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Neighbour moved bin

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UsuallyHappyfemale · 16/09/2024 11:21

Neighbour moved our bin to front of our property yesterday. I'd left as I normally do at the back at the edge of our pathway that leads to our back gate and when I came home to move it back into our garden (I keep it here so no one can put their rubbish in it). The emptied bin had been moved to the front of our property. Unfortunately their driveway is next to our pathway and they constantly have their big work vans and other cars blocking our pathway with their bins as well (the vans take up all the space). I am annoyed they moved our bin to the front when it's our pathway and I always take bin in the next day almost straight away after it had been emptied by dustmen. They leave their bins out for weeks blocking our access way ...we constantly keep moving them back....so the window cleaners can get through to clean our windows.

AIBU to leave bin at the back at the end of our pathway (which they like to block off with their bins as well). Or should I give in and just move bin to front every week and their bins off our path as I go round? There's no room at the front because again of all the cars. Scared to talk to them as I'm so angry about it I will probably say something I regret.

So I've reported them to council for running a building business in a residential area. I'm so angry about it all.

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MrTwisterHasABlister · 10/01/2026 18:42

🧟‍♀️🧟🧟‍♂️ of epic proportions

NotThisShitAgain121 · 10/01/2026 18:08

I would be knocking at their door telling them to keep off your land and not to touch your stuff or there will be consequences.

mamaE123456 · 21/09/2024 08:29

Frogmarch89 · 16/09/2024 12:34

I can't believe you care so much about this tbh.

This

Howdoesitworkagain · 20/09/2024 15:45

Eh?

I can’t make head nor tail of what’s at the back, the front, your path, their access way. And why is it so complicated?!

TheBluntTurtle · 20/09/2024 15:23

You have my sympathies OP- my neighbour moves my bin which is on my private property so he can swing Luton Lorrie’s onto his drive by illegally going over my property (as his drive access is too narrow to get them in).

If you own your house you need to check your deeds and see if you own where you are storing your deeds and if your neighbour has right of access. If you do own it and they don’t have right of access then continue to put your bin there. If they are blocking access to your property with vans/ skips then you need to keep asking them to move them (especially if they are on your private property). You should keep a log of obstructions with photos in case you need them and if they keep blocking access with cars/ skips despite you asking them to stop blocking the access then seek legal advice. If they are putting their bin on your private property then move them back.

74Violette · 19/09/2024 17:17

Ok it might just be bin wars but OP is being disrespected nonetheless. Some neighbours will walk all over you if you let them. Never be a pushover or it will escalate, as I have found myself.

Have a word with them and stand your ground.

lazzapazza · 19/09/2024 16:19

This thread is rubbish.

DecoratingDiva · 19/09/2024 16:05

I guess it’s not really about the bin but that this is the last straw in a very long list of things where each is fairly small but together they add up to massive inconvenience & annoyance.

I don’t know what to suggest but you have my sympathy, neighbours like this are very difficult to live with.

StormingNorman · 19/09/2024 14:21

The title of this thread is the most British thing I’ve ever read.

Seething for you OP!

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 19/09/2024 14:20

I'd move it back.
But I'm petty as fuck.

Fraaahnces · 19/09/2024 14:15

Cameras…

Welshmonster · 19/09/2024 14:13

Can you put up a fence on the edge of your pathway so they can’t park on it?

Scammersarescum · 16/09/2024 15:39

ButterAsADip · 16/09/2024 13:06

😂 I shall leave you and OP to your fury…… that was quite an overreaction to my misunderstanding, don’t you think? Enjoy dying young from stress and remember, nobody is perfect my dear!

Living next to cunts is stressful I can assure you.

It sounds like this is the straw that broke the camels back.

Feel for you OP one set of my neighbours are hideously awful.

distractmeagain · 16/09/2024 15:34

have you considered that its actually not the neighbours moving your bin at all and thats it the bin men? you say that the emptied bin was not put back where it was supposed to be... do you actually put your bin out or do you just assume the bin men will take it from where you keep it and put it back?

Spenditlikebeckham · 16/09/2024 13:42

On our previous new build estate white vans weren't allowed on private driveways... If ndn can't utilise their own property (drive) unless they move someone else's property (bin) they are indeed a cunt.
Imo.

SpiderGwen · 16/09/2024 13:34

SpiderGwen · 16/09/2024 13:11

You do know running a business from home isn't illegal in the majority of cases, don't you? Millions of businesses are run out of homes perfectly legally.

They've not set up a smelting works or an opencast mine in a cup de sac, for heaven's sake.

I corrected that to Cul De Sac twice but autocorrect insisted on Cup De Sac. Oops.

Missflowerpots · 16/09/2024 13:31

SpiderGwen · 16/09/2024 13:11

You do know running a business from home isn't illegal in the majority of cases, don't you? Millions of businesses are run out of homes perfectly legally.

They've not set up a smelting works or an opencast mine in a cup de sac, for heaven's sake.

I run my small business from home.
Unless its a meth lab i dont see ops point.
Just being petty and childish over a bin for rubbish.

Missflowerpots · 16/09/2024 13:29

All this drama over a bin is a bit over the top.
Is it a special bin for special rubbish.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 16/09/2024 13:18

Can you get a lockable bin store to put where it is convenient to you?

BobbyBiscuits · 16/09/2024 13:17

I feel I need a diagram!
Just put your bin back where it's meant to be/you want it to be. All the details are just confusing me.

floridaidea · 16/09/2024 13:12

So many posters on this thread can't seem to read and evaluate properly. It's obviously not just about the bin, but the bin being moved today is the metaphorical straw that broke the camel's back. They are rude and inconsiderate neighbours OP, you have my sympathy.

SpiderGwen · 16/09/2024 13:11

You do know running a business from home isn't illegal in the majority of cases, don't you? Millions of businesses are run out of homes perfectly legally.

They've not set up a smelting works or an opencast mine in a cup de sac, for heaven's sake.

Peonies12 · 16/09/2024 13:07

I think most people would love the most stressful thing in their life to be a bin. Get a hobby!

ButterAsADip · 16/09/2024 13:06

SummerFade · 16/09/2024 12:04

Reading comprehension not your forte?

It was abundantly clear that the neighbours are obstructing access to her property with THEIR bins so that’s why she’s having to move them.

If they’re running a business from a residential address without permission, that definitely needs reporting. Sounds like they think they can do what they want and that you’ll simply suck it up.

Well fuck that. Get angry and make it clear that you won’t put up and shut up.

😂 I shall leave you and OP to your fury…… that was quite an overreaction to my misunderstanding, don’t you think? Enjoy dying young from stress and remember, nobody is perfect my dear!

Spenditlikebeckham · 16/09/2024 12:42

Why should op's bin be any of ndn's business? Leave it where it has always been op. They aren't entitled to select your choices for you...