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Neighbour brings home commercial waste

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hexagon123 · 19/03/2023 13:51

My neighbour had a damp proof company and brings home rubble in bags and leaves them by the side of his house. He will eventually hire a skip and load all the rubbish.

He's not a direct neighbour but annoys me.

Should I be annoyed?

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Fansandblankets · 20/03/2023 15:39

The plumber a few doors up does the same with baths, sinks and whatever else he’s ripped out. The pile gets huge before he gets rid of it all. It is an eyesore but I also understand daily trips to the dump aren’t feasible. Also some of it gets taken by a recycling company.

drpet49 · 20/03/2023 15:41

I wonder if he has a waste carriers license…..

DizzyLizzyKizzy · 20/03/2023 15:46

hexagon123 · 20/03/2023 13:40

Thing is.... if your neighbour was messy and leaving stuff in their front garden, as well as disrepair etc, you would be annoyed. The slip makes driving and visibility on the street lowered.... as just after a corner.

If the skip is to close to the corner, illegally parked then maybe that could be sorted. But I would doubt the skip company would do that.

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hexagon123 · 20/03/2023 19:16

drpet49 · 20/03/2023 15:41

I wonder if he has a waste carriers license…..

I guess he would need that to bring the waste from the house he's working on.

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hexagon123 · 20/03/2023 19:17

Fansandblankets · 20/03/2023 15:39

The plumber a few doors up does the same with baths, sinks and whatever else he’s ripped out. The pile gets huge before he gets rid of it all. It is an eyesore but I also understand daily trips to the dump aren’t feasible. Also some of it gets taken by a recycling company.

They don't go to the tip, they aren't allowed. The customer is paying a premium for their rubbish to be disposed of their property, daily, to be dumped as an eye sore next to yours.

How convenient.

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hexagon123 · 20/03/2023 19:18

JudgeRudy · 20/03/2023 15:27

I wouldn't like it particularly if it was happening regularly but as long as the bags are stored on his property not much you can do. Unless of course you feel this warrants running a business from home. It might if he's permanently storing rubbish and hiring skips. I don't know the 'rules' on 'rubble' disposal but I'd hope there's nothing dangerous like asbestos there

Asbestos isn't treated like this. It's rubble from buildings. He wouldn't put himself in this danger.

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hexagon123 · 20/03/2023 19:19

Patchworksack · 20/03/2023 13:54

Our next door neighbour is two years into his ‘6 week’ renovation project and his front garden is littered with bits of rubble, sections of plasterboard, general detritus and is pisses me right off having to look at it and walk past it every day. So I’d say YANBU to find it annoying but unless he is breaking rules about storing waste not much you can do. I’m planting fast growing shrubs along the boundary but they are not fast growing enough for my liking!

He probably doesn't have a waste carriers licence, isn't paying for removal of business waste and the neighbours have to deal with the eyesore.... lovely.

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