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I am wondering if you can help me. I have been issued several tickets by the parking company who manage the block where I live. I have a designated parking bay which I pay for however the pipe above my bay often leaks on to my car. I have parked in the bay next to mine to avoid damage to my car (its an allocated bay however for the 3 years I've lived here, its never been used). When I parked in this bay I was issued with a 'penalty' notice on 2 occasions. On other occasions I have parked out on the forecourt of the parking area. There are spaces for about 8-10 cars for loading for up to 30 minutes. I have used these bays on evenings and weekends mainly, as I wanted to avoid disrupting deliveries during normal working hours. I haven never parked to obstruct anyone in anyway. I have to be honest there are some signs up regarding parking so I can not use this as a defence.
Anyway I have ignored all letters / charges etc from the parking company as I was advised to do this by a colleague at work who seemed to know a lot about private parking fines. The charges were excessive £100 each. Each letter from the company was set out as a penalty notice with red writing and intimidating language 'blacklisting' 'CCJS' 'Court Action' etc. The company are aware I live in the building as they have my address. They have never written me a letter instead they send these automated notices and letters from their solicitor.
Until this week when I received a letter from the parking management company stating that they have issued
''...6 Parking Charge Notices and you have failed to respond to any correspondence which has been issued. If the total payment of £600 is not received within 14 days of the letter they will commence court proceedings to recover all outstanding debts and additional costs of £180.00 through the County Court Bulk Centre. The account created on your vehicle holds numerous correspondence and attempts of settlement, all of which have been ignored. This information together with our photographic and PCN documentation will form part of our claim and evidence against you.''
Obviously I am concerned as I do not want CCJ. I dislike this company as they send numerous threatening letters which appear to be 'penalty' notices .. in addition to this I have received letter from their solicitor however I suspect the letters are not sent from a genuine solicitor and have been sent to scare me.
There is clearly an issue with an ongoing leak from my bay. You can see the water damage on the floor which has created a massive puddle where I park. I have reported this to the building management company however it has never been resolved - I reported this verbally. It has stopped leaking over the last couple of weeks but I suspect it may be down to the warmer weather we have had.
I am just wondering if anyone is able to help. I don't have £600 to pay these parking fees and honestly I don't think it is fair. In addition I've researched online re: private parking companies and I don't like the way these parking companies try to bully people with unfair or excessive charges.
Please help!
Kind Regards
Miss-
I am wondering if you can help me. I have been issued several tickets by the parking company who manage the block where I live. I have a designated parking bay which I pay for however the pipe above my bay often leaks on to my car. I have parked in the bay next to mine to avoid damage to my car (its an allocated bay however for the 3 years I've lived here, its never been used). When I parked in this bay I was issued with a 'penalty' notice on 2 occasions. On other occasions I have parked out on the forecourt of the parking area. There are spaces for about 8-10 cars for loading for up to 30 minutes. I have used these bays on evenings and weekends mainly, as I wanted to avoid disrupting deliveries during normal working hours. I haven never parked to obstruct anyone in anyway. I have to be honest there are some signs up regarding parking so I can not use this as a defence.
Anyway I have ignored all letters / charges etc from the parking company as I was advised to do this by a colleague at work who seemed to know a lot about private parking fines. The charges were excessive £100 each. Each letter from the company was set out as a penalty notice with red writing and intimidating language 'blacklisting' 'CCJS' 'Court Action' etc. The company are aware I live in the building as they have my address. They have never written me a letter instead they send these automated notices and letters from their solicitor.
Until this week when I received a letter from the parking management company stating that they have issued
''...6 Parking Charge Notices and you have failed to respond to any correspondence which has been issued. If the total payment of £600 is not received within 14 days of the letter they will commence court proceedings to recover all outstanding debts and additional costs of £180.00 through the County Court Bulk Centre. The account created on your vehicle holds numerous correspondence and attempts of settlement, all of which have been ignored. This information together with our photographic and PCN documentation will form part of our claim and evidence against you.''
Obviously I am concerned as I do not want CCJ. I dislike this company as they send numerous threatening letters which appear to be 'penalty' notices .. in addition to this I have received letter from their solicitor however I suspect the letters are not sent from a genuine solicitor and have been sent to scare me.
There is clearly an issue with an ongoing leak from my bay. You can see the water damage on the floor which has created a massive puddle where I park. I have reported this to the building management company however it has never been resolved - I reported this verbally. It has stopped leaking over the last couple of weeks but I suspect it may be down to the warmer weather we have had.
I am just wondering if anyone is able to help. I don't have £600 to pay these parking fees and honestly I don't think it is fair. In addition I've researched online re: private parking companies and I don't like the way these parking companies try to bully people with unfair or excessive charges.
Please help!
Kind Regards
Miss-
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