Not to let neighbours use parking space for dumping ground?

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Neighbours from a street over are having work done and come round to knock to ask if they could use our parking space for dumping ground for building materials while they have an extension built.

We dont use the space as we dont drive, but I am worried about it taking longer than the two weeks they have said it would be needed for, and setting a precedent that it can be used because we do not have a car.

The space is behind our house backing onto the garden. I am worried about rubble, dust, rats and noise as well as constantly being overlooked by builders.

DH says we should let them as we arent using it and consider charging them a fee.

I would say no because my experience of builders is that they don't give two shits about anybody else's property

Your space will most probably be left with loads of dumped crap after they've finished

Also, it won't be two weeks. I've never seen anything finished on time

No way. Rubbish will get left behind, your property might get damaged….

Have these people ever bothered with you before?

Do you know these people will? Are they friends? Or are they just choosing you because you have a vacant space?

The workers should cone off a space outside the house that's having work done and use that to dump rubble. Much easier than trekking to the next road!

Sorry, just seen you don't know them. I'd say no.

Don’t let them!
I let my neighbour put up scaffolding in my garden for what should have been a 3 day job.
It was there in the way for months, one of the builders was an A’hole, and they made no attempt to clear up after themselves.
My neighbour had no control over them as she didn’t want to upset them and have them leave the job.
My interactions were the source of a few vaguely amusing posts on Mumsnet, but it was a horrible, stressful time and I am relieved it’s behind me.
I had wanted to be helpful too, but sometimes there is just no upside to being nice.

Don't do it. My neighbours housing association builders used another neighbours land (with permission at first) as the dump and the toilet for their build, just gutting etc

Six months later........

It was such a piss take. I felt so bad for the neighbour that got dumped on.

Just say sorry, no.

*guttering etc

Ffs

If you say yes, def charge and make sure any damage is righted, but honestly I'd say NO.

If you wanted to be neighbourly I agree with the suggestion that they have permission to use your drive for the parking of their car for a fixed duration only.

Frankly though just being clear is enough in my book. "No, your builders dumping unsecured rubbish on my drive doesn't work for us"

They aren't even offering to hire a skip which says immediately that they aren't going to care once the rubbish is on your land. At least a skip will cost them money so they're incentivised to remove it (but I still wouldn't consent to anything more generous than allowing them to park their car if you wanted to be nice).

It won't just be 2 weeks and will, over time, be morphed into them using it anytime they like because you don't use it and don't mind.

That’s a good solution!

You don’t even know them. They live across the street and obviously think you are an easy target m, given no car.

The answer should be a big NO! CFs.

A firm no. You could be left with rubble and assorted junk on your property. They can pay for a skip outside their own property.

I would say no. Couldn’t bear the dust and mess and other people will come and dump things there as well like they do in skips. Plead asthma or another health condition.

In London my builders ordered a skip first thing and filled it ready to be collected later, by the time the skip was moved 3 hrs later rubbish was dumped by it. The second time the skip was left on the lorry and filled. Still cheeky blighters asked to put rubbish on it.

No, no, no or you'll end up like @Allthecoolusernamesaregone did with her scaffolding saga.

No - other people might see it's a dumping ground and add to it.

I like the idea of offering for them to park there though if you don't use it at all, but even that is generous if you don't know them!

It'd be a no from me. Who cares about being neighbourly to them when they don't even live on your street?!

I've done this a few times. Difference is the builders have always offered to pay. Around £100 seems fairly standard for a couple of weeks.
They've always tidied up meticulously and let us put some of our own stuff in for them to dump.

As trivial as it seems you would need a proper agreement in place and suggest a charge. If there were damage to your parking space, or maybe a neighbouring space, then that needs to be repaired. It needs to be agreed that everything will be put back as it was. You don't know the builders or this neighbor - if the builders were paid at the end of the project but left a mess on your space then who's going to do the chasing. Seemingly simple, it can be very complicated