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Wheelie bins next to neighbour's house

81 replies

catblanket · 05/12/2021 17:43

Not sure if I am in the right or wrong here, so I am canvassing opinion!

We have a double driveway on the side of our house, with a double garage at the end of it.

One side of the driveway is bordered by our own detached house and the other side of the driveway is bordered by the side of the neighbour's detached house (with no windows looking out onto our side).

It's a bit of a funny angle and I can't get the car into the garage if the wheelie bins are along the side of our own house. So I've been putting them across the other side of the drive from our house, so they are alongside the neighbour's house walls.

She just came round and told me to move them and that she didn't want them touching her house. I've just taken a look outside, and she's moved them about 3' from her house wall, so they're now in the middle of my drive.

I'm really confused as to why this has upset her - if I could understand her reasoning I'd feel more understanding. But I'm a bit flummoxed as to why this is an issue. I would have asked her, but I've just had surgery and she woke me up and caught me off guard a bit and I wasn't thinking straight and the request threw me a bit.

Can anyone explain why this might be wrong, so that I can understand this more?! It will affect how I deal with it, because at the moment I am failing to see the issue and feel like putting them back along her wall.

OP posts:
Doomscrolling · 05/12/2021 17:46

A diagram would help.

Are they still on your property?

SweetBabyCheeses99 · 05/12/2021 17:47

It’s your driveway and I guess it’s her house. Just move them back to 3mm away from her wall rather than 3’.

MalbecandToast · 05/12/2021 17:47

What?! You've put your bins against your neighbours wall?! I'd be with her, really rude of you!

MalbecandToast · 05/12/2021 17:49

@SweetBabyCheeses99 it'd a shared driveway and OP is putting her bins on the neighbours side of it against the neighbours house!

QuitMoaning · 05/12/2021 17:49

@MalbecandToast

What?! You've put your bins against your neighbours wall?! I'd be with her, really rude of you!
Why? What would a wheelie bin do to a house?
SilverSandStorm · 05/12/2021 17:50

Probably because they look unsightly and might smell? I think it's more considerate to put them on your own side.

namechange30455 · 05/12/2021 17:50

[quote MalbecandToast]@SweetBabyCheeses99 it'd a shared driveway and OP is putting her bins on the neighbours side of it against the neighbours house![/quote]
It's not a shared driveway.

OP are they still on your property?

10yearwarranty · 05/12/2021 17:50

Do you own the whole driveway? If you do then move them over of course, but not touching her house. Maybe put a little line of bricks as a marker so she can see they are not touching her house. Grin Then if she does it again tell her to stay off your property.

MalbecandToast · 05/12/2021 17:50

It's not her house! I have a similar set up and 3 bins of my own, I don't need my neighbours bins as well! If the OP can't park with them there she needs to move them somewhere else on her property.

Original poster
catblanket · 05/12/2021 17:50

OK I'll try and do a diagram!

@MalbecandToast I'm intrigued as to why it's rude, please can you explain? I'm genuinely wanting to know what the issue is so I can address it appropriately.

Yes they are on our property. It's our private driveway, nobody else has access to it.

The only thing I can think of is that her electricity and gas meters are on this side of her house, so she has to use our driveway to get to those. But that's not a regular occurrence.

OP posts:
Chewystick · 05/12/2021 17:51

Why is that rude? OP positions bin on own property, what’s the issue?

Creadigol · 05/12/2021 17:51

Yeah, I'd hate to have my neighbour's bins against my wall sorry.

It may be irrational if she can't exactly see them but it would really bug me too.

I hate when people park right in front of my house even if I've agreed they can.

I know it's weird and territorial but I can't help it!

0blio · 05/12/2021 17:52

[quote MalbecandToast]@SweetBabyCheeses99 it'd a shared driveway and OP is putting her bins on the neighbours side of it against the neighbours house![/quote]
OP says it's a double driveway, not a shared one, so it's all hers (I think).

namechange30455 · 05/12/2021 17:53

@MalbecandToast

It's not her house! I have a similar set up and 3 bins of my own, I don't need my neighbours bins as well! If the OP can't park with them there she needs to move them somewhere else on her property.
They are on her property! It's not a shared driveway!
Notwithittoday · 05/12/2021 17:53

We have the same issue in reverse. Neighbours bins overflowing against our house. Very annoying. My husband went round and said he wanted them moving ( I probably wouldn’t have). They have moved them a tiny bit but not much

Creadigol · 05/12/2021 17:53

Sorry, totally missed that it's on your property.

Would still bug me but I'd have to live with it

RelapsedChocoholic · 05/12/2021 17:53

That side of the drive is her property, you can’t just decide you’ll use it to store your wheels bins on
If you’d asked/ had a conversation first she may have agreed, but I’d expect it’s annoyed her that you’ve just decided you’ll put them there- she has no way of knowing why you’ve done it, just that you have.

Sprig1 · 05/12/2021 17:54

Do they look unsightly? If to a general onlooker it would be assumed that they were their bins then it's not really v neighbourly. Legally you can just move them so they aren't touching their house but it would be better if you could find somewhere else to keep them. Could they go in your garage?

Shadowboy · 05/12/2021 17:54

I don’t understand either OP. In our previous house, hour left boundary was the neighbour’s garage and we used to line the bins up there.

As long as they are clearly not touching, there is nothing she can do

SixQuidGames · 05/12/2021 17:55

We are end terrace and our neighbours have their bins on the side of their house by our front door rather than theirs. Yes, it pisses me off and I think it’s inconsiderate but there’s not a lot I can do about it. They’re very prickly and if I asked them to move them it would be all out war.

It would be more considerate to have your bins away from her house but I doubt many people will agree.

1concernedmummy · 05/12/2021 17:55

Yeah, putting your bins up against someone's house is rude and entitled.

ErrolTheDragon · 05/12/2021 17:55

That side of the drive is her property,

I don't think it is, from the OPs description.
We need that diagram, clearly showing what belongs to who.

GiantKitten · 05/12/2021 17:56

It’s OP’s own drive, and there are no windows in neighbour’s end wall, so no intrusive smells.
If bins don’t touch neighbour’s wall (even if only by a gnat’s crotchet) neighbour has no right to object,

(I’d like to see a diagram too though, just to see the drive-through line)

RelapsedChocoholic · 05/12/2021 17:56

Apologies hadn’t seen your second post and I’d misunderstood
As it’s your property she’s a bit Hyacinth Bucket I guess

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 05/12/2021 17:56

Maybe she thinks her wall will get Wheelie Bin Cooties?

Totally a thing.