Cars parking on private property?

neilmcl

DesperateSusan wrote: »

What recourse do land-owners and, as in this case, legitimate users of the land have?

You could probably still tow the vehicle off the private land.

Edit: Just looked at the actual legislation and apparently this option would also be illegal.

artbaron

Make sure you don't squeeze past his car and leave a long, deep gouge in the paintwork, because I guess it's easily done if he's blocking the access. Be extra careful not to do this.

confusedmummy

spacey2012 wrote: »

Ask the landlord to place a chain and padlock and give everyone a copy of the key.
Problem solved.

Landlords won't do anything. They don't want to spend any money. They won't even repair the broken windows in the hallway so are not bothered about a black cab parking on private land.

I would love to go and park outside his house blocking him in, but seeing as he doesn't seem to respond to polite notices, I don't think he is the kind of person who will take to kindly to blocking him in.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

If he is boxed in and can't get his taxi out, the police won't do anything if the owners of the cars move them within a reasonable time.

Once the taxi driver has to start knocking on doors to find the owners and then wait for them to move their vehicles and the delays start costing him money, he may just find somewhere else to park.


You could always go to his house and park in his drive as you are unable to get into yours.

We can't do this either as our car would be towed or ticketed (yellow lines on either side of the entrance to the unloading part and traffic wardens patrolling constantly - hence why he parks in the unloading section of private land).

vikingaero wrote: »

Call his taxi firm with fake bookings until he agrees to stop....

It's a black London cab, so I don't think he is part of a firm.

gardner1

block him in

confusedmummy

gardner1 wrote: »

block him in

Can't do this as we would get towed or ticketed. That is why he is parking there in the first place, because he doesn't want to pay and the area immediately in front of the unloading area (private land) has yellow lines. He is being very clever parking here as he knows there isn't much we can do.

Yolina

How big is that unloading area? If once he's parked up in there you can get a car to park in front of him, one behind him and both within an inch of his bumpers so that he can't actually leave when he wants to, then he might consider parking somewhere else eventually.

Or maybe you could let the air out of all his tyres :rotfl:

Whilst I agree that something had to be done because of the cowboy clamp and tow companies out there, I think it should still be allowed on residential premises but without silly release fees. IMHO of course I think people parking willy-nilly in residents car parks might become more common now - I am really glad that we are a gated development with 24h porter, no issues with parking here

Nicki

The block of flats beside us have had some large very adhesive stickers made up in flourescent material (about A4 sized) and when people park in their loading area, they stick this on the windscreen right in front of where the driver sits. They are a complete biatch to remove, as it happened to someone who was delivering to me once, and even with warm soapy water they left a lot of residue, so very inconvenient to have it happen on a daily basis. The stickers say something along the lines of: This is private property. Please do not park here as you are blocking access.

confusedmummy

Nicki wrote: »

The block of flats beside us have had some large very adhesive stickers made up in flourescent material (about A4 sized) and when people park in their loading area, they stick this on the windscreen right in front of where the driver sits. They are a complete biatch to remove, as it happened to someone who was delivering to me once, and even with warm soapy water they left a lot of residue, so very inconvenient to have it happen on a daily basis. The stickers say something along the lines of: This is private property. Please do not park here as you are blocking access.

Is this legal? The problem is that the cafe he goes to is across the road so he would probably come storming out and since I am a small woman with children, I am not sure I would feel safe doing this.

I wonder if I complained to the Public Carriage Office whether they could do anything (i.e. threaten to revoke his cabbie license or something)?

muckybutt

confusedmummy wrote: »

Is this legal? The problem is that the cafe he goes to is across the road so he would probably come storming out and since I am a small woman with children, I am not sure I would feel safe doing this.

Perfectly legal to do, you are not damaging his car so you cannot be done for criminal damage, we used to do it when we lived opposit a club, the patrons were always parking in residents bays but at 9pm at night there was no council to patrol it, the police told us to use gummed lables as they are a belter to remove once stuck, the damage coming from the car owner trying to remove it isnt your problem.

confusedmummy wrote: »

I wonder if I complained to the Public Carriage Office whether they could do anything (i.e. threaten to revoke his cabbie license or something)?

I would imagine they could take quite a dim view on this, worth a try I suppose.

The last alternatives would be accidental spillage of superglue in his door locks or windscreen wipers, or tacks under his wheels, perhaps bird seed on his roof so it gets covered in pigeon poo :rotfl:

Nicki

I have had a problem occasionally with people parking on our drive, and from time to time it has inspired me to jet wash my path. Doesn't half throw up a lot of muck and dirt when you do this. Which is why normally if I'm planning to do it, I don't park my own car on the drive

Nothing to stop you doing a few routine maintenance jobs round the building which might by coincidence get his car dirty while you do. Black Cabs usually are very clean and an extra half an hour off the road while he gets it valeted will be costing him money too.

You could also try speaking to the cafe owner and asking him to mention to the cabbie that he can't park there and is causing an obstruction if you dont feel confident doing it yourself.