Neighbours dumping rubbish in our skip

[lioness87]

Really need to know if I'm over reacting here!!

Currently undergoing renovations so we have a skip in our front garden- mainly full of building materials, as we are in the final stages. We've noticed a few things that we didn't dump appearing in the skip over the past few weeks, mainly large cardboard boxes- but last night, someone dumped an old video and DVD player. We have cctv and found the footage of the guy doing it. He's obviously a neighbour, as he came down the road on foot wearing flip flops.

I'm mainly annoyed about the fact that he or no one else has asked if they could dump rubbish- DH and I would always have said yes! But it doesn't sit right with me that CF neighbours are sneaking onto our property at night to dump!!

I have been tempted to put the photo of him dumping his rubbish on our local FB page and finding out who he is so I can put it on his doorstep, but I don't think I can be that petty/ definitely don't have the balls!

Pop a large notice in your front window stating if anyone wishes to utilise YOUR skip, could they ask?

Rather than a sign saying to ask can you just put “do not dump rubbish in skip. CCTV is in operation”

Unfortunately it is the unwritten rule of the skip that local folk will fill it with their rubbish under cover of darkness. I have been in this situation and I understand how annoying it is.

I don't think you can get people to stop. If I knew who had dumped stuff I would 100% leave it on their doorstep, but other than that I think you'll just have to let it go.

You can get covered skips ....

That's so cheeky! I can't imagine dumping rubbish in someone's skip without asking!

Where we lived it was common practice unless the skip was guarded. One neighbour put a bloody armchair in ours!!

We had a skip, and because of access it had to go in the layby by our gate.

No one added anything - but one neighbour came and asked if he could have something we'd put in it

Watch 'One Foot in the Grave' to see how a lot of people react when a skip arrives in their neighbourhood....

@PregnantSea you're right! Need to get over it but it's soo annoying.

@Cruelstepmother oh my god! I think I would definitely resort to signs if furniture was being dumped!!

@MyKingdomforaNameChange I've had a couple of people ask if they can take stuff out! Don't mind that at all, but then again wouldn't mind bits and pieces being dumped if they actually asked!

Just to be clear - i don't think you're overreacting. It's rude as fuck and any normal person would be pissed off. I just said you have to let it go because there's nothing you can do about it. You'll only wind yourself up more if you end up guarding it with binoculars or something.

I'd take out the DVD/video and dump it back on said neighbours front lawn - with a message telling them to dispose of their own trash!

Ask the builders to put a cover on it?

Of course you are not overreacting, it costs money to hire a bloody skip and get it taken away and CF neighbours could double your costs if they are filling the skip for you! Get a cover, cheaper than bail when you catch some one doing it.

My brother found a golf bag and clubs in the skip on his drive; I'd like to know the story behind that...

I would take it back, dump it on their garden.

which is why we got everything ready to put into skip & had it delivered in the morning & collected in the afternoon same day! we had a large old shed & large old decking planks plus lots & lots of rubbish bags -dh had to saw all of the above in small enough pieces before so everything ready (definitely a keep fit exercise - with 2 exhausted people at end - both rather - ah - mature silver foxes :) ) 6 cubic yards & probably everything fitted because we played tetris with pieces of wood

It's really annoying someone dumped a sofa in ours.

The problem with this is that some skips are designated for a particular type of rubbish. If there's another type in there you have to pay extra or sometimes they refuse to take the skip. You have my sympathy OP, they are cheeky fuckers, return the rubbish if you can work out where it came from

Just dump it back on CF neighbour’s doorstep.

When we cleared out a house, more was taken out than added!

Put up the pics on the FB group, asking if someone got confused about it being your skip and 'acidentally' dropping it in yours so you can return it to whoever it belongs to.

Play him at his own game and dump it back on his garden under the cover of darkness, it’s not like he can knock your door and confront you because he was in the wrong anyway

Where I live skips are usually brought, filled and removed within one working day (East London). If you leave one overnight, it will not only be overflowing with other households' junk, but stuff that couldn't be crammed in will be dumped leaning up against it.

They are electrical and should be taken to be recycled and not just dumped in a skip anyway!

How long is your street? Go and knock on doors and when he answers hand him his stuff back. Total CF.

Put it back in his doorstep .. if it's definitely his then he will know why it's there .