Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To not let neighbours put skip on my grass?

238 replies

Sexnotgender · 22/01/2020 16:05

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?

OP posts:
T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 22/01/2020 22:13

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.

I suspected that was it.

PanamaPattie · 23/01/2020 10:50

Make sure you are home when the skip arrives to stop them putting it on your lawn anyway. Once it’s in situ, the builders will keep making excuses why it can’t be moved.

MereDintofPandiculation · 23/01/2020 11:25

They said it’ll go on beams/roller things I think (sorry don’t know the technical term!), does that make a difference? No, it's the lack of light which will damage the lawn. That won't be markedly improved by having it on rollers

Original poster
Sexnotgender · 23/01/2020 14:12

Make sure you are home when the skip arrives to stop them putting it on your lawn anyway. Once it’s in situ, the builders will keep making excuses why it can’t be moved.

That’s a very good point, thankfully I’m working from home right now and DH is often about too.
Will stay alert!

OP posts:
MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 23/01/2020 16:03

👍

SpruceTree · 23/01/2020 16:18

Let them put the skip there OP - it's the kind thing to do.
I am sure having good relations with your neighbours is the most important thing. Your grass will recover but sour relationship with a neighbour will never recover.
Be nice and people will be nice back.

Palaver1 · 23/01/2020 17:26

No it will mess that lawn up its how she explains it to them.she should not be guilt tripped into this request

Alpal1 · 23/01/2020 17:31

I got a permit to put mine in the road. It didn’t cost much compared to the price of the skip

MrsBadcrumble123 · 23/01/2020 17:42

This would be an easy ‘NO’

Lincolnfield · 23/01/2020 17:57

I’d absolutely say no. Some neighbours who live over the wall On the right side of our property - not even on our road - decided to demolish their brick building in their garden which housed a hot tub and sauna. Since they’d installed it, they’d extended their house so the workmen doing the work couldn’t take it out down their drive, so the CFs asked if they could bring it all over the wall, drag it all across our garden and down our drive. We’d recently forked out £800 to have our block paved drive cleaned and sealed and they couldn’t understand why we said no chance!

Localocal · 23/01/2020 18:10

I would probably allow it if I liked them. The grass will grow back.

Harls1969 · 23/01/2020 18:18

They're CFs. I wouldn't dream of asking my neighbours to do that

starfishmummy · 23/01/2020 18:52

As people often say, No is a complete sentence.
Do not offer use of drive for skip either.
A compromise, if you have room, would be to let them park on a designated part of your drive so that a (mini) skip can go on their drive.
And in case they ir their builders are CFs make sure you are in when the skip is due to arrive.

VenusClapTrap · 23/01/2020 18:57

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

This ^. When lawns look rubbish, it’s usually due to compaction. Once your soil is compacted it is very difficult to remedy. I would not allow anything weighty on my lawn if I could avoid it. Like a pp, we had scaffolding up a couple of years ago and you can still clearly see the squares on the lawn where the supports stood. It’s all about the compaction.

Totally different from the grass going yellow from something light like a tent, which has just blocked out light. That is easy to repair.

Longpinknails · 23/01/2020 19:31

We let neighbours put scaffolding on our wall when they had building work done....for two months, not two weeks. It did damage the walls and we had to get it repainted at our expense ( they did a runner, long story) also a lot of dirt dust came over into our driveway which we had to clear. If you do decide to allow them to put a skip on your front, my advice would be to get an agreement written out and signed by both parties....honestly. I wish we had done.

Longpinknails · 23/01/2020 19:37

Skips also take FOREVER to be collected...like another poster said....it won’t be two weeks.

Original poster
Sexnotgender · 23/01/2020 19:39

We’ve already said no to the skip.

But said yes to the scaffolding for a month and said they can park on our drive if they need to. I think that’s fair.

OP posts:
Pinkpeanut27 · 23/01/2020 19:42

My neighbors put a skip on their grass 2 years ago and you can still see where it was .
So unless you don’t mind that then say no .

Jack80 · 23/01/2020 20:11

I would say yes if my lawn was fixed after

exaltedwombat · 23/01/2020 20:15

If you have a manicured lawn, maybe say no.. If not, who cares. Yes, the grass will wilt. Yes, it will grow back.

jwpetal · 23/01/2020 20:22

I wouldn't do it. We had a skip in our drive for 4 months after the work was done because the company couldn't be bothered to collect it.

user1497207191 · 23/01/2020 20:23

Be nice and people will be nice back.

What a naive outlook!

More like give an inch and they'll take a mile.

BorneoBabe · 23/01/2020 20:30

More than fair resolution. Hope it goes smoothly.

FelicisNox · 23/01/2020 20:47

Nope... that's too generous IMO.

Anyway, your yard, your rules.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 23/01/2020 21:07

It would be a definite no. Our previous neighbours had a skip outside our back gate for 18 months and it looked like the local tip. When a sofa was dumped as well we then used to get a couple of blokes sitting there drinking.

Skip company need you to be around to check they don’t damage your property when delivering/removing skip

We've alway just phoned them to come and collect and never actually been there.