To think I can leave my bins here?

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I’ve got a new next door neighbour (it’s a housing association property). I normally leave my bins in the front garden, there’s no rules around this and it’s easier for my bin-men to access as they collect and bring them back for me as I struggle due to mobility issues.

I normally leave them next to the pathway/hand rail for next door but in my front garden, this wasn’t an issue for the previous next door neighbour as they was very elderly and barely left the house and they said it was fine etc. Now I completely understand the new people might not want it right next to their pathway so that’s fine, but they don’t seem to want it in my front garden whatsoever.

AIBU for thinking that it’s my front garden and I can leave it within my front garden wherever I want and it’s none of their business? The housing association have no issue or rules with the bins being left there, most people here do it as most are elderly and would struggle to move them anywhere else, the next door neighbour simply wants them moved elsewhere because they want to sit out in THEIR front garden all day, so I don’t understand why my bins being in MY front garden would affect them??

I HAVE read her posts .. seriously, maybe you should read them again. At no point does OP say she has moved her bins. All she says is she can keep them anywhere she wants, especially after checking with her HA.

I HAVE read her posts .. seriously, maybe you should read them again. At no point does OP say she has moved her bins. All she says is she can keep them anywhere she wants, especially after checking with her HA.

OP does repeatedly say that she understood the objection to it being near the boundary but doesn't see the issue with it being elsewhere in the garden.

Which implies that she has moved it away from the boundary but the neighbours are still objecting.

OP’s words - I normally leave them next to the pathway/hand rail for next door

Yes of course, I completely understood right next to the pathway, the issue I have is as long as it’s within my space they shouldn’t be telling me exactly where they think they should go instead

Implies to me that OP has left the bins exactly where they were 🤷🏻‍♀️

The "Yes of course" was her response to my questioning if she had moved them yet, as up until 10:40 she hadn't confirmed.

I imagine OP got their backs up, as she left her bins by her new neighbours pathway. I'm not sure how long it took for them to complain about it, but ideally OP should have moved them once the new people moved in. Hindsight is a fine thing though!

I do now wonder where they are, as OP has been rather vague.

I just rang the housing association and checked with the neighbourhood officer and he said he was very happy for them to be left there as it’s in my front garden and not in his so at least now I can just ignore his comments knowing I’m not doing anything wrong … This comment makes me think
OP is leaving them in the original place, annoying her neighbours 🤷🏻‍♀️

I agree with you, as she never actually said it, and I had to specifically ask. However, she said she moved them, so that is the current situation as presented.

I suspect that they are moved, but only marginally, and still a smelly nuisance to the neighbour. Although this is her right, as confirmed by the housing officer.

Tell him to avert his eyes or put a privacy barrier on his side so he isn't offended by the sight of a container.

I understand your situation but it's not nice to see. If they are sitting in the sun, they shouldn't have to put up with the smell of bins.

This is almost unbelieveable. Your home, your choice.

Do not let this neighbour dictate to you or he might think he is charge locally. I've had that sort of behaviour from a neighbour as a single female and I stood up to him.

Paint faces on them and stand them facing their seating area.

On our estate, everybody has them in their front garden because there is no other choice, short of wheeling it all through the house.
Please think before posting that not everyone has the same set up as you.

So drag your bin through your living room, through the kitchen and out to the back would you?
No of course you wouldn't.

And before you say you would...

Mmm those muddy wheels in winter. Having to create the quickest path through your kitchen, diner and living room. Oh, and back once emptied.

It's a silly idea created by people with no though to other people's housing situation.

I wouldn't care about appearances personally, as more important things to worry about! But my council offers a bin service, where you sign up for 2 years, bin men SHOULD help with moving heavy bins, putting them back , if they have a crew with enough operatives, but I often struggle with fibromyalgia so takes me a while, so as long as the bins aren't being intrusive in any way, then I don't get why it's a big deal, but each to their own

This. The bin lorry driver has an electronic view in front of him showing which houses need extra care, ie can't get bin kerbside, please pick up from house and return.

I know this as before becoming disabled myself, I was a carer. It needs a call to council, but bins still need to be at front of house and accessible.

I wouldn't like it myself but would fully accept that I had no control over where my neighbours stored her bins.

my neighbours have a massive south facing garden with sun and shade and put their trampoline and furniture (facing into my window) in the small cold garden 12 inches from my front window

it’s very strange

There's a big difference between a whole street having overflowing wheelie bins all over their gardens and one person with mobility issues keeping it neat and tidy. I wouldn't judge at all if you were my neighbour!

Just smile in a vaguely distracted fashion and say, 'No, I don't think that will be possible ...' Then walk off.

I would think you could more reasonably complain about him sitting in his front garden, when he has a bigger, all be it less sunny rear. Especially if he's in shorts and maybe open shirt/shirtless.

H.A. again more likely to have restrictions on use of open front garden space.
It is somewhat intimidating to have pass by people to get to your door, even if you have a reasonable relationship and they are not swigging beer or cocktails.

Could you explain that you have mobility issues, and perhaps come to some compromise with them, whereby you store them at the back- but on "bin-day" someone from their household moves them out front to be emptied, then returns them to the back for you. It's win win.

Apply for Disabled bin collection from the back of your house from your local council?

I always thought you could be added to a list where the bin men would get your bin to empty it and put it back if you’re unable to manage this yourself, unless this is certain Councils. Where I lived before, we were given coloured bin bags and some clear bags for household waste and recycling. This was because we had steps in our back yard so they gave these so we could just put the bags out. It could be worth contacting your local council and see if they have anything in place.

Is mumsnet broken today? I've read the whole first page of this thread and no one has suggested a diagram yet? OP we need a diagram.

I have my bins on the pavement just in front of my front garden as I didn't fancy hauling them around the back - and I don't have space anyway. The pavement is very wide and you could still get a car on it if you wished. Never had anyone say anything about it although all my neighbours haul theirs. It's your front garden. You could get one of those little bin shed things to cover/hide them I guess.

Oh...and sitting in your front garden is "FRIGHTFULLY" common and lower class. Was he DRAGGED up? 😂

Up there with brushing your hair in public or eating in the street and all those other things we were told we shouldn't do growing up as kids 😂

Putting bins on the footpath is even worse than the garden imo but both make the area look rough.