Clamped in housing estate

If its outside his front door and he has a permit, can he not ring the clamping company and explain this. Would his reg not be on a list of permitted cars? Clamp comes off now, another could go back on just as easy. All depending how ruthless the clamping company is in the estate.

You "heard" of someone cutting off a clamp from a private company. 😉

I'm assuming these guys are contracted by the management company ? id start there.

In my estate, the same rules applies. You pay the management fee, you get 2 parking disks for the windshield. If no parking disk, will get clamped. I see a lot of people cutting the clamp. It's at they're own risk I guess. I wouldn't cut it for anyone.

If the brother doesnt remove the clamp himself he is not breaking the law

Is this on a public access road?

Pay the fine, learn lesson, move on. Who do you think was at fault?

If you cut clamp they, or neighbour may video process, not worth it.

They keep a record of who cuts clamp and next time they might tow away, or leave alone depending on their real world policy. They may target the car in the future or at least check it on the first day of the new disc display period and then tow it away, or clamp it and watch it all day

just a thought - I know of plenty of cases of people cutting off private clamps (as in first hand accounts) - I've never heard of a single case of anyone being prosecuted for doing so.

Can anyone point to any court case of anyone being prosecuted for cutting off a clamp ?

that's why I asked about private clampers - I get the sense that private clampers would prefer not to proceed with legal action against some one as an unfavourable court decision could have a very severe impact on their business.

This is someone with private land where scabs choose to park their cars rather than on a paid parking space.

My heart bleeds for them.

my sister was clamped in Galway once, she had a ticket but it blew off when she closed the door, the robbers hadnt began putting the clamp on when she got back, they wouldnt even look at her ticket on the floor. robbing fcukers. As for the bully in the video, if it is his private land, he should have it secured properly. looking for handy money.

Are people aware that if a clamper takes over 2 hours to remove a clamp after the payment, that by law the clamping company must reimburse the payment. Happened to me, I just Happened to pay the fine at 3.30am in the morning and it was at 7am it was taken off ...I appealed the fine on the grounds it took over 2 hours. Plus if i had rented a car or got a taxi between 5.30am and when the clamp was removed at 7am, that would be reimbursed too.

The hilarious thing is that the camping company said that they reimbursed "as a gesture of good will"......it's the Law!!

I often wondered if a disgruntled motorist put hard glue or metal filings in the clamp lock and paid the release fee at an awkward hour, would it always take over 2 hours to remove the clamp. Not that I condone that behaviour

I've cut off a few clamps back in the day, nothing ever happened, though your brothers car could be a target for an out of the blue random 'vandal attack'.

Its two separate things.

Some developments are built with the intention of being handed over to the Councils to be 'taken in charge', as its known. They become public roads and streets. Others are built to be kept private and managed by the owners through an Owner Management Company under the MUD Act. These will sometimes be gated and will often have a much fancier standard of paving and landscaping, though not always and owners/tenants will pay fees to run things, like the street lighting, security cameras, bin collections and so on. They will also often contract parking enforcement companies to ensure only residents and legitimate visitors park there.

The Local Property Tax is administered by the Revenue Commissioners on all dwellings, it doesn't matter a fig whether the streets they are on are in charge of the Council, or not. Revenue then disperses the tax back to the Councils proportionately, with the richer counties supplementing the poorer and less populated ones.

What a ridiculous comment.

The solicitor will charge you €125 and more to tell you that they have absolute right to clamp you on a privately managed estate where you are a member of the management company that has agreed to and implemented these rules.

I'd be the opposite. If I was to buy a house in an estate, I'd be looking for the common areas to be owned by residents rather than the council

They could, but they don't always. It varies.

Sometimes its common area right up to the external wall of the house, other times you might have a garden or forecourt that's part of the freehold and private to the dwelling.

I sit on the boards of a particular estate where there is a selection of both and also some apartments for good measure. The annual budget always makes for a good row.

How widespread? Among private estates in Dublin, very. Almost universally you will find some sort of odd demarcation.

Its something that potential owners need to pay more heed to when buying, but surprisingly few do. Not that it need be a deal breaker either, but people should understand what their situation will be in their homes.

Its mostly tenants that fall foul of it though, the Landlord tells them some bullshyt or other that proves to be inaccurate and they end up in difficulty with the OMC about parking spaces or storage of motorbikes or barbecues or God knows what.