To not let neighbours put skip on my grass?

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Neighbours who are lovely, are having their roof replaced and want to put a skip on our grass for 2 weeks!

I’ve said yes to them putting the scaffolding on our property as long as any damage is rectified but I feel a skip in my front garden for 2 weeks is a little bit much!

Am I being a bad neighbour?

Surely they can put skip on their drive and park on the unrestricted road.

If you decide to let them put the skip on your lawn, please post a picture of what your garden looks like during/after!

Why don't they park on your drive and put the skip on theirs?

Why don't they park on your drive and put the skip on theirs?

I think this is a great suggestion. Offers them some help but not in a way that damages your property.

It will wreck the lawn both in killing the grass and by leaving a great indentation in it - not to mention wheelbarrow and boot tracks.

They might be friendly neighbours now but they won’t be after they’ve wrecked your grass and you’ve had to chase them to get them to fix it. I’d say no in order to preserve your current good relations. Tell them to put it on their own drive.

Telling them no but you are welcome to park on my drive while the skip is on yours is a great solution. Helpful but less likely to cause damage to your property.

I think you are being neighbourly enough with the scaffolding.
Even if my best friend lived next door I wouldn’t let them have their skip on my grass and I think they’ve got a bit of a cheek asking for something else.
They can put the skip on their own drive

I was neighbourly once and let ndns put their scaffolding in my tiny back yard - for two weeks they said. Turns out they then had problems with their builders and three months later the scaffolding was still there. Would never do this again without a formal contact or agreement in place. You could have the same problem with a skip and it might end up there much longer than planned....

I’d say no it’s an unreasonable request

The builders want it in your garden so they can chuck stuff into it from the roof, OP! If the drive is too narrow, they can get a smaller skip. I can get a ten ton skip lorry through my eight foot wide gate entrance. What size skip are they looking and what width is the drive entrance? Measure their gateway, phone a skip company yourself and see what size of skip they could get through it. I’ve a feeling the builders are feeding your neighbours nonsense, in order to save money or your neighbours just don’t want to park their cars on the road.

Plus isn't 2 weeks for a new roof too quick? Might be more like a month...

We’ve agreed to have the scaffolding for a month. The skip was 2 weeks though.

Why not let the neighbours park on your drive for a few weeks and they can put the skip on there own drive.

I’d be happy with that, we have the room.

No way would I do this. Your lawn would be ruined. I'd do as the pp suggested and offer them my drive to park on

No.

It will wreck your lawn, you'll have builders traipsing up and down, it will be an eyesore for weeks and it will collect all sorts of rubbish.

The scaffolding might be there for longer than one month, could take a few months to take down. I would say no to that too as you'll end up with loads of rubbish in your garden.

The problem with suggesting alternatives is that you could come home to find they've "made a mistake" and dumped the skip where you don't want it anyway. You'd then have to watch it sprouting CFs' beds, bikes, etc, and negotiate with the skip company who'd refuse to collect them

Since you've already been kind about the scaffolding it would be a no from me

Not a chance.
The roofers will potentially be throwing stuff off the roof and excess will end up in your garden.
Anytime we have had a skip there were always people going through it and leaving rubbish on the ground .
Skips are rarely collected when they say they will.
It could end up there for weeks.
It will wreck your grass

We’ve said no to the skip.

Have said they can park on our drive though if they need to.

that sounds like a good compromise

keeping their car well away from it is a great idea!

Good decision. What was their reaction? You can’t just leave it at that? We’re they understanding and appreciative of the fact that you’ve suggested a solution?

Good call. Soil is a precious thing and is easily damaged and compacted. It's not valued enough in my view.

How could they even ask?? The only way I would agree is if they offered to re turf my lawn afterwards, it's going to be ruined.

I didn’t do the speaking, DH was chatting to them.

From speaking to him now though I get the impression it was the roofers more than the neighbours pushing for the skip in our garden as it would make their life easier.

Smart move. Last time we had a skip collected, the driver managed to gouge a lump out of the road outside our house.