Car clamped in my own parking space

peter_the_piper

Apart from a rake off to the M.Co I cannot see how they justify a clamping company for an electronically controlled gated compound. Even if a parker got in he'd have to wait for a resident to get out again. Me smells a dead rodent here.

Edit.
Did the residents request the clampers, did you agree to them or were they imposed on you whether you liked it or not?

anewman

Yet another example of why clamping should be outright illegal like it is in Scotland. The Government are wasting their time trying to get an industry to self-regulate, especially when so many cowboy outfits operating outside the law are around too.

headpin

anewman wrote: »

Try find out who the other 10 car owners are. Club together and take them, and the land owner, to court.

What would you take them to Court for? Firstly it needs to be established under what terms the “owner(s)” actually “own” the land the parking space(s) are located upon. As I said above, the most common ownership, especially as the space was bough as part of a deal of buying a flat, will be via a leasehold arrangement and as such the terms of the lease will determine how the land is “managed”. Normally this will be via a management company who will have been delegated the day to day responsibility for matters affecting the common parts of the building and grounds including such things as parking enforcement.

If all or a sufficient number of the owners (leasees) do not like the way the managment company is operating then they can take control themselves. However, for the time being they will have to abide by whatever “rules” the managment company put in place.

However, until we know how exactly the parking space is owned and managed I am just speculating. So we really need a bit more info before we send the heavies round.

Pippaki

They guy that came to clamp a few more of the other cars told my husband that even though he has displayed the permit now that if he doesn't pay by 11am they will come to tow the car. So my husband paid up.

They have come now again and clamped another 6 or so cars.

We have also formed a residents association and there are plans to take over the management of the property, followed by taking over the freehold. Funnily enough, I am chairman for the association. These are the long term plans and I don't think will help us right now.

Should there not have been advanced warning about this? If the current management company changes the clamping company then we as leaseholders should have been informed and a notice should have been put up on the noticeboard for all residents to see?

On the receipt it has the SIA license number: 0230012144204185. The guy that clamped and unclamped us had this number: 2030012245368088.

Thanks

sarahg1969

Are there actually signs up saying that clamping is in operation?

And why is clamping needed if the car park is secure?

Pippaki

There are signs on the parking lots, but they must have been put there recently and tbh, we don't drive much so don't go to the car parking space often. I don't know why they use clamping as well as the barrier but I guess people must have parked on other peoples parking spaces before? There are no visitors parking spaces available.

headpin

Licence number First name Last name Licence sector Role Expiry date Licence status As of date 0230012144204185JAMESBAISDENVehicle ImmobilisationFrontline05/08/2010Active05/08/2009

Above are the details of your clamper.

You can check yourself by entering the Licence Number at:

https://portal.the-sia.org.uk/web/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&_sn=M98fpLnuhk9tBApgUrjvCkrLMgbojjObEgVgZCvj0qA_&SWEView=LDL+Licence+Query+View&SWEHo=portal.the-sia.org.uk&SWETS=1266326014

andygb

This is the kind of thing which enrages me, because it is as though we are living in the Wild West, with the government looking out for cheats,scammers and low lifes.
I do not usually advocate violence, but these people are absolute scum, and it is only a matter of time before ordinary people start to take the law into their own hands, because the law has failed to protect us.

peter_the_piper

Time to get out the super glue and immobilise the clamps.

JayZed

Grr. My blood is boiling on your behalf. There's absolutely no reasons for a gated parking area to have this kind of enforcement. Sounds to me as though the management company and/or the clamping company are just out to extort money from residents.

You say that the management company gave you notice of the requirement to have a permit "last Friday" - do you mean four days ago or eleven? Either way it's insufficient notice - what about people who are on holiday? I think that's grounds for an extremely angry complaint to your management company.

Incidentally, I wonder whether your clamper (James Baisden, according to the SIA licence number) has been done for benefits fraud and is taking it out on you?
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/125312
BENEFITS CHECK ON CAR PARK CLAMPER