Another parking one ..

[SidAndNancy]

I live in a block of six flats.

There is parking at the front (not marked/numbered). One of the prime spots has a car that hasn't moved in months ... its got a flat tire, covered in leaves etc.

aibu to think this is a piss take?

No, assuming the car belongs to a resident

Sorry not sure post was clear. I mean no YABU, assuming it's a resident's car

*No, assuming the car belongs to a resident"

I think it probably is, but I'm not 100% sure.

Maybe they are waiting until they. S. Afford to have it repaired?

Does it stop you parking? If so it might be worth mentioning to ll or building management company. If it's not taxed and insured they may refuse to allow it to be kept on the property

You can check that online yourself, I think?

DVLA have an online checker. You can run the number plate in there (with make and model). That'll confirm if it's SORN.

If it is, report it. No SORN vehicles are permitted on public roads even if not in use.

If it's legally taxed you can try 101 to report an abandoned vehicle but not much else will happen.

When I reported an untaxed car in similar circumstances the owner moved it fairly swiftly to elsewhere.

Oops misread. Private land, nothing you can do unfortunately.

6 flats, 6 parking spaces. They can do whatever they like with their parking space.

A resident has the nerve to leave their car in a parking space reserved for residents to use? Shock, horror!

If you are concerned you should report it to whoever manages the building, but really they are doing nothing wrong.

It happened in my car park. The management company wrote to each flat advising that the car would be removed. The owner dealt it with quickly. It's a car park, not a junk yard. If nothing else, they can at least ask if it belongs to someone.

What I would not advise is to remove it from the private property (tricky part is to remove the hand break) and push it at night onto the main road for the council to deal with it eventually. That never happens in real life.

1. They can't afford to repair it
2. The driver is ill/on holiday /temporarily disqualified from driving
3. They only use the car on holidays

None of your business why a resident parks his car legally in the residents' car park

Assuming it's a resident's vehicle in their own parking space and you have a parking space which you are able to access, how does this impact on you in any way?

I think I was pretty clear in my OP when I said there were spaces and they weren't marked.

No one has an assigned space.

It's annoying that one of the best spaces to park in is used permenantly by a car not in use.

6 flats, 6 parking spaces. They can do whatever they like with their parking space.

How have you come to the conclusion there are six parking spaces? do you live here? Because I never said that in my OP.

If it's a residents car why shouldn't they park it there until they can presumably afford to fix it/insure it? Number of parking spaces/this being a prime space is irrelevant.

Is your managing agent or HA aware?

What does it say in the lease about cars and parking spaces? Sometimes they're specific o cars being roadworthy or sometimes they say about monopolising spaces etc.

It's annoying but they do have as much right as you to leave their car there

Op maybe pottering is the car owner