Housemate moved out and left cars behind

Chemical Byrne · 03-09-2015 2:20pm #1

I live in a houseshare and over the past week we have realised that one housemate has apparently decided to move out. He had been around less and less over the past number of weeks. The landlord has told us that he has left him short on a few months rent and he has also left us with his unpaid portions of bills.
He has also left 2 cars parked in the parking bays adjacent to the green area across the road from the house. One of them has a blown engine and has been left there while he got a replacement. Now the replacement car seems to be more or less abandoned too with the last week and there is no sign of him coming to collect either. He is not responding to any calls or texts.
What should we do? I'd just love to call a scrappy to come get rid of them but I know I can't do that.

Taboola · 03-09-2015 2:23pm

Has he told you he's moved out or are you just assuming he has?

Miaireland · 03-09-2015 2:23pm

Are they taxed and insured? If not you could ring the Council and report them as abandoned.

Chemical Byrne · 03-09-2015 2:27pm

Landlord has told us that he has moved out. I'm pretty sure the tax is out on the broke down car. The other one, I'm not so sure.
It's the height of ignorance to be blocking up parking spaces like this.

Taboola · 03-09-2015 2:30pm

Call the guards if they aren't taxed and tell them that there's an abandoned car.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 03-09-2015 2:47pm

You can log an abandoned vehicle at fixmystreet.ie, quick and easy solution.

Dial Hard · 03-09-2015 3:03pm

Chemical Byrne wrote:

Landlord has told us that he has moved out. I'm pretty sure the tax is out on the broke down car. The other one, I'm not so sure.

So go across the road and have a look.

Chemical Byrne · 03-09-2015 4:38pm

Dial Hard wrote: »

So go across the road and have a look.

Yeah, I will when I get back to the house.

selous · 03-09-2015 4:45pm

If you're in a privately managed estate, Gardaí cant do anything, but management company can, happened in an estate where I was, the guy moved and it wasn't a problem till he came back every now and again taking parts off it (over a 2 month period)for the one he was driving, including the 2 front wheels, I got up one morning it was gone, how or where I don't know,

P. Breathnach · 03-09-2015 8:17pm

MugMugs wrote: »

... Vehicles don't need insurance to be parked on a road.

But they need insurance to be taxed (granted, the insurance might expire before the motor tax) and they need to be insured in order to take them from the parking place, unless taken by a recovery vehicle.

It seems reasonable to regard a car that has been uninsured for more than a few days, and parked on a public road, as abandoned.

newacc2015 · 03-09-2015 9:49pm

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If its there long enough, they will take it. Call and log it with DCC. On my road, which is pretty small. Someone used to constantly dump cars, as in there was 4/5 cars abandoned by guy. The guy eventually removed them after a few weeks.

Chemical Byrne · 04-09-2015 7:11am

Why would I report it to DCC? I'm in Cork!

Taboola · 04-09-2015 8:24am

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

Why would I report it to DCC? I'm in Cork!

You probably should have specified that in your OP.

Are the cars taxed?

Kintarō Hattori · 04-09-2015 8:55am

Neil Thoughtless Voyager wrote: »

You can log an abandoned vehicle at fixmystreet.ie, quick and easy solution.

Thanks for that.....

Housemate moved out and left cars behind

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