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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To think I shouldn't have to buy the bin

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Lucky6266 · 31/01/2018 09:19

Need opinions as I have moved into a new block and no bins provided when we moved in. Landlord said to buy our own bin.
I contacted the council who confirmed I had to pay £18 for main rubbish bin and another £22 for recycling I ended up buying just one refurbished main bin for £13 due to money being tight.
Landlord has put one recycling bin for use but bins are getting full within 2 days as only 3 bins in total including mine for a block of 15 and everyone using mine as well. Landlord got into argument with one tenant yesterday when he told the tenant to buy a bin and tenant was saying not my responsibility it's yours to provide bins.so what do you think is it ours as tenants or landlords.

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blackteasplease · 31/01/2018 09:20

I would think it's landlords but would it say in your tenancy agreement?

SoIAskYou · 31/01/2018 09:21

My understanding is that when you rent a place, the bins have to come with it. But any subsequent loss/damage, replacement is on the tenant.

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Lucky6266 · 31/01/2018 09:21

I need to check tenancy but I don't think it's mentioned

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AnachronisticCorpse · 31/01/2018 09:22

I would have thought definitely the landlord.

We had to buy ours when we moved in here (new build) but the etiquette is to leave them for the next owner. No way a tenant should have to supply them.

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Lucky6266 · 31/01/2018 09:28

Apparently council told landlord tenants can take bins with them if they move

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SwarmOfCats · 31/01/2018 09:54

It probably depends on the tenancy. I rent but had to sort my own bins/pay every year for garden collections. It’ll likely be in your tenancy agreement.

lornathewizzard · 31/01/2018 10:49

If the tenants have bought them I can see why they've taken them tbf. I would contact the council yourself and try to find out whose responsibility it is tbh

Justabadwife · 31/01/2018 10:53

I just can't get over the fact you have to pay for your bins 😨😨 I needed a bigger bin and a garden waste bin when i moved in. Quick phone call to the council and they were dropped off within the week, free of charge.

I would say they were the landlords responsibility though really.

TalkinBoutWhat · 31/01/2018 10:55

If you paid for the bin, then it's yours. Put a bin lock on it so that only you can use it.

Snowysky20009 · 31/01/2018 10:56

Bins in our area are free- black, green, recycling and cardboard. You just ring up the council and they will drop one off- never knew some had a pay!

TacoFlavouredKisses · 31/01/2018 11:01

Get one of those locks that disengages when the bin is tipped upside down to stop your neighbour using yours.

This nonsense could have been prevented by the landlord buying the bins and including in the lease agreement that they were to be left at the end of the term.... but that's possibly too much like common sense

whiskyowl · 31/01/2018 11:02

Surely this is the landlord's responsibility?! I fucking hate people like this, who have others paying their mortgage and yet don't provide basic facilities. Greedy, greedy fuckers. (And before anyone accuses me of a politics of envy, or some similar shit, I own my own house).

CoughingForWeeks · 31/01/2018 11:20

My local council wanted to charge me £25 for a new bin when I moved house - they told me that it was a delivery charge and that the bin was still council property

OliviaBenson · 31/01/2018 11:59

I'd contact environmental health about this. If bins are shared then I think it's the LLs responsibility.

you should also not allow others to use your bin as you paid for it.

BabooshkaBabooshka · 31/01/2018 12:23

Most big blocks of flats have council provided communal rubbish and recycling industrial size bins. I would ask the council about that as it seems very odd that you have to pay for your own.

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Lucky6266 · 01/02/2018 08:15

Ironic thing as well us that the bloody council dropped me off a dirty bin with bits of rubbish still stuck inside.
Three was me expecting a nice clean bin.
Idiots I sent a complaint but no response

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Lucky6266 · 01/02/2018 08:16

Sorry for mispelling

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SunnyCoco · 02/02/2018 16:37

Whiskyowl i totally agree. Grubbing greedy bastards won’t even provide a bin for their tenants.

SweetMoon · 02/02/2018 16:48

I'd have thought landlord responsibility. What a cheapskate not providing bins for his tenants!

Deshasafraisy · 02/02/2018 16:51

It’s the responsibility of whoever pays the council tax.

FloydOnThePull · 02/02/2018 16:59

Unless specifically stated otherwise in your tenancy agreement I would have thought it was the responsibility of whoever pays the council tax. If your rent includes bills I'd say LL but if not then I'd say you (Unless you have those big commercial waste sized dumpsters that some large blocks have then that's probably the freeholder of the building which may not be the same person as your landlord).

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