What’s a reasonable time to knock on their door?

[MinnieMountain]

We’re staying in a holiday let. It’s a middle terrace with a right of way over next door’s garden.

I’ve just noticed that they have blocked our gate with bicycles. We need to use it to put the bins back.

What’s a reasonable time to knock on their door to ask them to move them? I suspect it’s an attempt to stop us using it as they were in when we came that way yesterday.

Yeah don't do this... terrible advice. Cheap bikes cost ££....but if they are into bikes they can cost the price of a 2nd hand car. Just knock on the door at a reasonable hr... problem solved 👍

My god the state of this thread!

Our house allows next door to walk through to get to their garden. It’s in the deeds and for access, not just bins.

There is a right of access. So they can use it for whatever reason they want or need to get to the back door.

It’s alright people, I’ve already set @BusyCM straight 😁

That you intend to act as unneighbourly as you like because you're a solicitor?

Yes, yes you have.

No, that I intend to reasonably use the right of way for more than just bins if necessary because unlike some people who blether on about “quiet enjoyment”, I actually know the law.

What crazy replies from people. Glad it's sorted OP! I'd carry on using the ROW without worrying about it.

It’s not really about the right of way issue. It’s the banging on someone’s door on their holiday at 9am (you wanted to knock at that time) about brining some bins back in. What’s the urgency about the bins? Just enjoy your holiday and let them enjoy theirs.

@Delatron the bins were getting in the way on the pavement. And I asked advice on a suitable time as DH wasn’t up.

Wow some horrible comments on this thread. Obviously some solicitor hate . Didn’t know they were so unpopular. OP your request sounded perfectly reasonable. Glad you got it sorted.

Why you even bothered if it's only a holiday let 🙄

Spoiling theur hols?

With a once a day walk on a SHARED pathway? Come on.
When they rented the place, they knew that was the situation. Incl when their NDN will need to bring the bin back.

Rather, I suspect they have decided to not take any notice of the right of use and leave the bikes where it suits them.

Poor fellow holidaymakers...

Obvs all sorted now but I’d say 9ish unless you see movement earlier

Funny how everyone seems to despise a solicitor until they want a bit of free advice (disclaimer: I am not, and never have been, a lawyer of any kind).

Yes I’m sure people weren’t up as they were on holiday. I doubt there were hoards of holidaymakers trying to get past at 9am. You just wanted to knock and wake them up. As you were annoyed they’d blocked you in with bikes. It’s all a bit tit for tat.

Glad I read the reply up thread because if this were me I also would’ve wheeled their bikes out and back once I’d moved the bins thinking I’d made things better by not disturbing them 😳🙈. Although I’m guessing there’s a locked gate and it’s not a public right of way or the potentially expensive bikes would be chained up out of sight

I'd just move their bikes round the back and put a polite note on not to leave them in your access route.

I'm almost crying 😂at the batshit responses on this thread.

This is why Tattle makes fun of us.

@LadyAsnowt was just thinking that too! (Also not a solicitor)

they were padlocked.

@Delatron ever heard of actual residents? Or people getting up at different times when on holiday? Good grief.

Some of the replies are making me glad I no longer have clients. I didn’t realise all solicitors are evil 😁

I certainly do know solicitors and barristers too, I'll have you know, and don't despise most of them — but then most of them are reasonable people and not the 'I'm a lawyer, I know my rights' variety. Particularly not when on holiday, and not regarding another holiday home next door with guests who can't be expected to know the access rights of the place they're renting, nor OP's sandy shoes preferences or bin sensitivity. OP may be charm personified in real life, but in this thread seems officious and looking for a fight IMO.

It's not unneighbourly, it's how rights of access work.

She is saying she is a solicitor to point out she understands the law around this, not to ask for special treatment.

You don't understand tge law. You have got the law wrong.