To hate people leaving stuff on their front walls?

I agree with you and would be really annoyed to see “rubbish” left outside. Having said that, DH has occasionally left couple of bits (never shoes or clothes as they get donated to charity) that gets taken straight away by neighbours. If something doesn’t go within a day or two, we get rid of it. We are too house proud to have “rubbish” left outside for days or weeks!

Where this is commonplace, has anyone ever left something out in error, or well within the boundary of the house, only to find it’s been taken, I wonder?

I think its rather enterprising

I have left things out (books mainly), advertised this on Nextdoor and local FB group and the lot have usually gone very quickly.

I live in Bristol too and get rid of loads of stuff this way. I take it in again at night or if it's going to rain etc. It's a very easy way of recycling.

I like it and have found a few gems. Two genuine leather chairs once!
I've done it too a few times but only with good stuff and I don't leave it out overnight to get ruined but it's usually gone by the time I go back to bring it in as it's good quality stuff.
However, I agree with you OP that people do leave tat out for weeks and it's so unsightly and they should throw it away.
One house always leaves broken, dirty stuff out- as if anyone is going to want that!

Done here well. Put out for a day or two then taken or given to charity/tip.
People alzo do a big free garden of stuff on Facebook and people come and pick it up

Not done here except for apples and plums etc from people's trees

I used to do this in London and loved it! Was “responsible” with it though so took it in overnight / didn’t put rubbish out etc. my DM always found it rather bemusing but was a great way to recycle :)

I’m afraid I do this! But I don’t leave it out in the rain and I take it back inside in the evening if it hasn’t gone.
Larger items go on the road WhatsApp group.
I think the idea of having one day a month where everyone puts out their unwanted items is great! I wish we did that here.

I’ve had some great stuff this way too - picture frame, plants and plant pots, new walking boots, saucepan lids that perfectly fitted my saucepans, lots of books. I love a good street find 🙂

The other thing that is popular in my area is mini libraries - people build a waterproof covered bookshelf in their front garden for people to help themselves.

However I agree I hate seeing stuff left out for weeks going soggy and mouldy.

Yes that’s a good point.

Also they can be quite pricey - when something's free people get less fussy

Also urban Bristol here. I think it's great for some things (clothes, shoes, toys, books, kitchen stuff, portable furniture - ie smallish things that can be easily binned if they don't go or get rained on!) so long as they're OK condition.

Bigger stuff like sofas etc I would personally put on FB for free (the Bristol Mutual Aid group is good) and specify collection only. Although having said that I did get a replacement oven (literally the day after mine broke!) for my last house after enlisting the help of a couple of friends to carry it!

I do agree it's shit when people are basically dumping their crappy old stuff and expecting someone else to deal with it (I already live in a pretty...ahem...'up and coming' area which is pretty scruffy as it is so having piles of soggy, broken old crap everywhere makes it look even more so!).

Where I used to live in South Bristol you had to be careful not to leave something you want outside your house for too long because people will assume it's for the taking. Eg something you are putting in your car to take somewhere.

During covid front garden recycling was absolutely nuts. Everyone having a clear out but no charity shops open. Every day there were books, toys, household items, surplus food on people's front walls.

I’ve never seen this done but it sounds a good idea.
One of the problems with charity shops is they are often very picky about what they take.

I'd "accidentally" throw it back over their garden wall.

Love it where I live in South London. I've found some great stuff. Usually it's removed after a few days, or gets snapped up. It would be so depressing to live in an area where no one has thought of this way to share stuff.

I had three eating apple trees and would leave boxes of apples on the wall with the message, 'Please help yourself'. I did wonder if people would be sceptical, but the apples were so lovely and I'd far rather others benefitted than have them lying on the grass. Although the foxes, squirrels and birds definately benefitted as well.

I'm urban Bristol too. I think it's brilliant - I've picked up so many useful things - DS got some unworn sandals, books, toys etc. Bizarrely, I got some printer ink recently. They must have bought the wrong kind, but couldn't return it as open. It was about £50 worth! I've got rid of so much stuff too. It all generally goes quickly. I always take in what's left in the evening and only do it if the forecasts good. There's nothing sadder than rained on stuff.

I do think though the OPs example of a bed that's been left out for weeks, is where it tips over into fly tipping and an eyesore.

Yanbu!

Where I live, people leave it out in the rain and so it becomes unusable and just filthy rubbish. It is fly-tipping by any other name.

I don't mind if people put their things out on a fine weather day and bring them in again if they don't get taken. Anything else is trashy, imo.

I leave stuff out because the charity shop won't take them - people have lifted all sorts from outside our house - it's student area - if it's not lifted during daylight hours it goes in the bin

I love the Bristol wall economy. It is an asset. I’ve had myself cast iron pans, an unworn pair of sketchers and an ikea chair that lasted a decade. It’s the purest form of recycling/reuse. An absolute godsend for getting rid of children’s shoes, which they grow out of in no bloody time.

Just for info, for anyone who doesn’t know about it already, you can report flytipped stuff (including stuff people have left out ‘for free’) on Fixmystreet. It sends a report directly to the council. Very useful service. Is a website and also an app. And you can upload pics if you want.

I put my daughters lovely doll's house complete with furniture outside and before I even walked up the lane to my house (communal lane, not my mansion), a mum and her little girl were standing guard and getting dad down with the car. Made us happy to think that it was going to be loved again.

Same here @Daleksatemyshed A couple of years ago it took nearly 6 weeks for the council to come and move my old (non donateable) sofa from my front yard. I had booked but they kept rescheduling, saying they couldn't find it etc. People were probably judging but I was trying. I ended up paying a lot for a private company to move it. Then the council had the cheek to try and charge me the higher price for the next collection as I'd apparently already had one that year!

Just outside Bristol between Bristol and Bath. We put stuff on our wall and at the same time post a notice on the local community Facebook group. It's usually gone within a couple of hours. I've got rid of everything from a bag of conkers collected from my garden to an armchair.