Someone has moved into one of the flats in our building, clearly they didn't want the furniture inside as they have dumped it in the communal hallway, by the door to the stairwell. I can't open my front door the full way because there is a chest of drawers outside, and a bed frame with mattress etc.
We spoke to them and they said the letting agent who works for our landlord told them to dump anything they didn't want, so they did and told them that it needed collecting, but it's been over a week now and it's still there. We rung the maintenance man for the building about it at this point as getting to and from the stairs, especially with a toddler and pushchair and shopping etc, is difficult and it's a fire hazard. He said he would let the landlord know what was going on. Days went by and nothing new.
Today we have rung the landlord and he said he doesn't see why he should have to arrange for anybody to collect the furniture because the tenants were the one who dumped it and if they didn't want it they should have got it removed themselves. I don't understand that because surely if they'd had the furnishings completely removed then at the end of the tenancy they are going to be leaving it empty and getting charged for missing furniture from the inventory? I thought the point was the letting agent or landlord orwhatever system is supposed to collect unwanted furniture to store somewhere themselves, to prevent missing furniture and so it can be put back for the next tenants?
AIBU to think that the furniture belongs to the landlord/LA so they should be storing it if unwanted?
How long should we wait for this stuff to be removed from the corridor and what should I do if it is not gone within x time? It's a big fire hazard