Can I be charged to tow tenant’s car?
One of my tenants found an unknown vehicle parked in his allocated car parking space. After extensive enquiries, we found out that it was another tenant of mine who was responsible for this.
Despite promises from the other tenant to move this car, she has still not done so, and the block management company say that they will have it towed away and add the charges to my next service charge bill.
This seems very unfair. Has anyone any ideas on whether the management can legally charge me for this and how I can get rid of the
car myself as the police I am sure will not be interested even though the car is not taxed or insured.
Many thanks
Kevin
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Member Since September 2013 - Comments: 474
2:24 PM, 15th May 2021, About 5 years ago
Reply to the comment left by alocjtoi at 15/05/2021 – 14:17
Glad we have some common ground. In the original poster’s description of the problem an added factor is another tenant of his has no parking space while the issue rumbles on. He/she is paying for it via the rent so could they sue because they are denied use? Added to the issue is what happens if the offending car belongs to a non tenant, ie someone off the street who nips in and dumps his/her car there?
Member Since March 2019 - Comments: 30
2:46 PM, 15th May 2021, About 5 years ago
>… another tenant of his has no parking space while the issue rumbles on. He/she is paying for it via the rent so could they sue because they are denied use?
Of course, they could. I would ask for a reduction of rent or cost compensation if parking is paid for separately. But I would sue the landlord as enforcing any order on a tenant is an exercise in futility most of the times.
> Added to the issue is what happens if the offending car belongs to a non tenant, ie someone off the street who nips in and dumps his/her car there?
No change here. Legally you’d need a court order. Practically it’s often easier to make the car look abandoned and have the local authority sort it out.
I’m so utterly disappointed at the way British laws are structured. They are totally unfair to land owners and you might also be surprised that you have absolutely no easy way to remove trespasser from your land if, for example, someone puts up a tent in your garden and starts to live there. Squatters in residential properties have been criminalized not so long ago, but laws for other types of trespass still favour the trespasser, not the land owner.
Member Since December 2015 - Comments: 828
2:48 PM, 15th May 2021, About 5 years ago
laws are meant to help lawyers?
Member Since March 2019 - Comments: 30
8:57 PM, 15th May 2021, About 5 years ago
Reply to the comment left by terry sullivan at 15/05/2021 – 14:48
I would blame universal suffrage for the laws as they are.