner to keep said vehicle there?
Is his car legal?
What do you mean by "is his car legal" Is his car legal?
wildone63 said:
Mill Wheel said:
Photos?
Apply for planning permission for the wall or a second driveway? He WOULD be guilty of obstruction in either case surely?
And of course the neighbour will have the right to object against planning permission being granted.Apply for planning permission for the wall or a second driveway? He WOULD be guilty of obstruction in either case surely?
For instance - drainage from tarmac driveways is now quoted as a reason for refusal, so a block brick, or gravel driveway which allows water to soak away rather than end up in drains is often preferred.
If it is granted, the OP then has more than a good reason to have the vehicle removed from his property if it should end up in court.
I had a similar (though not exactly the same) issue myself and having taken legal advice it's really quite obvious what to do.
I had to pay for this advice but I'll give it to you free.
Write to him telling him he is parking on your land and to ensure clarity pinpoint where your land ends and the highway or his land land begins with a small sketch.
In the same letter explain to him that he persistantly parks on your property and you are therefore giving him 7 days to remove his vehicle from your land. Go on to say that should he park it on your property ever again you will take steps to remove it yourself and with as little cost to you as possible as you have now made him aware of your propertys boundaries.
Explain that whilst you will be taking all reasonable steps not to damage his vehicle should entry to it not be straight-forward you may have to force entry in order to remove the car from your land and that you will consider him responsible for any costs this might incur (replacement window to release the handbrake etc).
Send it by registered post and keep a copy of this letter and a photo of the vehicle parked on your land with the date on the reverse of the photo.
CARRY OUT THIS THREAT THE VERY NEXT TIME HE TRANSGRESSES ONTO YOUR PROPERTY AND ONCE YOU HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE LETTER HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
He will undoubtedly call the Police out when you have to damage his car to gain entry. Show the attending officers your letter, proof of delivery and the photo.
They will attend his house and inform him that in their opinion you had given him ample warning of what would happen if parked on your property and that he had brought this situation upon himself.
They WILL NOT prosecute you for damage to his car.
I did this twice and both times it resulted in extensive damage to the other persons possession that was on my property and it made the local papers. The neighbours were humiliated. After a few years they moved away.
HTH
I had to pay for this advice but I'll give it to you free.
Write to him telling him he is parking on your land and to ensure clarity pinpoint where your land ends and the highway or his land land begins with a small sketch.
In the same letter explain to him that he persistantly parks on your property and you are therefore giving him 7 days to remove his vehicle from your land. Go on to say that should he park it on your property ever again you will take steps to remove it yourself and with as little cost to you as possible as you have now made him aware of your propertys boundaries.
Explain that whilst you will be taking all reasonable steps not to damage his vehicle should entry to it not be straight-forward you may have to force entry in order to remove the car from your land and that you will consider him responsible for any costs this might incur (replacement window to release the handbrake etc).
Send it by registered post and keep a copy of this letter and a photo of the vehicle parked on your land with the date on the reverse of the photo.
CARRY OUT THIS THREAT THE VERY NEXT TIME HE TRANSGRESSES ONTO YOUR PROPERTY AND ONCE YOU HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE LETTER HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
He will undoubtedly call the Police out when you have to damage his car to gain entry. Show the attending officers your letter, proof of delivery and the photo.
They will attend his house and inform him that in their opinion you had given him ample warning of what would happen if parked on your property and that he had brought this situation upon himself.
They WILL NOT prosecute you for damage to his car.
I did this twice and both times it resulted in extensive damage to the other persons possession that was on my property and it made the local papers. The neighbours were humiliated. After a few years they moved away.
HTH
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