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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:
Ilovemyshed · 10/05/2024 13:32

Waiting for the drip feed that its OP's house.

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.

BeyondMyWits · 10/05/2024 13:14

Newbutoldfather · 10/05/2024 12:48

I would be looking for Jeremy Beadle (or similar) to pop out of the loo and declare you are on some wind-up show!

How can anyone think that is ok? And how the hell did they get it up there?

Unless they got your permission for the scaffold, it is trespass. Tell them clearly to remove it. Unfortunately trespass is a civil offence so you can’t call the police but I would tell them to remove it within a couple of days or you will seek legal action and they will be paying the costs.

How is it trespass? It is on a footpath, not their property. Access and egress need to be maintained, but the council will have given permission for the scaffolding to be placed on their pavement (hopefully or not...).

thesmedsandthesmoos · 10/05/2024 12:52

Newbutoldfather · 10/05/2024 12:48

I would be looking for Jeremy Beadle (or similar) to pop out of the loo and declare you are on some wind-up show!

How can anyone think that is ok? And how the hell did they get it up there?

Unless they got your permission for the scaffold, it is trespass. Tell them clearly to remove it. Unfortunately trespass is a civil offence so you can’t call the police but I would tell them to remove it within a couple of days or you will seek legal action and they will be paying the costs.

If Jeremy Beadle pops out of that portaloo you'll have bigger things to worry about than a bit of scaffolding... 😱

fruitbrewhaha · 10/05/2024 12:50

Don’t contact the scaffolders, you need to speak to your neighbours. Just go and talk to them and their builders, it will be the main contractor who has decided to put it there, not the scaffolders.

Newbutoldfather · 10/05/2024 12:48

I would be looking for Jeremy Beadle (or similar) to pop out of the loo and declare you are on some wind-up show!

How can anyone think that is ok? And how the hell did they get it up there?

Unless they got your permission for the scaffold, it is trespass. Tell them clearly to remove it. Unfortunately trespass is a civil offence so you can’t call the police but I would tell them to remove it within a couple of days or you will seek legal action and they will be paying the costs.

caringcarer · 10/05/2024 12:47

SapphosRock · 10/05/2024 11:36

They definitely haven't given permission

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Then they can ask for it to be removed.

GadgetDog · 10/05/2024 12:47

I've seen some funny ways to get around portaloo permissions before (I work for a local authority) but this is crackers!

They need to apply - and pay - for permission to put the loo on the street. Not the pavement - it must be on the road. It's the same as a skip.

Actually, I wonder if they'll try and put a skip up there too...

AnxiousRabbit · 10/05/2024 12:47

I can see WHY they have done it that way....but someone should have engaged with the owners of the other house before doing it. Legal or otherwise you work with neighbours not against them.
The H&S risk of the portaloo being above the door concerns me....the weight. The moving it in and out of position, the emptying etc

Princesspollyyy · 10/05/2024 12:44

That's beyond stupid. It needs to be removed immediately. Why isn't it just on the ground?

tennesseewhiskey1 · 10/05/2024 12:43

FFS ! Outrageous!

SwingTheMonkey · 10/05/2024 12:42

So it’s your window op?!

Jesus Christ!

Do you know the neighbours?

Dearg · 10/05/2024 12:42

Speak to your council as well. Thats outrageously cheeky.

Motnight · 10/05/2024 12:39

Bloody hell!

Original poster
SapphosRock · 10/05/2024 12:32

The sun is shining on it today. Just heard the builders declare how much it 'stinks'

Thanks for the advice, will get onto the scaffolding company.

OP posts:
isthesolution · 10/05/2024 12:18

Eeeeeee!

Ring the scaffolding company and tell them they've put scaffolding up at your house that you didn't ask for and please can they remove it TODAY!

BobbyBiscuits · 10/05/2024 12:11

Surely a portaloo needs to be on solid ground, not a flimsy scaffold several floors up?
It's seems utterly grim.
I can only presume the person who's window is obscured doesn't live there. If they do they'd have it rectified swiftly surely?
Maybe they own both properties?
Else I fail to see why the window user/occupier wouldn't have stopped it.

Hotttchoc · 10/05/2024 12:08

How odd

I would not be happy with that and isn't it odd to put a toilet up there?!

Gazelda · 10/05/2024 12:06

I hope the house on the right have complained. Presume the owners of left hand house aren't living on site, so might not be aware.

TraitorsGate · 10/05/2024 12:00

They should have asked permission to put scaffolding over your house and a toilet there doesn't make sense, can't they use a public toilet or the one in the house. Is the house occupied. Whatever that is it needs to be moved to their side, cf.

WhotheHellisEdgar · 10/05/2024 11:58

Did they have permission for scaffolding at all?
Not that it makes putting a toilet there ok, even if they did.

BeyondMyWits · 10/05/2024 11:52

Scaffolding is on the footpath, so will have nothing to do with the house on the right. They will have applied for permission to place it there.

They will have been told to ensure public access to the footpath alongside access to and escape route from the house on the right in case of fire. If the window that opens fully to allow escape from the first floor is behind the portaloo the portaloo needs to be moved. If not, then there is little that can be done.

Chersfrozenface · 10/05/2024 11:44

Morph22010 · 10/05/2024 11:38

I can’t understand why it’s not just on the drive of the house on left surely that would be easier

They look to me like houses that open straight from the pavement, so there won't be a drive.

Which, I suspect, is why the scaffolding has been extended, expressly to put a Portaloo on it, as the loo can't be placed on the pavement or roadway, and for no other purpose.

Cheeky fuckery of the highest order.

ZipZapZoom · 10/05/2024 11:41

Morph22010 · 10/05/2024 11:38

I can’t understand why it’s not just on the drive of the house on left surely that would be easier

The house opens up onto the pavement doesn't it? Surely they could have put it on the scaffolding on the left house if they needed it?

CustardySergeant · 10/05/2024 11:40

Morph22010 · 10/05/2024 11:38

I can’t understand why it’s not just on the drive of the house on left surely that would be easier

The drive? It looks to me as though the houses have no drives, they open onto the pavement.