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    • The Notice to Hirer does not comply with the protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule  4 . This is before I ask if Europarks have sent you a copy of the PCN they sent to Arval along with a copy of the hire agreement et. if they haven't done that either you are totally in the clear and have nothing to worry about and nothing to pay. The PCN they have sent you is supposed to be paid by you according to the Act within 21 days. The chucklebuts have stated 28 days which is the time that motorists have to pay. Such a basic and simple thing . The Act came out in 2012 and still they cannot get it right which is very good news for you. Sadly there is no point in telling them- they won't accept it because they lose their chance to make any money out of you. they are hoping that by writing to you demanding money plus sending in their  unregulated debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors that you might be so frightened as to pay them money so that you can sleep at night. Don't be surprised if some of their letters are done in coloured crayons-that's the sort of  level of people you will be dealing with. Makes great bedding for the rabbits though. Euro tend not to be that litigious but while you can safely ignore the debt collectors just keep an eye out for a possible Letter of Claim. They are pretty rare but musn't be ignored. Let us know so that you can send a suitably snotty letter to them showing that you are not afraid of them and are happy to go to Court as you like winning.  
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    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
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Hi,

An elderly family member has received a party wall notice and we would like some advice before contacting a surveyor see if we just being rediculous.

 

The bits we would like help with are as follows:

 

1: adressed to the owner not him personally even though his name is known and shown further in notice.

 

Should it be addressed to him personally?

 

 

2: they give less than a months notice NOT minimum 2 months.

 

As it is a Party structure notice we understand it should give a minimum of 2 months notice.

 

3: the notice says to build a bedroom above the garage.

 

Original plans were for a gym above the garage not a bedroom, can these be changed without notice?

 

4: they say no special foundations needed.

 

The garage is joined to his by single skin breeze block wall and they have not as far as we are aware checked the foundations. They do say they will strengthen the wall but we have doubts about foundations as the neighbour the other side had to have foundations dug.

 

5: They want to erect the scaffolding over his garage.

 

If they do then he wont be able to use it for a minimum of 4 weeks, bearing in mind he does park his car in it can he claim compensation as in effect his insurance could be invalid as car wont be garaged as declared instead it will be at the end of his driveway.

 

We look forward to any responses.

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Hello there.

 

I'll move your thread to the local authority forum, hopefully people there will have information for you.

 

HB

Thats great thank you.

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The notice is not addressed to a person, because the ownership of neighbouring house might br changing.

 

In regard to notice period, where does the 2 months notice come from for this type of work ?

 

If your relative is not happy, why have they not registered a formal dispute with the local authority ? I don't think your relative has to give consent to scaffolding over their garage. If they don't want to assist the neighbour, then i am not sure they have to. It is not essential works to repair a property.

 

There should have been planning details posted on the local authorities website ? What is showing about the changed usage, what restrictions if any applied ?

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Not an expert on planning but

If plans state a gym and they are creating a bedroom then their is a difference between a habitable room and non habited room.

 

They must seek consent to place scaffolding on your property.

No consent, no build.

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You do, however, have recourse to the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992. The Act allows the court to grant an applicant a temporary right of access in order to carry out basic preservation works - works necessary to repair or maintain the applicant’s property.

 

However, The Act draws an important distinction between preservation works and works which are simply about improving the property: the court will not grant a right of access for the latter.

 

Be aware too that the court will not grant right of access if that access can be gained via an alternative route – even if that route is less convenient or more expensive for you to take.

 

The court is not obliged to grant a right of access if it would cause unreasonable disturbance or interference to your neighbour and, if a right of access is granted, the court can award compensation based on a measure of the inconvenience and damage to the neighbouring property.

 

Easy find on google.

No consent, its not preserving a property, its improvement

 

No consent=no build

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Thank you Sgt Bush your post is quite informative.

 

 

In regard to notice period, where does the 2 months notice come from for this type of work ?

 

If your relative is not happy, why have they not registered a formal dispute with the local authority ?

 

I don't think your relative has to give consent to scaffolding over their garage.

 

There should have been planning details posted on the local authorities website ?

 

In regard to the 2 month notice this is laid down in legislation??????

 

They did register an objection at the initial planning stage.

 

As far as we are aware they do need approval for scaffolding over the garage.

 

There were planning details posted, the plans were for a porch ext, garage converted to bedroom for carers? New Extension above garage to be a gym, single story rear ext.

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Hello.

Just so you know - if a neighbour serves a Party Wall Award on you - for work they intend to do to their property - you have the legal right to appoint a surveyor to represent you - at the neighbour's expense.

The neighbour's surveyors details will be on the Award they gave you.

Google a local to you surveyor who specialises in Party Wall Awards. Call them and give them the details of the neighbour's surveyors.

The new surveyor - looking after you and the condition of your property - will then attend your property and make notes/ take photos of yours to ensure when the neighbour's work is in process/done that there is no structural damage to yours. They will pass their bill on to your neighbour.

It is quite a simple process.

 

In terms of them changing intended use of their own property - that is a planning issue and the council could be contacted. However - does it really affect you how they use that room? You need to bear in mind if you may ever wish to do something similar to increase the value of your own property. Having the neighbour's change of use could be a good precedent. I always like to bear 'karma' in mind when I feel like complaining!!! After that thought, sometimes I back down on my initial angry thoughts.....

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We know he has to unstruct a surveyor of his own, what we were not sure about is what are his rights about the notice being wrong, I read somewhere that he can go back to them in writing and tell them until they serve a valid notice nothing can be done.

 

After reading and re reading the planning approval it states that plans are approved as listed and shall be carried out in accordance with drawings etc. Now they wish to build in the same space etc but change the use from gym to bedroom.

 

It is highly unlikely he or anyone else would want to do the same extension as it would devalue both the properties at the moment they are linked by the garages if the relative copied and extended then they would become semi detatched and in that area worth about £5000 less than the current valuation.

 

We have a surveyor we now coming today to give us her opinion then he is going to do whatever is neccessary after.

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