Bulky waste in communal back court

[dazzlinghaze]

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a bit of advice on how to deal with this situation. I apologise if this ends up quite long, I just don't want to drip feed.

At the end of last year my uncle put a new bathroom into my flat as a gift from him and my parents. I arranged for the council to collect the waste from the old suite but due to covid they cancelled the collection appointment multiple times. They have now temporarily suspended the service and have told me to leave the waste in the communal back court and they will get it ASAP.

I had two anonymous notes from a neighbour, one in January and one last week telling me to contact the housing association who factor the building. I contacted the HA after both letters. Last Thursday the HA asked me to move the waste to another area in the court as it was against a wall and they were concerned it could cause damp, my dad helped me move it on Saturday. Today I have had another anonymous note this time saying if I don't get the waste out of the court by the end of this week they will be contacting the local councillor and the fire department as it is a hazard.

I contacted the HA again and they have told me now it has been moved it is not a hazard and legally I don't have to do anymore as collection has been arranged. They have advised that all the local councillor would do is contact the HA who would then explain the situation. The HA have said they will send out a letter to all residents in the building explaining the situation.

Now my question is, how would you deal with this? I have a feeling the neighbour won't let this go and I am beginning to feel really stressed and harassed about it all. Especially as they never leave their name so I can't approach them. So they keep sending anonymous letters but give me no opportunity to respond.

One neighbour did stick a letter through my door and asked me to contact him and I replied explaining everything and left my number for him to call me. He was fine after we spoke and he knew that uplift had been arranged. So it's not a case of I don't want anyone to ask me about this. It's just all the anonymous letters that are upsetting me. I understand it's frustrating, it's my building too and I would rather it had been removed when originally scheduled but we're in a pandemic. Not many sectors are running as normal.

If the letters don't stop after the HA contact my neighbours what should I do? I do have my suspicions about who is sending the letters but no proof.

Could you print out the emails from the council and HA and tape them to the offending items .
It may also be a idea to contact your local councillor and send them a copy of the email from the council and HA explaining the situation to pre-empt any emails from your neighbours

@AlCalavicci I was going to stick them on the back door or put a letter through every door in the building with copies but HA have told me not to respond and let them send the letter out first. Good idea about contacting the councillor though, I'll do that tomorrow!

Is there a tip you can get it to or a local rubbish collection who can take it away

@DogsSausages As far as I know recycling centres are open but I don't know anyone with a van who could help me out and I don't drive. I contacted a few private uplift companies last week and they were quoting £150 upwards which I can't really afford and definitely not by the end of this week as the letter demands. Also today the woman from the HA said something about it not being allowed to have a private company in to collect it during lockdown but I don't know if that's correct because the companies were all willing to do it. I'm not ruling out getting it collected, I could put by some money over the next few weeks but won't be leaving myself short to get it done this week when the HA and council are in agreement that I can leave it in the court.

If they are happy and it's not a hazard or causing an obstruction then let the HA sort it out, if ndn does write any more letters give the HA a copy

I'm looking into contacting the local councillor but there seems to be 4 for my area... Thought I would check if anyone here knows if that could be correct. I assumed there would only be one.

just let the housing association deal with it.

@BlackeyedSusan So you think don't contact the local councillor? My concern is that the housing association have said they're limited in what they can do as it's no longer a hazard, it's not really their issue anymore. So I think sending this letter for me is the last thing they can do, IYSWIM.

Forgot to mention in my OP, I own my flat and the person I believe to be sending the letters owns theirs as well. Not sure if that makes a difference.

we're in Scotland and have 4 councillors for each council area, seems a bit daft as the efficient hardworking ones get all the work as they're known to respond or have a social media profile.

Id leave it to HA sending round a letter

@ratspeaker Ah, I'm in Scotland too! Okay, I will let the HA send the letter and then deal with the local councillors if they still complain.