People not showing pride in their homes

[Auburngal]

Talking about those who leave the front of their homes (owned) in a state.

For example there’s a house down my parents road who has an old fridge freezer on their driveway for 5 years! Don’t understand why people spend several hundred quid on white goods don’t buy them from a retailer who takes the old one for free or for £10. I paid the retailer £10 to take my old washer away and to recycle it accordingly.

Then there’s a house opposite me who had their bathroom replaced and left the old loo and other bits outside the home for several months. A decent bathroom fitter would take the old stuff away as part of the package.

Then another family down my parents road have old children’s toys in their garden- play house, sand pit etc. The kids are too old for these toys now.

Then are properties with hedges on the road and used as a ‘bin’. Unless the owners have mobility issues - then there’s no excuse to remove the rubbish from the hedge.

People spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on their homes but I hate it when they show no care.

People need to show pride.

I am a member of a community litter picking group.

Our local council do one free collection, of up to 12 items a year - for tenants of the council and some housing associations. So there’s really no excuse in those properties. For private tenants and owner occupiers, the charges start at £28 for three items.

I can't physically put the ride on tractor in the bin. It's too big. And even if I could, it won't fit it's too big.

It's a bit like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolly-Holland-Tractor-Frontloader-Trailer/dp/B000FS9C0G/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?crid=16ORKQJBAIWUW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ncdCq1zklLUiHAsBWbpgHTogauJA6YQoZMZ-U1o0XD-DVEfYBcu_VgeoxAI1_cLBrrBi38oghASwOpcKVJ5ncVf6OvTGjTgM_4E86DIcRQqYoY6gybEFfI0P83dSWSG8L1FuZQZrmMIyGHF8CCeL10_LU2kfDaBMi70-xW-X_C1M5t93N7kQmaDwP8slDf5r8ePd6Yzo-BnzJOQOXPuXiQGI_cowfqvanuXofo-_A4WUzMx6q6wX8bu02bxw1e-cnhmR2vbNfYoPFQDgTPsn1tdVzseg4oo9rw7_PSQ8w54.ji_m8HNkNW80kFZhd_xRVqZF84vbnGOqlAk2zEbb0nw&dib_tag=se&keywords=ride+on+john+deere+tractor&qid=1710442401&sprefix=ride+on+john+deere+%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-12-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&psc=1

Gardener might oblige by breaking it up?

He might, but he hasn't started yet this year. And I will have to pay him extra and why should I have to when it's not my rubbish?

I give up. Depends how much it annoys you.

The point of the thread is that it isn't annoying me, but it will be annoying the neighbours and bringing down the tone of the street?

Well if it isn't annoying you just leave it. I'm sure if your Daughter tried she could get rid of it. Anyway it's a kids tractor not an oven.

How bizarre for a child to just leave it if it's worth £100.

Why is it up to her to do a 125 mile round trip?

Can I just point out - again - it's not my damn tractor.

And I don't know why a child has left it. I don't know if a child left it. I've no clue why it's in my garden at all. It has nothing to do with me.

The bucket won't stay up - there's a plastic catch at the side appears to be broken.

How long has it been there?

About a month.

The neighbouring council area has free bulky waste collection- can’t remember what the limits are. Yet still have sofas, old white goods etc in gardens. Council here does free bulky waste collection if residents have certain benefits. Again council flats estate of c.160 flats is full of crap. Better communication is required.

When I have done litter picking (aka wombling) in the first council area on group picks, if large items are on the street or in areas in front of council flats, we incorporate them onto our piles of collected bags and large items.

Also when contractors do various roadworks, they don’t pick up all the cones, signs etc. Most are reusable- road closed ahead, diversion - with a movable arrow etc. These cost us money. By the time we find them, they are beyond use as legs bent etc.

We once found a sign with a date and day of week. The last time that date fell on that day of the week was 8 years earlier!!

Sorry, just talking about where I live. There is a rag and bone man, used to be free skips. Yes I agree, as I stated, depends on circumstances, ie being able to afford to pay council (which is £20 for 3 items where I live) but clearly much more in other areas, which isn't fair. Of course, need a vehicle to take to skip, hence again that's why I said individual circumstances. Would be nice if councils could help more with these items, like the free skips, which are also so helpful for people to take stuff out of... one man's rubbish is another's treasure. There really should be more help out there, especially for everyone who needs that extra hand, like odd jobs having to pay a fortune for, getting rid of big items. I'm totally with you, was just saying what the options were if doable for those who can afford it yet cba. X

What's your plan?

It's not your DD's responsibility but it's nice to help.

It sucks someone did this, but eventually it should be dealt with unless you just leave it there.

Besides it's one kids toy.

People are talking about appliances and furniture.

I'll end up having to pay to have it disposed of, but I'm disabled and it's a difficulty I don't need - it's going to me being thought a cunt and lazy bastard and all sorts of things from this thread. And that's upsetting.

Did someone on here call you a lazy cunt?

I'm sorry that happened. I've been reading the thread but must have missed some!

Please report them. You don't deserve that.

I'm happy to report as well if you tell me what page they are on! xx

Oh they didn't say it at me specifically but read the comments about people who have a messy garden.

They're scruffy lazy bastards etc etc.

I'm none of those things. I'm disabled. And I hate hate hate my fucking life. I'm scruffy because I can't safely hold an iron and I can't do buttons. Or shoe laces. And that fucking sucks. I know what I look like. But this thread shows how much I'm judged for it.

It absolutely sucks to not be able to lift three cans of fizzy from my front garden and not being able to sort the edging of the lawn or paint the fence or have flowers like I used to. And this thread shows how much I'm judged for that too.

I do my fucking best but the council are shit and you have no idea what it feels like to not be able to do what you used to.

And the answer is that my daughter - with a full time job, doing shifts, and a wee baby of 11 months and she's just back to work - should be up here and manhandling someone else's piece of crap into a bin and breaking it up and my neighbour who takes my bin in and out should be doing so more promptly because reasons and I should just try harder because reasons. And she gets judged for not doing that along with me being judged because there's shit in my garden and my lawn is unkempt.

How about the people who put the fucking rubbish and crap in my garden get judged? I am going to have to pay to have that crap disposed of and it's not fair. But I'm judged for it, not the fuckers who abandoned it in my garden.

The abelism on this thread is shocking.

My front garden is currently a right midden.

Theres cardboard boxes rotting and an old single headboard plus an old tyre.

I keep asking my husband to take it all to the dump but it's yet to happen!

@ZingyShaker I wasn't being horrible about your Daughter. Has she got a partner? I was just thinking usually family look out for each other. My Dad used to do my Grandparents garden despite working. It would be a one off. You aren't going to have toys dumped on your garden every week.

I'm sorry this thread has upset you. People weren't talking about a few toys. Yes they were talking about litter but mainly other stuff. Your garden doesn't sound awful.

Do you throw it all away as rubbish, or do you sort it into piles for recycling?

I recycle.

Just ask her to move the space hopper and tractor further down the road-far enough from your garden so they can't roll/be blown back in.
That's the simplest solution.

The thing is when you are disabled you can end up asking people for help a lot-

cooking/cleaning/washing/dressing/personal care/driving/moving and handling/shopping- the list is endless- so you do start to try and keep it to a minimum so as not to be a burden on those around you.

You try and only ask for the really necessary stuff.

For those in real need of a front yard tidy up, have you thought of requesting help from local volunteer groups? Your local church group, boys scouts, etc.
I know our school kids need to have community volunteer service in their curriculum for graduation; I'm not sure if there is something similar there.

I do find it depends on your neighourhood, but I always believed you don't need to have a fancy house, but one that is presentable and tidy. If you can't mow the lawn, then put in gravel and shrubs. If you can afford it, then hire someone.

Absolutely. And you also don’t have the energy to co ordinate people - arranging stuff takes time, energy, social interactions etc. I am severely disabled and I just don’t have the social batteries for that kind of thing. I am lucky in that I have dh to do things but if I didn’t have dh it’s something I would really struggle with.