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Original poster

To scrap a broken bike in a communial garden.

58 replies

Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:15

Hi i have a communial garden which i share with 4 others and 1 of the residents who has owed me money for a year and i don't get on with has decided to park her broken bike in the garden which i take great care of.I have moved it to outside her flat on the 1st floor where she is living but she has brought it back downstairs to the communial garden.What shall i do?

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Original poster
Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:16

The communication with her has just about broken down

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 06/02/2013 23:18

Hang some baskets off it and fill them with flowers for the summer.

WorraLiberty · 06/02/2013 23:19

Ok well as I'm sure you know, the fact you don't get on with her and she owes you money is neither here nor there.

Is there any kind of clause in your contracts that says she's not allowed to park a bike in the garden...broken or otherwise?

GordonsAlive · 06/02/2013 23:20

Plant some climbers by it and make it a feature?

apostropheuse · 06/02/2013 23:20

Grin oldlady

I guess if it's a communal garden there's not much you can do about it, other than speak to the landlord/factor is there is one.

Original poster
Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:21

ok

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Redbindy · 06/02/2013 23:21

Take it to the street and leave it there.

Original poster
Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:23

nice one bindy.I took it back up to her floor but only to have her bring it down again WAC

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Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:23

I'm going to chuck it in the river tbh

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 06/02/2013 23:25

You can't pollute the rivef! Ask a local scrappy if it's worth anything (metal sold by weight, not as a bike), you might get a fiver.

Pandemoniaa · 06/02/2013 23:26

What is this WAC, OP?

ethelb · 06/02/2013 23:26

She has every right to leave a bike there unless it says otherwise in the building management agreement. If I needed to cycle to work and rented a flat with communal gardens i would be furious if I couldnt keep my bike there.

Why does the Op get the monopoly on it? Can you discuss some attractive bike storage options with her?

apostropheuse · 06/02/2013 23:26

ahhhh I see it all now.

apostropheuse · 06/02/2013 23:28

Pandemonia apparently WAC is What a Cunt... the OP said it in another thread I just read (to worraliberty)

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Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:29

In the river is the solution

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fieldfare · 06/02/2013 23:31

It really isn't. Poor fishes and other wildlife.
Call the people that own the building and ask them to deal with it.

Piecesofmyheart · 06/02/2013 23:31

In the river it must go !

Pandemoniaa · 06/02/2013 23:31

Thanks apostropheuse. Strange sort of accusation to be chucking at Worra.

Incidentally, OP, you can't throw other people's possessions into the river simply because you don't like the look of them.

AmberLeaf · 06/02/2013 23:32

YABVU

If it were my bike and you did anything to it Id report you to the police.

WhereYouLeftIt · 06/02/2013 23:33

You say the bike is broken, but that need not mean it is scrap. She may have plans to repair it.

apostropheuse · 06/02/2013 23:35

I wonder if it's a communal river.

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Thunderstruck · 06/02/2013 23:35

No probs it's going in the river

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AmberLeaf · 06/02/2013 23:37

You sound like you are in danger of being served an anti harassment order TBH.

WhereYouLeftIt · 06/02/2013 23:37

WAC

Redbindy · 06/02/2013 23:37

The river sounds really good. The fish will treat it as an artificial reef. Good for you, good for the wildlife.