To think I can leave my bins here?

Explain to them you have mobility issues & that's why you leave your bins in the garden. Say you're more than happy to move them around the back or down the side if they're willing to put them out & bring them in each week on bin day. If they say no to that suggestion then your bins stay where they are in the garden.

As DH and are old/disabled we have a sticker on our bins, should we need it the dustman will collect from the back garden, empty them and replace them, that' too much faff for us as we'd have get up to unlock the side gate and relock it. We keep the sticker incase it is easier to use their service in the future.

Our neighbours have placed their bins on the front corner of our house, about 10cm from our wall which is the boundary. They have been asked to move them several times by the developers, it's a new estate, and the estate management company but they just ignore them even though their are restrctive covenants to prevent this and their is no reason why the bins shouldn't be near their property. For us it is very upsetting. We can't talk to them as they are confrontational and aggressive. I urge everyone saying they it's OK to think about the other person. We would just be glad if they put them next to their own house. Our only hope is that we have heard that they are moving soon!!

That's what I said, but it does depend on the number of operatives, and how busy they are,even though i signed up my local council(bromley) service for residents with mobility issues (fibromyalgia) means I can't move heavy bins , but had to learn not to fill them upto much, still gotta 'present' the bin at kerbside before 07.30am on bin day!

Well now it's the council responsibility. I work for the LA and refuse collectors arent allowed to walk over grass in order to collect bins ( we aren't insured) so those who get additional assistance have to leave the bins where they can be reached from the path. Some of the bin runs are really big. It's challenging enough emptying a few thousand bins, the guys often walk/ jog 14km plus a day and bins are often heavy especially on general waste days. If you start making refuse collectors play hunt the bins for the assisted lifts we take your bins away and give pink sacks to be left by the door or on the pavement and collected weekly.

Not sure if you'd rather be looking at a bunch of see through pink bags on a weekly basis.

My neighbour has no mobility issues and still has their overflowing bins next to my front path (away from theirs). As they are overflowing, litter frequently blows over into my garden and in summer the smell is quite something everytime I leave or enter my house.
But as there are no rules, I know it would be U to complain or make any demands.
So on that basis YANBU.

Putting bins on the footpath is even worse than the garden imo but both make the area look rough.

I have my bins on the pavement just in front of my front garden as I didn't fancy hauling them around the back - and I don't have space anyway. The pavement is very wide and you could still get a car on it if you wished. Never had anyone say anything about it although all my neighbours haul theirs. It's your front garden. You could get one of those little bin shed things to cover/hide them I guess.

Oh...and sitting in your front garden is "FRIGHTFULLY" common and lower class. Was he DRAGGED up? 😂

Up there with brushing your hair in public or eating in the street and all those other things we were told we shouldn't do growing up as kids 😂

Is mumsnet broken today? I've read the whole first page of this thread and no one has suggested a diagram yet? OP we need a diagram.

I always thought you could be added to a list where the bin men would get your bin to empty it and put it back if you’re unable to manage this yourself, unless this is certain Councils. Where I lived before, we were given coloured bin bags and some clear bags for household waste and recycling. This was because we had steps in our back yard so they gave these so we could just put the bags out. It could be worth contacting your local council and see if they have anything in place.

Apply for Disabled bin collection from the back of your house from your local council?

Could you explain that you have mobility issues, and perhaps come to some compromise with them, whereby you store them at the back- but on "bin-day" someone from their household moves them out front to be emptied, then returns them to the back for you. It's win win.

I would think you could more reasonably complain about him sitting in his front garden, when he has a bigger, all be it less sunny rear. Especially if he's in shorts and maybe open shirt/shirtless.

H.A. again more likely to have restrictions on use of open front garden space.
It is somewhat intimidating to have pass by people to get to your door, even if you have a reasonable relationship and they are not swigging beer or cocktails.

Just smile in a vaguely distracted fashion and say, 'No, I don't think that will be possible ...' Then walk off.

There's a big difference between a whole street having overflowing wheelie bins all over their gardens and one person with mobility issues keeping it neat and tidy. I wouldn't judge at all if you were my neighbour!

my neighbours have a massive south facing garden with sun and shade and put their trampoline and furniture (facing into my window) in the small cold garden 12 inches from my front window

it’s very strange

I wouldn't like it myself but would fully accept that I had no control over where my neighbours stored her bins.

This. The bin lorry driver has an electronic view in front of him showing which houses need extra care, ie can't get bin kerbside, please pick up from house and return.

I know this as before becoming disabled myself, I was a carer. It needs a call to council, but bins still need to be at front of house and accessible.

I wouldn't care about appearances personally, as more important things to worry about! But my council offers a bin service, where you sign up for 2 years, bin men SHOULD help with moving heavy bins, putting them back , if they have a crew with enough operatives, but I often struggle with fibromyalgia so takes me a while, so as long as the bins aren't being intrusive in any way, then I don't get why it's a big deal, but each to their own

So drag your bin through your living room, through the kitchen and out to the back would you?
No of course you wouldn't.

And before you say you would...

Mmm those muddy wheels in winter. Having to create the quickest path through your kitchen, diner and living room. Oh, and back once emptied.

It's a silly idea created by people with no though to other people's housing situation.

On our estate, everybody has them in their front garden because there is no other choice, short of wheeling it all through the house.
Please think before posting that not everyone has the same set up as you.

Paint faces on them and stand them facing their seating area.

This is almost unbelieveable. Your home, your choice.

Do not let this neighbour dictate to you or he might think he is charge locally. I've had that sort of behaviour from a neighbour as a single female and I stood up to him.

I understand your situation but it's not nice to see. If they are sitting in the sun, they shouldn't have to put up with the smell of bins.

Tell him to avert his eyes or put a privacy barrier on his side so he isn't offended by the sight of a container.