Cheeky Fucker Neighbours !

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Don’t get me wrong I’m a lovely neighbour, if I can help my neighbours out anyway that I can I do. Next door have had some work done on their house, they had a skip on their drive which meant no room for both their dustbins, so whilst the skip was there they put both their big green & black dustbin on my drive ( which was totally fine ) we get on & logically it made sense ( I didn’t expect them to knock & ask if it was ok ) as my drive isn’t being used as I have no car & like I said I’m not unreasonable & logically of course this made sense as there isn’t anywhere else they could have put them except the pavement ( which is clear for me to see ) Work to the house has now finished, the skip has gone, bin men have been & emptied bins today, I put the bins out last night ( which I put theirs out too if they haven’t already done so ( and they do the same for me which is handy ) it’s just a case of who does it first does both bins & this includes bringing in bins back to original place. Like I said absolutely no dramas re this in the past. Well today they have been out & brought both their empty bins & plonked them back on my drive ! My side living room window looks onto my drive & it ain’t pretty looking at 4 huge bins 😡 I usually move my 2 bins further up my drive so that they aren’t visible out of my window but now I can’t do that because theirs are there. They have had extensive work done to their house ( extensions ) so room is tight in their garden but thats not my problem. So basically their house looks all pretty with no big horrible smelly dirty bins in the front garden on their micro drive ( my house is really pretty too) but now I’m left with the view of a line of 4 big smelly dirty bins from my side living room window. I want to go out & manoeuvre the bins around their cars back onto their micro drive but worry that I will look pathetic. Like I said it really wasn’t an issue at all them putting the bins there whilst they had the skip as it was totally a logical thing to do, but I presumed that when they brought the bjns back in from being emptied, that they would put them back in the tiny space on their drive where they always have been! The cheeky fuckers are now thinking it’s totally ok to just try to plonk them on my drive for eternity aren’t they???

God yes, move them!

Bin men have never put bins back in all the years I’ve lived here. Both cars are there & they both work from home. The reason I’m so annoyed is bcs there have other instances now this ( they actually thought it was ok to use my drive as a workshop, I woke up one morning to 3 workman guys cutting wood / plastic on my drive & they marked my drive with 3 big white splodges that I had to use a power washer to remove ) My dad said it was a dried plastic solution that had been spilt. They didn’t ask my permission re this I guess they just figured I was out at work so I wouldn’t know & I guess it wasn’t the workmens fault as they should have been told not to use my drive without permission, they left empty cans of coke & tab ends etc which I had to clean up. I removed the white splodges ( about 3 white marks each the size of footballs ) with power washer, so in the end that wasn’t really an issue. There was all white dust/ crap on my drive from their skip that I had to sweep up. So if you are wondering why I’m getting worked up now you know! Buy your own fecking drive & stop making your house so massive that you don’t have room to do shit! One more instance & im going to loose my temper & tell them that. Bins going on their drive right now!

Do it now, before it becomes the new normal.

Absolutely move them! I would knock on the door and say "sorry, I don't mind you putting your bins out on my drive whilst you are having your work done, but I don't really want them permanently outside my house so I have put them back to where you usually keep them"

Do you have a friend or relative with a SORN car they could put on your drive? Not that you should have to but temporarily until they get the message? Can you get gates?

Done it just now. Writing about the previous instances made me angry. Done! There was only a tiny tiny gap between car & bins but I got them in.

you've been more than accommodating. move bins back to theirs, and if they don't fit, put them on pavement behind their cars.

We need a diagram!

Diagram or didn't happen.

We do get along. I want to be on good terms with my neighbours. Just starting to feel like they’re now taking the piss. Bins are back on their drive now anyway. I will continue being nice but anything else happens I’m afraid I might be a twat! Let’s hope it doesn’t : )

Diagram lol .... it’s pretty simple... out my lounge side window = my drive. Oh god I would hate to be that person that pisses people off. Let’s hope from now on they use their common sense before I flip & twattish things start being said !

Well done on returning their property to their property.

You might get along with them but they may see you as an easy touch. That you didn't complain when someone was using your driveway as a workstation area and then didn't leave it in the same condition they found it in. That you didn't complain when they repeatedly left their bins on your property.

You don't have to be a pain in the bum about this but you do have to be assertive. You can be assertive and polite and neighbourly. You don't have to have pushover tattooed on your forehead though.

And in regards to that incident regarding the workmen & the awful lot of mess they left ... my neighbour did attempt to clean up the dust by... wait for it ... hoovering the public pavement & his micro drive & my drive... yes you read that right... he was actually OUTSIDE with a bloody plug in house hoover hoovering all the dust?! But he made no attempt to clean / remove the 3 huge white splodges on my drive. So here’s me thinking that they are going to use their common sense next time & that we are all going to live peacefully ... after the hoover incident I’m not quite so sure : /

You are right @WhatchaMaCalllit I do need to work on being more assertive ... polite yes of course but no muggins here. Thank you for yours & all your kind responses whist I was mid rage

If they challenge you, you need to cheerfully explain that there really is no need to thank you for putting their bins back. You were just doing what any good neighbour would do

I don't even understand the bits about you having to clean up after them.

No. No, you don't.

Well done OP. If they say something to you just laugh and say "Oh but don't you want to use your own space for your bins now that the skip had gone rather than continue to use my drive?"

If they try it again make sure you move them back asap or they will keep taking the piss.

Obviously you don't want to fall out but you do need to make it clear that you aren't a mug.

Seriously, I wouldn't even have bothered to put the bins back where they normally keep them - I'd have just left them behind their cars so they had to move them before they moved their cars out.

Just put them on their drive. No discussion necessary. If they move them onto yours again, then you tell them it was a temporary arrangement and you want them to take their own bins back now. No apology necessary from you.

Do not let them use your drive again. They are encroaching on your property. I’m flabbergasted you didn’t stop them from using your drive as a work place in the beginning. And I’m sure a suitable place for the bins could have been found on the property even if it meant inconveniencing the owners.

Of course they're nice, op. That's because they can do whatever the fuck they want on your property. I made the mistake ten years ago, if being really accommodating to my neighbors. The day I refused to accommodate them was the day I found out what bastards they really are. Put a gate on and keep it closed.

Next time random workmen decide to use your drive for work not on your property, just go out and say 'please get off my property'.

Like a PP said, not your circus....

I was going to suggest putting your rubbish in their bin

Can you not put a fence between their drive and yours so they can't keep doing things like this? It would piss me right off too.