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To report downstairs neighbor to environmental health. what would you do?

25 replies

AhsataN · 24/06/2012 18:10

i live in a top floor maisonette with my 2 yr old DS. our downstairs neighbor is a young women with an 18 mnth old dd. she moved in a few months ago.

ever since she moved in she has never put her bin bags out on the collection day so they are always left to fester for another week, but now its got to the point of not putting her rubbish out for 3 consecutive weeks. she has stacked the bin bags outside her back door which is directly below my kitchen door. there are now 8 bins bags being ripped open by foxs full of food waste and dirty nappies, my kitchen is filling with flies as soon as i open the back door and the situation is getting worse each day.
two weeks ago she put a bin bag in her front garden which was ripped open by foxes. she has left this rubbish festering in the garden, blowing over other neighbors gardens. three other households have to walk down the pathway next to this. including her dirty sanitary towels which are now on the pavement.
for some reason she has chosen not to clean this up so i contacted the council who have contacted her, she has still not cleared up the rubbish.

Ive now had enough. i don't want to cause neighbor wars but why should i have to keep my doors and windows closed because of the smell and flies.
i don't know the best way to solve this she is not very approachable.
do i ask her to put her rubbish out reminding her of collection days?
do i contact my landlord?
do i just go ahead and report the dirty cow to environmental health.
AIBU?

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Mrsjay · 24/06/2012 18:14

yanbu she maybe forgets and just dump rubbish outside have you chatted to her , maybe go see her day befoe bin day and remind her , even if you have to say the foxes are getting into the bins be honest you can be without sounding you are whinging at her

LemonTurd · 24/06/2012 18:16

YADNBU. The rubbish could attract rats. Eek.

PollyLove · 24/06/2012 18:17

Ew that's disgusting. She must have zero shame, I would die if my neighbours had to look at my used sanitary towels...Bork!
I would go straight to environmental health, I think you need be tough as she obviously doesn't think it's a problem. How grim!

AhsataN · 24/06/2012 18:17

i don't want to come across as a moany bitch but the situation is getting ridiculous. the problem i have is half the time shes not there so its catching her.

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marriedinwhite · 24/06/2012 18:18

I would report her to environmental health and your landlord. She must know she's missed bin collections, she may have mh problems. I wouldn't get involved with her on a personal level.

shushpenfold · 24/06/2012 18:18

Landlord definitely. If nothing is then done, EH. I would personally not talk to the neighbour for fear of having her rubbish put through my door!

lisaro · 24/06/2012 18:19

Mucky cow!! YADNBU. It's not even high summer yet - this definitely needs sorting. What's the inside like? You could end up with all sorts of infestations.

scarletforya · 24/06/2012 18:19

YADNBU

Report her for sure. How disgusting Shock I'd also contact the Landlord and let them know there is a problem. They will want to know that she is making a pigsty out of the place.

OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 24/06/2012 18:20

I would contact the landlord and environmental health. Sorry you have to live next to someone so minging.

soozeedol · 24/06/2012 18:20

council and environmental health....no excuse for this at all...you will have mice and rats and every other rodent visiting and setting up homes if they have a regular food source....the damage these animals can do is incredible...my mothers friend had to have half her garden dug up to erradicate vermin that were getting access to her house and foundations and wreaking havoc on pipes and things....and that was from neighbours bird tables and food dropping from them that caused the beggers to move in ...couldnt let any pets out whilst all the poison was down etc...nightmare
bags of household rubbish will attract them for miles!!!

Alliwantisaroomsomewhere · 24/06/2012 18:26

You are most certainly not being a moany bitch by trying to sort this out. Definitely try something to get this seen to. Your neighbour is either one horrendously foul fucker or she has serious mental health issues.

YANBU.

PurplePidjin · 24/06/2012 18:28

Keep on at the council - HA neighbours of mine were recently moved on due to anti-social behaviour, including leaving vast amount of bin bags lying around resulting in their and other toddlers playing in gardens covered in used nappies Envy

yellowraincoat · 24/06/2012 18:28

Erk, my neighbours do the same, manky fuckers.

AND they leave bin bags on the back step that fall into our back garden.

They are such tramps, but have a massive, posh house. I HATE.

Mrsjay · 24/06/2012 18:29

there was so many lazy people near where my mum lived bags everywhere stuff dumped that the council went into the their bin store and emptied the bins so they didnt have to put them out for collecting and they had an uplift amnesty for 3 months Shock

curiositykitten · 24/06/2012 18:41

Yuck yuck yuck, definitely report her to EH and her landlord. I would.

AhsataN · 06/07/2012 17:34

an update: i went down and knocked on her door the night before bin collection. i couldn't stand the thought of all those bags of rubbish sitting by my back door attracting more and more flies each day.
i asked her politely if she could put her rubbish out as bin men were coming early the next morning as i was getting lots of flies in my kitchen. she was nice as pie and said OK thanks.
the rubbish in the front garden has not yet been picked up with dirty nappies and sanitary towels festering in her garden. i have reported it again and she will now get a fine.

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Supercalafraj · 06/07/2012 17:40

When u knocked did u see what the house was like inside? If she's not keeping inside clean then her 18 month old would be my main concern.

AhsataN · 06/07/2012 18:43

the inside looked cleaned her child has not been at the house for over 3 weeks now Ive seen the grandmother pick her up with her baby once. i think she may have depression. she moved from her parents house to living on her own with her child.

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samandi · 06/07/2012 19:31

YADNBU. Depression is no excuse. If you want to move out of your parents' house and play at being an adult you should act like one.

Supercalafraj · 06/07/2012 19:54

I'd report her to the council and landlord. I'd speak to landlord in a factual manner so you don't come across as a busy body or troublemaker (which you are certainly not).

Udanbu

SuperTressy · 06/07/2012 20:13

I would take photos and put them on fixmystreet.com. I have done this in the past when we had a rubbish problem with neighbours across the road from us and it got passed on to the relevant council department as a fly tipping issue.

Angelico · 06/07/2012 21:22

YADNBU - landlord and environmental health. But tbh might be worth calling social services or trying to talk to her parents if you see them as she sounds like she needs a bit of help and support :(

wheremommagone · 06/07/2012 22:24

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Thymeout · 06/07/2012 23:54

We had two rat infestations due to a neighbour leaving out unprotected bin bags and not clearing up after foxes had got at them. The rats made nests under decking and sheds and were climbing up trellises. I was afraid to leave doors and windows open. Corpses all over the place after the ratcatchers' (expensive) visit.

Call environmental health. Much better to take steps to prevent the problem than try to solve it.

TheSpokenNerd · 07/07/2012 00:03

She woul benefit from a HomeStart volunteer...maybe you could put her forward to them? Someone will come weekly and help her to manage hese things...

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