WIBU to call the skip hire place?

[Etherel]

So, long story short:

Next door asked whether my car parking space (advertised for as "allocated parking" when I moved in) could be used for a skip for a few weeks and they'd give me their parking space instead. This is an area with very little parking space. Skip was filled within a day and stood there, filled and not touched, for a good few weeks.

Almost every day I came home neighbour was parked in their space despite the promise after skip arrived and after a few times of knocking and asking to park up I felt silly and started to give up, but asked when the skip would go - I was told the Easter weekend. In the meantime, I was left to either park my car on the pavement or across a dropped kerb behind the skip.

Nothing happened for two more weeks, so I approached the couple again and got told they don't know when it was to be removed; they thought it would have gone by now. I was fine with it and asked them to keep me updated. Another week, another "it should have gone by now". Then I saw the partner out in the garden, asked again and we ended up having a coversation where I asked them to phone the company and take it away as I know some will deliberately leave the skip to save on storage space. At no point was it mentioned that the thing was still needed and he seemed to be okay with ringing them up.

More time passed and the neighbours had by now fully taken ownership of their space back while the skip was still in my space. So, having had these conversations 3 times now and always having been told they thought it would have been collected by now I decided to take matters in my own hand and phone the company. I made it clear that I was a neighbour, NOT the couple themselves.

A day later the skip was gone.

Forward another 1.5 weeks and I am having a frothing neibour standing at my door threatening me with just about everything because they now need to hire a new skip as the builders hadn't finished. They want their money back from me.

AIBU to have stood my ground? Yes, I shouldn't have phoned without another confirmation with them, but a) they were taking the absolute piss and b) they kept telling me it should have been collected, not to mention c) the company took the skip back without confirming with them as well.

Cheeky fuckers. The nerve of some people.

@Etherel

Funny you should ask, they actually shouted at me again today, having cornered me as I just came in from work, calling me all sorts and once again threatening to make me lose my rented home. I didn't budge, just reminded them I don't like being shouted at. Next time I may ask them to leave or I will start calling this harassment. They also told me the new skip would arrive in the parking space again tomorrow. We will see.

Holy shit!! They sound like absolute self-centered arseholes!

As others have said, put it in writing that you absolutely do NOT agree to a skip being put in the space. Phone and email the skip company, make it clear it is your property and they are not to put a skip there and your landlord is also aware of the situation now.
Also let the landlord know, as i'm sure he doesn't want a skip on his land either.

Can't believe some people are this entitled and rude

Wow they sound delightful neighbours.

I would:

1. Talk to your landlord, they absolutely won’t evict you/not renew your contract, but at least it will sound better coming from you and they will back you up.

2. Contact the skip company and tell them they are not to put a skip on your property. If it’s too late and this happens beforehand, then phone them and ask them to remove it. Threaten with police action and they will soon move it!

3. Ignore neighbours from now, the cheeky fuckers.

I wouldn't pre-empt the replacement skip. It would be a rather peculiar conversation "I believe that you may be about to deliver a skip for No. 4 and that they may have told you to drop it on No. 3's drive. I have not given permission for this so if you have been asked to drop it on my drive then please don't". If it does turn up on your drive while you're out then I'd be straight on to the skip company to say that it has been deposited without permission and needs moving post haste.

YANBU

This comes under, ‘don’t make your problems my problems’. It’s their problem not yours, they made it yours by asking for your parking space then not leaving theirs free. They should not have parked in their space until the skip was gone. Tell them they should have left theirs free, rather than keep parking in it and lying that the skip would be gone soon, it’s not your problem.

Hey all, just caught up with this thread. No skip arrived today.

I had already phoned the estate agent who are acting on behalf of my LL and they said not to worry and they fully agreed with me. I have also had my contract renewal through, so clearly no one there is bothered. I don't have contact details for my LL, the letting agency do all of the work for them.

Next, I will phone the council when I have time at work, to clarify a few things the neighbours told me (including that it would be fine for me to park across a dropped kerb behind the skip as the previous owners had it installed, on which I call bullshit big time).

I am currenty working days and will keep doing so for a week or so more, with no friends living nearby, so will have to leave it empty for a bit. BUT I am covering all the legal bits at the moment.

YANBU, OP. Sounds like they were just blowing hot air about a new skip.

No good deed goes unpunished.

OP the first time they didn't leave the space empty for you, that should have been the end of it.

You worrying about waking them up, to move their car from the space they had promised you in lieu of your space... seriously don't do that again!!

Sounds like you are well and truly on it which is great!

They took the piss whether you work nights or not.. They are having work done so it's their responsibilty to sort out the logistics.. Not your problem, he's doing this to get you to accept another skip on your drive... Ignore him

They clearly tried mugging you off. Bet after those conversations they didn't even mention removing the skip at all to the company.
You did them a favour at the end of the day and they took the mick. They're CF's. Do not pay for it - all along they were saying should be gone by now!! You make a phone call and poof it's gone, so they didn't stick to their word by trying to get it moved or allowing you to use their space.

Let them call your landlord and agency, you have done nothing wrong. I’m assuming as part of the rental that you have access to that parking space. Any decent landlord would tell them to jog on, you pay for that space not them.

They have completely taken the piss. I’d just ignore them going forward.

Frankly, they can get stuffed. You have done nothing wrong here. This is all on them and all down to their own action and inaction.

Tell him to straight F off, cheeky gets taking absolute mickey. Your parking space so can do what you want

Tell them that they, in fact, owe you thousands in rent for your parking space

I guarantee when they get another skip, they will park in your space.

Wow you’ve been very accommodating! Did you ever park in their space? If I was you, I’d be billing them for use of your space for all the extra time. You’ve been inconvenienced, parked on the road & regularly asked them when it will be going, all of which you shouldn’t have had to do. What utter cheeky cockwits!! I hate people like this.

Sorry this is just CF!
Neighbour said it was for a few weeks- clearly wasn’t
Neighbour said use my drive- clearly didn’t happen either.
Tell them to do one! Also if they want to be CFs send them a bill for your parking bay £100 a week will do.
Next time never ever let them use your bay

If another skip does show up I would just call the company again and have it removed again. Repeat ad nauseam. You definitely did the right thing getting it taken away, not unreasonable at all!

What cheeky a-holes!!! I would point out that it’s your space and they went back in their agreement and frankly you can’t believe they’ve got the nerve to ask you for any money!

Phone your landlord and get in there first. Tell him/her exactly what you put in your OP.

You were taken the mick out of for sure. Once bitten...

Parking space is expensive, point out the time limit you were told

Some people think the sun shines out of their arses. If they had three spaces it still wouldn’t be enough ....

If they come calling or shouting again tell them to fo one. I have moved and have helped out my new neighbour over the last few weeks, not complaining when her builders blocked my drive/garage, not complaining about noise etc as I knew it was not forever. I have also given her some emotional and other support. Come time for me to have some work done on my property and out she comes shouting and complaining about one van that was parked on a joint access road while it was being filled with rubble (I had warned her they were coming). Considering I had already asked the builders to ensure they moved if asked she just ranted and threatened then and me with reporting (not sure who to🤷). Well big mistake as she needs to reverse over my boundary to get into her new badly positioned parking space and will soon find a bollard there. I have taken advice about whether I can do this and I can so I will. Her parking space will be basically unusable and I don't care. People will take the piss but they only do it to me once. Hope the LL laughs in their faces if they try reporting you.

So long as you made it clear you were not the person that hired the skip then it’s their problem. Not yours. If the builders weren’t finished then should have been honest about it.

They’ve clearly been deceitful. I’d just straight up ignore them.