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Junked car left on my property by former tenants
wrote in message ups.com... When this happened to me, I pushed the car into the street and informed the departed tenents that their car was parked on a public street and reminded them that my city of Menlo Park CA has a regulation against overnight parking of cars on the city streets. The departed tenants were out there next day fixing the car so they could drive it off before it was towed. John Hold your phone calls, folks. We have a winner! Steve ;-) |
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:50:39 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote: wrote: This is possibly a litttle off topic. I have a rental property. The tenants I had skipped out on their lease, and left the house filthy and did not provide heat which caused some plumbing damage. I already intend to take them to small claims court for the damages, cleaning, and unpaid rent according to the lease. My question is this: I will have new tenants moving into the property, and these old tenants left a junked car in the driveway. I told them in writing that it must be removed, while they were still living there. They moved about a month ago, and this junker is still on my property. Can I legally have a wrecker remove it? What is the proper and legal method to get rid of this piece of junk? Look around. Can you construct some sort of lathe? Seriously, though. One guy DOUBLE PARKED a Honda, with the keys in it, in front of a Queens barber shop hoping someone would steal it. The guys at the barber shop watched the car for a WEEK and nobody swiped it. Oh, many looked it over; one even took it for a test drive! I'd try putting a "FREE CAR" sign on the vehicle. If that doesn't work, simply rolling the junk in to the street might be a solution. Easiest, though, is to call the cops - SCRATCH THAT - stop the beat cop and ask for advice. Trust me, you are not a pioneer in this matter. Beat cop? Beat Cop??? Please, what ees thees "beat cop"? I theenk I read about heem in old history book??? |
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aspasia wrote:
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:50:39 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote: wrote: This is possibly a litttle off topic. I have a rental property. The tenants I had skipped out on their lease, and left the house filthy and did not provide heat which caused some plumbing damage. I already intend to take them to small claims court for the damages, cleaning, and unpaid rent according to the lease. My question is this: I will have new tenants moving into the property, and these old tenants left a junked car in the driveway. I told them in writing that it must be removed, while they were still living there. They moved about a month ago, and this junker is still on my property. Can I legally have a wrecker remove it? What is the proper and legal method to get rid of this piece of junk? Look around. Can you construct some sort of lathe? Seriously, though. One guy DOUBLE PARKED a Honda, with the keys in it, in front of a Queens barber shop hoping someone would steal it. The guys at the barber shop watched the car for a WEEK and nobody swiped it. Oh, many looked it over; one even took it for a test drive! I'd try putting a "FREE CAR" sign on the vehicle. If that doesn't work, simply rolling the junk in to the street might be a solution. Easiest, though, is to call the cops - SCRATCH THAT - stop the beat cop and ask for advice. Trust me, you are not a pioneer in this matter. Beat cop? Beat Cop??? Please, what ees thees "beat cop"? I theenk I read about heem in old history book??? Something that I've only ever seen in Chicago. Perhaps that's where "HeyBub" is from? nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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Steve B wrote in message ... But, when you do the P&L at the end of the year and are still smiling, it's a good thing. PLUS, you can trade rentals. We went to Mazatlan this year by trading one week for one week. We are now considering an offer from Australia. No cash outlay, no paper trail. Steve Wow Steve, that sounds like a good deal. I can see why you would be smiling. Cheri |
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Steve B wrote:
"CJT" wrote in message ... wrote: In the middle of the night roll it out and down the street. That's probably the worst advice yet in this thread. I wrote the same thing a couple of days. It's what I have done, and what I would do. It's a fast solution to a potential sticky problem. Steve I definitely would not do that. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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A few years ago this happened to me with a former tenant. Just called
a friend of mine with a car hauler. He came in, grabbed the car and dropped it off in a ditch by the river. "I have no idea where it is or what happened to it" What car? |
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Nate Nagel wrote:
Beat cop? Beat Cop??? Please, what ees thees "beat cop"? I theenk I read about heem in old history book??? Something that I've only ever seen in Chicago. Perhaps that's where "HeyBub" is from? Nah, I'm in Houston. And used to be a cop. The current politically-correct term is "neighborhood policing officer." Thought about buying a house a few years ago. As we were leaving after looking over the property (and boy did it look good), I stopped a patrol car driving by, told him what my mission was, and asked whether he had any advice about the neighborhood. "I can't advise you on whether to buy this house, but I'm doing what I do every day. Between calls I reconoiter the parking lot at those apartments down the block and run license plates on my computer. I find two, three stolen cars every single day. That apartment house if chock-a-block full of goblins! Now if you don't mind living within 50 yards of more thieves than sailed with Blackbeard, you might have found a spot." |
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"CJT" wrote in message In the middle of the night roll it out and down the street. That's probably the worst advice yet in this thread. I wrote the same thing a couple of days. It's what I have done, and what I would do. It's a fast solution to a potential sticky problem. Steve I definitely would not do that. Good for you. I would. While you are living with a junk car on your property for years, I'd be clear of it. |
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Steve B wrote:
wrote in message If it was parked in my driveway, I'd give it a week, then push it out in the street. If it wasn't gone in two days, I'd put a lit cigarette in there and say I had seen homeless people sleeping in it. The rental next to us had someone move in with 3 junk cars. One day they up and left and took everything (which consisted of a PS2, a TV and some clothing) but left the junk cars. The landlord tried to get someone to tow the cars, no one would (this the great state of nc). I saw him out there one day so I asked him what was up. He told me that he couldn't get the cars towed despite the renters breaking their lease. After a couple of beers (I was trying to bribe him to quit renting to people who had been evicted from everywhere else) I told him I was filing a complaint over them since they were an eyesore. I called it in to the city and they gave him a week to take care of the issue. He tried to contact the former renters again, no luck. One day 3 tow trucks showed up and hauled them off. The local cop was there to make sure the renters didn't appear and go nuts. I had someone leave a dead car in my driveway once while we were on vacation. I pushed it out into the street (fun when it had 2 flats). The next day the cops put a ticket and a 7 day "move it or lose it" sticker. Day 7 came and they towed it away. They knew who owned it after tracing the VIN, so he ended up getting a bill for it. Good luck with this, post back your findings! |
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One morning I found that a car was parked in the alley in front of my
garage door. A red "No Parking" sign was on the garage. I had an appointment, so I called the police and they immediately towed it away. I'd expect that if a car is left for more than a week or two, it should be removed, but it is best left up to law enforcement. |
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