Unauthorised Sign Placed on Garage Wall

[DeterminedUK]

I live in a freehold property on a new development. There is a property management company (OM) in place. I have returned home tonight to find the development is covered in warning signs (A3 size) warning of parking restrictions in place. The sign displays the name of Parking Ticketing UK and one of these signs has been glued to the wall between my garage door and my neighbour's garage door. The garages are part of our freehold. Am I right to assume that OM or anyone acting on their behalf, have no right to place such sign on our property? Could it be considered to be vandalism? Can anyone advise what action I can/should take? OM's phone line opens at 8am!

[Conniff]

If I remember from hundreds of years ago, there was some regulation that said the only ones who could do this without permission was the electric company with the location marker of the substation that served it for safety reasons.

 

I can't see that this will have been changed and certainly not in favour of some oink parking company. If that garage is your and on your deeds, you might be able to bill them for repairs to the wall.

 

I might be way out here, it was a long time ago but it's funny how some things stick in your mind but they can get a bit muddled with age.

[stu007]

Hi

 

I would suggest politely writing to the company who the sign belongs to and inform them that they have three options:

 

1. Remove the sign and make good any damage or

2. You will charge them an Advertising Fee for them Displaying their advertising sign on your Freehold Property without Permission or Consent of the Property Owner.

3. You will seek legal damages for tresspas, illegal signage, Fly Posting

 

Then see what they say.

 

If you can it would be even better if you and your neighbour agreed and done the letter jointly ans of course signe by both of you as it will have more weight so to speak

[johnjordan]

Send them a PCN for £60, reducing to £30 if paid within 14 days.

[assisted blonde]

Take it down if its on your property

[raydetinu]

I like the idea of sending them an invoice!

[stu007]

Hi

 

Just remember that sign is an Advertising sign on your freehold property put their without you the owners permission or consent.

 

I know of some homeowners who have advertising signs on the side of their propery but with a legal agreement for the advertising and the owner gets £XXX amount a year for them to advertise and any damage is rectified by the company concerned.

 

They are using you and your neighbours property to advertise/market their product on your property with no legal agreement in place.

 

I would not remove the sign although you may want to get those idiots to do it and rectify and damage and also invoice for advertising fee sice its been on your property till they remove it.

 

I would try and do this as a joint letter between you and your neighbour and send to the parking company and the property management company and let then fight amongst themselves as to who is going to cough up for their mistake.

 

Now these 2 PDFs may be of use this is the links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/.../326679.pdf

 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/783/contents/made

 

and this is the PDFs

Edited March 2, 2013 by stu007