Parking Issue's

billyandlouise

Hello, first post and needing advice.

I have had a search of previous posts but haven't come accross anyone with this problem. I live in a flat in Scotland. The flat comes with a car parking space in a small residential car park. Each of the other 10 flats also have a parking space.

We have for over 2 years now had problems with people parking in the spaces. It is in a city centre!! That is annoying but our main problem is a local business have taken to using the spaces as well. Not only the spaces, but parking outwith the designated spaces, just where they find room to be honest. Quite often their cars overhang access to my own and other residents spaces.

I am wondering what I can do about this? Notes on windscreens don't seem to make the slightest bit of diference. I have spoken to the owner of the company, they appear to believe that two of the spaces are theirs. To be honest, if they just used two spaces that wouldn't be such a big problem.But the random abandonment of cars in the car park is just beyond a joke. I have managed to find out that the spaces they claim to have access to, actually belong to another two properties. Although they may have permission to use them, I don't know.

Again, all I really have a problem with is the parking outwith the proper car parking spaces. Do I have the right to contact the police about this in Scotland? Do I contact the local council? The local paper to shame the company?

I really don't feel comfortable doing things like letting the tires down or throwing egg yolk on the cars!! I have seen those mentioned in relation to other car problems on this forum.

Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks

Lum

Not really much you can do about it as you are not the owner of the land. Have a word with the car park owner and ask if they will do something about it.

Only exception to this is if they block you in. If they are preventing you from gaining lawful access to the highway then they are causing an obstruction. Good luck getting the police to do anything about it mind.

Noctu

Install a bollard?

billyandlouise

Thanks for the reply's. The bollard would protect my space, its just the obstructions the other cars are causing in the rest of the car park that is the problem. They do on some occassions prevent me from getting in and/or out of my space.

Any idea how I could find out who owns the land? I assumed it was owned by all flat owners who have a car parking space.

neilmcl

billyandlouise wrote: »

Thanks for the reply's. The bollard would protect my space, its just the obstructions the other cars are causing in the rest of the car park that is the problem. They do on some occassions prevent me from getting in and/or out of my space.

If that is the case then you should inform the police as they will no doubt be committng an offence.

scotsbob

I was in a similar situation in Largs a few years ago. As mentioned above, a bollard was installed at the entrance. It was one of those hinged ones with a lock.
It did mean the inconvenience of leaving the car to lock/unlock but solved the parking problem instantly.

Our parking spaces were included in our title deeds and the flats were factored, although the residents arranged the bollard themselves.

landsberger64

I would assume if the property came with a parking space, and is a flat, it would be the responsibility of the freeholder - the people who you pay leasehold fees to. A locking bollard is certainly one solution. People will always ignore notes on screens, because we have a nation of Clarksons who think that any restriction on speed or parking is an abrogation of their "human rights" - the very same "human rights" they would rage about elsewhere.

billyandlouise

I don't know for sure but I don't think we have Freehold and Leasehold in Scotland. I think we have the Feudal system althogh I don't know what the diference is.

But we don't have any factor looking after the building or car park. So I really don't know who to turn to. As one person said above, I really doubt the police care about this kind of thing

patman99

Do you pay a maintenance or service charge?. If so, then whoever this is paid-to is the company you need to contact.

neilmcl

billyandlouise wrote: »

I really doubt the police care about this kind of thing

If the other drivers are obstructing the public highway then the police should be doing something.

Strider590

billyandlouise wrote: »

I really don't feel comfortable doing things like letting the tires down or throwing egg yolk on the cars!!

Bird seed