Can I report neighbors for this or do I just have to put up with it?

[Chipper08]

Live in a newbuild property owned by the council, as do my neigbours. When we moved in, we were told no keeping bins on the drive/side of the house. They have to be in back garden in one part designed to put the bins. However, theres are always on their driveway. In this wind, they are falling over, one nearly hit my car. (shared driveway). Rubbish is all over theirs and my side of the drive way. Including used nappies. Not only that, they have had an old sofa, old baby equipment and gas cannisters and all sorts piling up on their drive. This means its taking up space for their cars and giving me less room to park and get myself and my little one out my car. can I report? but then I don't want to cause any tension so not sure what to do?

Well, personally, before reporting, I'd speak to them.

I keep my bins on the front, but they never blow over and get rubbish all over other people's properties

Their black one has fallen over and is laid near my car and their recycling one, the lid has come off so stuff is blowing out. The extra stuff like the old sofa has been there a good few weeks now.

Neither. Go and have a polite word first and take responsibility.

Knock on and tell them?

No one is in at the moment but they seem the type that might not be happy about me speaking to them about it and I am single parent on my own so I feel a bit nervous to speak up

Knock door, ‘Hi, do you mind me moving your bin into the bin store? Just I don’t want to reverse into it, I’m not the best Parker’…..

Well, so is mine and about 4 others are on here and none of them are like this.

Go troll somewhere else.

I would report it to the council. They sound like awful neighbours who don’t care about their property.

Take pics. Ask them to move it. If no joy or it escalates speak to the council.

Dick comment.

Well I'd expect them to pick all the crap up that's tipped out when they get back in. But I would still speak to them about them moving them before reporting.

Does your council offer free collections for big items? Ours did for council tenants a few times a year

If it is council or housing association they have regular walk by inspections I was warned one year for not cutting my hedge an mowing my lawn

I immediately thought “Social housing”
Dirty Nappies unbagged and grotty dumped sofas-and a can’t give a toss attitude to mess and inconvenience to neighbours ( often social housing is built near privately owned houses and one can always tell the social housing block.

A stereotype as so often true.
Unfair on clean social housing tenants too. It’s

Knock on with a christmas card and broach it with them nicely (this time!). As annoying as they are, you're stuck with them for neighbours for the foreseeable, They might not be as difficult as you are anticipating. If they won't, then speak to a housing officer.

Check your contract, we own our new build and there was a clause in the contract saying that bins have to be put away, nothing can be left on the driveways except cars.

Also a clause about no cloven hoof animals that stuck with me.

In my area it's the owned houses that are a mess half the time they have this wierd outhouse attached bit on the side and the house owner shoved a mattress up there and some chairs he could have fitted it on his van and taken it to the tip but chose to leave it to rot first

I’d just report to the council and have them address it formally. The neighbours presumably aren’t blind and can see their trash being blown everywhere, they just don’t give a shit, and people who leave gas canisters and old sofas out in their garden clearly aren’t conscientious types who will pay any attention to what their neighbours ask them.

But this is what the OP is up against - the attitude. OP sees her council property as "her property". From what she says, she sticks to the rules and looks after it. Her neighbours do not see it as "their property" because it's Council. There's not much you can do to argue with people like that.

Speak to the council and let the housing officer deal with it. Estate management inspections should be taking place anyway to pick up those issues.

Agree - I don’t think people who abandon an old sofa are going to move it because you ask nicely.

Get in contact with the housing provider or Council.

Genuine question though, if they need to get rid of a sofa and don't have 50 quid spare for a collection what do they do? They might be waiting to get it collected. It's not ideal no, but it also costs money.

The bins and rubbish is shit though

@Chipper08
I'm going to go against the grain here and say I'd just report. People who blatantly flout the rules this way are usually the "Fuck off! I don't care, what are you going to do about it?" types. 9 times out of 10.

It's not as if they've left a gate open once or twice, for example, and didn't realise so you need to let them know. They've obviously been putting things where they've been expressly told not to and they can see the mess it causes while they're out and on their way back. You don't need to tell them anything, they aren't blind.

Secondly, if you talk to them about it and they do nothing, they'll know 100% you reported them when you do.

I had neighbours once who did something similar (clearly flouting rules) and I didn't want to approach them however nicely I could. I felt the same thing that they'd probably not be the types to accept a kind word about their actions. After reporting and the building manager (or whatever) gave them (and everyone so as not to single them out) a polite notice, they kicked off at him and it was a big deal. You can imagine what they'd have done to me if I were the one who tried to sort things out.

Report and remain polite to them as neighbours but don't be their police especially as you say, you're alone with a child. People aren't always nice after being challenged no matter how nicely you did it. I err on the side of caution than regret, sorry.

Edit to add: I see another poster beat me to it while I was typing. I agree just report and let the council sort it.

Do you have a housing officer?
I'd start with them. They should occasionally visit the locations where their properties are and should notice the issues.