Residential Parking Question

Wee_Willy_Harris

pimento wrote: »

Where does the OP say it's insured and has an MOT? She just said it's tax exempt (I assume because it's old).

Even if tax exempt, it still need to display a valid tax disc, as already stated. In order to get a valid tax disc, it has to have both MOT and insurance in place at the time.

pimento

Well that can't be true unless there's a company near the OP that does MOT testing outside your own home.

An MOT certificate lasts for 12 months yet the OP said the car hadn't moved in five years. Ergo, it has no valid MOT.

Wee_Willy_Harris

pimento wrote: »

Well that can't be true unless there's a company near the OP that does MOT testing outside your own home.

An MOT certificate lasts for 12 months yet the OP said the car hadn't moved in five years. Ergo, it has no valid MOT.

IF there is a valid task disc in place, then there would have been a valid MOT at the time of its issue. IF that is the case, then maybe once a year, when the OP is at work or otherwise away from the property, the owner pops it down to his MOT test station.

pimento

It should be evident by the tax disk when this would be and the OP can book a day's leave from work and, while the car is out of the space, park her own vehicle there.

I actually think however, that the car isn't insured or MOT'd in which case it should be a simple matter to either have it removed by the authorities or to negotiate with the owner.

pimento

I would suggest the OP start here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/WhereYouLive/NoiseNuisanceAndLitter/DG_4001703

Wee_Willy_Harris

pimento wrote: »

I would suggest the OP start here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/WhereYouLive/NoiseNuisanceAndLitter/DG_4001703

We have already been over this. There is a subtle, but important, difference between non-use and abandonment. All that will happen is that the neighbour will inform the council that it hasn't been abandoned. Then we just hope he isn't too p'd off or that he has a friend with a 40 foot artic!

pimento

Unless the OP comes back to confirm, what you're stating is all just conjecture.

pimento

Also, if the OP does contact the council, the onus is then on the council to check the vehicle's credentials.

Wee_Willy_Harris

pimento wrote: »

Unless the OP comes back to confirm, what you're stating is all just conjecture.

No more conjecture than any other post has been. Which is why we use words like "If"..... As if "If" the car has a current tax disc... or "I actually think however, that the car isn't insured or MOT'd" ...etc.

pimento

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Then we just hope he isn't too p'd off or that he has a friend with a 40 foot artic!

The thing is (also) if the vehicle is causing prospective viewers of the OP's property to not want to buy, it must be an eyesore.. A classic car that's taxed and MOT'd and under a tarpaulin or roadworthy wouldn't put people off because they wouldn't know it wasn't regularly used. To be bad enough to put people off, it must look rooted to the spot.

I'd bet next week's wages on the fact that it's not road legal. And as for the friend with the 40 foot articulated lorry, well the OP won't care because they will have sold their house and won't be living there any more!