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To think you can't put a toilet outside someone's bedroom?

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SapphosRock · 10/05/2024 11:33

House on the left is having work done.

House on the right has no involvement in the work.

AIBU to think you can't just put a random portaloo above someone's front door and outside their bedroom window?

To think you can't put a toilet outside someone's bedroom?
To think you can't put a toilet outside someone's bedroom?
OP posts:
ZipZapZoom · 10/05/2024 15:05

SwingTheMonkey · 10/05/2024 15:03

Got to laugh at mn sometimes.

OP ’Next door’s builders have just taken a shit on my kitchen floor’

Mumsnetter ’Well, I would have no problem with that personally, everyone has to go’.

Indeed. Honestly some people will always find a poster unreasonable no matter what. It's like some sort of badge of honor or something. The mind boggles.

margymary · 10/05/2024 15:04

SO Not Unreasonable. Can you
take a hammer to the scaffolding? Did you approve that? If you did withdraw your approval.
They can put the dang portaloo INSIDE their own house if their is no other possibility or by their back door!

SwingTheMonkey · 10/05/2024 15:03

Got to laugh at mn sometimes.

OP ’Next door’s builders have just taken a shit on my kitchen floor’

Mumsnetter ’Well, I would have no problem with that personally, everyone has to go’.

Mummyoflittledragon · 10/05/2024 15:02

That is just disgusting. I hope you get it moved asap.

Howdoesitworkagain · 10/05/2024 15:01

I can’t believe they’d even do this 😮

YADNBU

ZipZapZoom · 10/05/2024 14:59

Magnastorm · 10/05/2024 14:43

If they have permission to put the scaffolding up where it is, having a portaloo there wouldn't really bother me all that much, to be honest.

They could probably shift it forward a foot so it can't be seen, but really, assuming it's only a temporary thing does it really matter?

Of course it matters. They bloody stink, especially in warmer weather!

If it was outside your bedroom window you would absolutely not be so laid back about it.

BigDahliaFan · 10/05/2024 14:57

Magnastorm · 10/05/2024 14:43

If they have permission to put the scaffolding up where it is, having a portaloo there wouldn't really bother me all that much, to be honest.

They could probably shift it forward a foot so it can't be seen, but really, assuming it's only a temporary thing does it really matter?

Oh it really does. The day the portaloo went from our drive when the builders left was a very happy one. And that was emptied regularly and they were lovely builders.

But portaloos stink - especially in hot weather.

CormorantStrikesBack · 10/05/2024 14:46

No way would I want a stinky portalloo outside my window. Why can’t they put it in their backyard?

LatteLady · 10/05/2024 14:44

This is an environmental health issue, I think you will find that they will send someone PDQ... I hope for the builders' sakes that they all have hard hats and toe 'tectors on

ZipZapZoom · 10/05/2024 14:44

ILikePistachios · 10/05/2024 14:23

I wouldn't have an issue with it, it's only temporary and people need to poop.

I refuse to believe you wouldn't have an issue with a porta loo being placed outside your bedroom window when the work wasn't even for your property. No one is that much of a doormat surely?

Magnastorm · 10/05/2024 14:43

If they have permission to put the scaffolding up where it is, having a portaloo there wouldn't really bother me all that much, to be honest.

They could probably shift it forward a foot so it can't be seen, but really, assuming it's only a temporary thing does it really matter?

KeepYourFingersOutOfMySoup · 10/05/2024 14:41

That's outrageous op! I hope you get it sorted quickly!

Do you know your neighbours? I take it they are not in while the work is happening? Have you spoken to the builders directly? I might be tempted to watch and wait until one heads to the loo then open the window and tell them to move it. Or if no luck just lean out of the window whack the loo with something heavy and noisy randomly, and constantly when it is occupied 😆 (I probably wouldn't actually do this but would think about it!).

Roryhon · 10/05/2024 14:35

That would surely be an environmental health issue. I’d give them a ring too.

CharlotteBog · 10/05/2024 14:32

They are taking the piss and more.......😂

Nicole1111 · 10/05/2024 14:31

I can’t believe your neighbour didn’t even warn you about this, let alone get permission. Definitely get on the scaffolding company as a priority. They are taking the piss.

CharlotteBog · 10/05/2024 14:31

longdistanceclaraclara · 10/05/2024 14:20

Just realised straight onto pavement so that wouldn't work but still no. Are there back gardens?

I don't think OP is asking for solutions. Unless she placed the loo there, the positioning is someone else's responsibility, and not one for the MN collective to resolve.

CharlotteBog · 10/05/2024 14:28

longdistanceclaraclara · 10/05/2024 14:19

That'll be delightful if it falls on the way down when full...

I don't get the logic, it should be on the drive, of the house having work done

Well not everyone has a drive, and it's clear that the front doors open onto the pavement.

Irridescantshimmmer · 10/05/2024 14:26

Tell them to get the toilet on the ground or they will be charged rent for it.

In no time, the property whose window the offending article is next to will be stinking of sewage and other vile stuff and will attract flies, especially in the heat of summer.

It needs to be on the ground and not blocking light.

ILikePistachios · 10/05/2024 14:23

I wouldn't have an issue with it, it's only temporary and people need to poop.

longdistanceclaraclara · 10/05/2024 14:20

Just realised straight onto pavement so that wouldn't work but still no. Are there back gardens?

longdistanceclaraclara · 10/05/2024 14:19

That'll be delightful if it falls on the way down when full...

I don't get the logic, it should be on the drive, of the house having work done

Mostlycarbon · 10/05/2024 14:09

That's nuts! I would be tempted to reach out of the window and push it over. Not with someone in it.

eurochick · 10/05/2024 13:37

That's dreadful. If my house was in the right the loo would have been pushed over the railing by now. Cheeky fuckers.

LauderSyme · 10/05/2024 13:35

I didn't intend to be bitchy at all! Just factual about my opinion. I really must work on my tone. Apologies.

SwingTheMonkey · 10/05/2024 13:33

LauderSyme · 10/05/2024 13:30

Well, as evidenced by the photo, obviously you can but you really, really shouldn't ! Outrageous.

Of course it's OP's window, I suspect that's why they're invested enough to start a thread.

Really no need to be bitchy, people start threads on behalf of friends all the time.