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Reporting neighbours to the council.

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Twounder1 · 20/05/2018 13:42

A while ago I made a thread about our neighbours stealing our doormat. In the end, we took it in and it lives outside the back door now. (an my cat peed on it, livid)
Anyways, no problems since.
Til today. We are renovating to sell the house as we desperately want to move out of this area now. We're sick of the neighbours and the kids and we want to be close to my mom and close to better schools for our dcs..

So the renovation. We have a single work top outside our house for my stepdad to pick up. (we don't own a car to take it to the tip) an it's been there for a while.
Walk outside the house to find all the neighbours black bags of shit basically in our front garden. Including a ball that had deflated and was in their garden too.
Walk outside to see if their black bags (the same black bags) are outside their back garden like they were before. NOPE!

I'm beyond furious. What do I do? I'm not going to confront them as I hate confrontation apart from that ridiculous bouncy castle man in my previous thread.
Shall I report them to the council? I was even nice to them last time! I had some room left in my bin on bin day and they'd left their bags in front of my back gate. I put them in my bin.

Can't wait to bloody move.

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Confusedbeetle · 20/05/2018 13:45

You could put them back in their garden if you are sure thats where they came from

Returnofthesmileybar · 20/05/2018 13:46

Just put them back in their garden

DevilsDoorbell · 20/05/2018 13:48

Just put them in their garden.

FASH84 · 20/05/2018 13:49

Put them back in their garden if they're definitely theirs. Or knock and say your bin bags are in our garden can you take them back.

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Twounder1 · 20/05/2018 13:51

I'm getting so sick of it. First my mat cause they're thieving Scum secondly this and there's a lot of bags! They moved in November and they still haven't cleared them. They're golden for noise etc. Fine to live by. It's just this issue.

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reallybadidea · 20/05/2018 13:52

Put them back in their garden then take some pictures (with football clearly visible). If they put them back in your garden you then have proof that they have fly-tipped them in your garden

headinhands · 20/05/2018 13:53

Bear in mind when selling you need to declare any problems with neighbours that you've contacted authorities about.

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Twounder1 · 20/05/2018 13:53

Really? Oh my god I'm never going to sell it in that case :(

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bearbehind · 20/05/2018 13:58

Why wouldn't you just put them back in their garden.

They belong to them not you.

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Twounder1 · 20/05/2018 14:04

Because I just fear they'll keep doing it. An it shouldn't be me having to do it in the first place. I have enough to do rather than discretely shove them all back through my house to their back garden

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bearbehind · 20/05/2018 14:07

Well you either move it yourself, speak to them or report it but as others have said, escalating to reporting without even discussing it with them will backfire on you as you will have to disclose the dispute when you sell.

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Twounder1 · 20/05/2018 14:09

Oh gosh :( what a nightmare. I'll move it when I get back. I'm so annoyed

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Returnofthesmileybar · 20/05/2018 14:12

You don't have to discreetly bring them through your house and into their back at all, just walk out front, lift the bags and put them outside the front of their house. If you do nothing at all they will just keep doing it, if you let people walk all over then they will

mummymeister · 20/05/2018 14:17

Do not complain to the council. if you do, then this will be officially recorded and when you try to sell your house you will have to declare this in your sellers information. whilst you know its just one or two minor issues a potential purchaser will not. they will think it is the tip of the iceberg. you will have great difficulty then selling to anyone.

deal with this issue now and grit your teeth until you exchange contracts.

just pick up the bags and put them on their front garden. if they move them back, repeat. but no really do not complain formally. you are risking a house purchase for the sake of a couple of black bin bags.

romany4 · 20/05/2018 14:23

Put it straight back in their garden with a note attached saying 'Keep your rubbish in your own garden please'
If they do it again Id I'd empty the lot on their front step

ToadOfSadness · 20/05/2018 14:25

Do they own the house or rent it?

I had students move in once and someone filled my bin with rubble and all sorts. They then started putting rubbish in it and there was no room for mine, they also piled up black bags in the front garden.

I removed their bags and put them by their front gate and took to taking my bin in from the front.

As for the black bags I remembered the sign for the letting agent and phoned them, mentioning rats. The bags were moved, not sure who by but it resolved the problem.

You can report things anonymously on Fix My Street, the council get the reports, just mention seeing rats in their garden and put a photo on(taken from the street not your side). Or leave it on the street outside their house and report for fly tipping (also can be done on Fix My Street).

mummymeister · 20/05/2018 14:26

romany4 - I don't think if she is trying to sell her house that getting into a massive conflict with her neighbour is a good idea. its one of the main reasons why people don't buy "perfect " houses. keep it low key and count the days until you exchange.

mummymeister · 20/05/2018 14:27

but the bags are on her land toad. the council, if they took enforcement action would be taking it against her, not her neighbour.

ToadOfSadness · 20/05/2018 14:31

mummymeister, I was assuming she would put them back on their side first, like I did with mine, forgot to say put them back first or as I did say, on the street outside their house.

TidyDancer · 20/05/2018 14:35

Ignore any 'advice' telling you to lie to the council. This is not a route you want to go down. Speak to them if you wish but don't make up crap about rats if there aren't any. As others have advised, contacting the council should be a last resort anyway if you are trying to sell.

Put the bags back on their land. Repeat if necessary.

ToadOfSadness · 20/05/2018 14:39

There will be rats soon if they are not already in evidence though, so keep an eye out for them. Underneath sheds and in heaps of rubbish are where they like to live.

DailyMailFail101 · 20/05/2018 14:43

Don’t get the council involved in a neighbor dispute, you will then need to declare this when you want to move house which would put potential buyers off.

wormery · 20/05/2018 14:43

Put the bags back in their front garden, you could just ask them why they did this and not to do it again and move your counter top inside.

happypoobum · 20/05/2018 14:46

They sound horrid but if you intend to sell you cannot involve council or police in any dispute.

Just put it back where it was.

romany4 · 20/05/2018 15:24

mummymeister
True but I'm not the most diplomatic person

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