To think you can't put a toilet outside someone's bedroom?

[SapphosRock]

House on the left is having work done.

House on the right has no involvement in the work.

AIBU to think you can't just put a random portaloo above someone's front door and outside their bedroom window?

That's taking the piss.

😁

It’s free standing on public land ,not touching anything and not restricting access no you don’t

if it was private land or attached then you would

it’s a terrible option it must of been as a last resort I’ve never see. Any thing like it

I’d to site manager ask for it to be move on the part directly in front of the house there working on and store it on the other bit when they need it out of the way to work where it is in front of the house they are working on

Is there any more news OP.

This is preying on my mind!

Sorry didn't realise the thread had so many replies.

Neighbour to the right asked the builders if they can move it but they refused.

Neighbours to the left appear to be away and uncontactable.

Any idea what the neighbour to the right plan to do next.
Write to their MP?
contact planning or building control?
or highways?

Health and safety exec at the council ?

Surley they are not allowed to do that

If it was my house I would contact the portaloo company and tell them it needs to be moved.
Assuming it has been hired from somewhere.

Locating a portaloo isn’t up to the company it’s up to the builders.
As long as it can be emptied it’s not their concern or responsibility

everything else a side can’t see the reason it has to be that far over
it could be moved near to the house being worked not ideal but a reasonable compromise

What about reporting this to the Council environmental department.
They deal with problems such as
public toilets
smell
antisocial behaviour

If neighbour to the right reports the smell of the toilet then they would normally write to the builders and ask them to remove it.

This is what happens with other stuff such as rubbish in gardens etc

They should definitely contact the local council. Building control or health and safety. Preferably both if they want something done quickly. Local MP may be able to help too.

Oh! Huh. Really rare for me to miss when someone’s joking.

This is a stock photo from some scaffolding in St James's London. It's clearly something that's considered acceptable by building companies.

It's the lack of sought permission which is blowing my mind.

It's irritating me a lot.

The thing that makes me feel it will be hard to tackle is the thought of how much effort and work it must take to manoeuvre a portacrapper into that position. There's no way they didn't think about it at all; that's some effort.

Some portaloos have a clasp hole and you can put a padlock on it, I’d be padlocking that fucker this evening.

And builder with there selection of readily available tools would have that off in no time

also don’t venture onto the scaffolding to do this

I had one outside the house when i had work done.

DIdn't bother me in the slightest and it really didn't smell as much as some people on here are making out. Barely noticed it, in fact.

Personally, if it was only going to be a short period of time I would just let it be.

The scaffolding should not be on your property without permission so I’d get that removed immediately. I guess the portaloo can be anywhere on their property. Unbelievably rude and cheeky!

I’d be tempted to glue the lock mechanism, they’d have to order a new one!

So, you had one outside your own house whilst you did work on it. Hardly the same as installing one outside your neighbour's bedroom window is it?

Is this a joke it looks that way.
Theres no way a portaloo can be emptied in that position 🤣

can you reach it from a window ?
Be a shame if you were washing your windows and it was ‘accidentally’ bumped and it fell off.

I wish it was a joke!!

Good to know they are being U anyway. The builders were so nonchalant about it i had to check on here.

Why ask? Why not tell them?
"Take your scaffolding off my property. And take your portaloo off my property."

Absolutely no way I'd be putting up with a stinky portaloo right outside my window. I'd also be getting the scaffolding over the front door removed too.