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Management company and Towing

  • 27-02-2013 2:34pm
    #1
    chelikescake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    I live in a duplex in an estate which also contains an apartment block. There is an underground carpark (half empty and no assigned spaces) where I park my motorbike. I rang the management company and asked could I park there and they said it was ok.

    Recently I recieved a letter informing me that the management company received complaints about me parking in the underground carpark and that it is only for apartment residents. I was informed that my bike would be removed if I continued to park there. A real lack of community spirit in the place :(

    Where does the law stand on this? Is it legal to remove my bike although it is a private estate and there are no signs about clamping/towing?


Comments

  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    The letter you received is notice.

    Essentially you are trespassing.

    Get a cover sheet for the bike.


  • #3
    chelikescake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭chelikescake


    Thanks for the reply Victor!

    Is it still trespassing even though I got permission? And as I am a resident of the estate?

    The bike is covered but I often find that the cover is lifted revealing most of the bike. A cover was also stolen off the bike shortly before I received the letter. And bike theft is too common to leave it outside with no place to chain it!

    hypothetically if a bike was chained to a car then neither could be moved without causing damage, would breaking the chain be illegal?


  • #4
    SB2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 805 ✭✭✭SB2013


    chelikescake wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply Victor!

    Is it still trespassing even though I got permission? And as I am a resident of the estate?

    The bike is covered but I often find that the cover is lifted revealing most of the bike. A cover was also stolen off the bike shortly before I received the letter. And bike theft is too common to leave it outside with no place to chain it!

    hypothetically if a bike was chained to a car then neither could be moved without causing damage, would breaking the chain be illegal?

    Your permission has been rescinded it seems.


  • #5
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    chelikescake wrote: »
    Where does the law stand on this? Is it legal to remove my bike although it is a private estate and there are no signs about clamping/towing?

    Yes, in my estate I've reported several abandoned vehicles. A few days later a letter will arrive in the post saying that car of X reg will be removed if it's not moved.

    You've been told to move so they can remove it if you don't, I doubt they'll remove it but they could keep clamping it. You need to find somewhere else to keep your bike. You could put a ground anchor somewhere close to your duplex, but you could get done for this also.


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