To tell my neighbour she has to pay for my son's bike?

[Bikelema]

We are terraced houses and we share a passage to back gardens.

It has a gate on with a padlock.

We have a few bikes that are in the back garden (ours) but my son uses his daily so it usually stays in the locked passage.

She had a gardener come once in a while to mow her back garden.

Last time a friend was visiting he locked his bike in the passage and my neighbour had taken his bike and left it in the front garden.

I came out and moved it into my back garden. I asked the gardener not to take property from the locked passage and leave it unattended in the front, he said neighbour had told him to put it in front garden.

We live in a shit area.

I also knocked on the door and said this to neighbour

She apologised.

It happened again. Only this time I took the bike into my house whilst they were both in the back.

Sue her knocking on door panicking that bike was gone.

I told her I had it but not to leave the bike in the front.

So guess what.

It happened again but only this time it was stolen for real :(

It was a £800 bike that we got 2nd hand for £150

AIBU to ask she pays for it?

Juells and Rachie1973 why the heck get specifically angry at me and shout, writing in bold? Probably taking your frustration out on me because it’s your TOTM. Totally unnessary in my humble opinion. You haven’t shouted at anyone else! 🙄

In answer to your message Juells1973, there was initially no mention that it was a “narrow passage way”. In our property where we live we have little storage and we have to hang our bikes up highish on special hooks, so that we or the taller kids can still take them off in our cramped garage and we can still manage to park the car in there to avoid vandalism to it and/or having the wheels of our car taken off and then having it bricked up. If you don’t want anything stolen then you have to put it away somewhere or lock it up. If necessary, to the back of the house. Unfortunately, whilst I have many talents, I don’t have a crystal ball so didn't know about the narrow passageway.

Rachie1973, the same applies to you about shouting and most of the rest of what I’ve written. The passageway is shared, not “owned” by one person. Both of them have exactly the same equal rights to it and have to share it. It’s not to be used for storage. If it is, then that constitutes a fire risk. In that case she needs to explain the situation to her local council and voice her concerns. She really ought to warn her neighbour in advance though, to be strictly fair.

As for care of your bike, take note from Sumerislcumenin and as for the passageway issues Limpopobomgo makes some excellent points.

Pretty much everyone thinks you ABU😂😂😂.

Erm.... no ones shouting at you. It’s the quote function ippydippyskyblue.