Removal of abandoned car from private property.?
A car has been dumped in a private shared drive outside my garage blocking entry and subsequently had it's tyres slashed, windows broken etc. The police can do nothing and the council say that I will have to pay for it's removal. (No other residents are particularly affected as they can still access their properties). Shouldn't the council recover the cost from the owner? I don't see why I should have to pay £75 to get rid of this selfish idiot's car.
As pointed out by Byte I can't move it onto the road because the police know I am the only person likely to have done it!
You need to contact the dvla , and for a small fee you can find out who the registered owner is , then you must send them a letter explaining that if the car is not removed within 7 day`s it will be disposed of as it is causing an obstruction .
You must also put on the car window screen a note saying that the car must be removed within 7 day`s as it is causing an obstruction .
Keep a copy of everything , take photo`s if you can ( take a photo to prove you had put a note on the screen aswell ) then if after 7 day`s it has not been removed then call the scrap man to come and take it away to be disposed of !
As the car was on your property you have the right to dispose of it after you have given fair warning of your intention`s .
You could also push it onto the road and let the police deal with it as it is not your car . legally there is nothing they can do to you !regardless if it was on your property or not , just tell them that children were trying to steal it and they pushed it there and you are not allowing it back onto your property , they will then have to move it !
