Wanting to move because of neighbours tip of a garden?

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Sort of considering moving for a few reasons I would like to be slightly closer into town, I do like my house we've put a lot of work into it but I'm really annoyed with neighbours. Front neighbour is a council house and her front garden is looking more and more like a tip since we moved in. I know this seems snobby but I hate looking out the window to her tip of her garden is this a good enough reason to move? I can't see it getting better anytime soon.

It’s got nothing to do with it being a council house. They are just messy. No it’s not unreasonable to want to move

Have you reported them to the council? If it's attracting vermin they'll be forced to clear it.

Could you offer to help tidy it?

What exactly do you mean when you say it looks like a tip?

i.e. is it just overgrown, or are they dumping loads of stuff there, which could potentially attract vermin, does it smell etc?

Hard to offer an opinion without knowing the extent of it, as people have different ideas about gardens and how they should look, e.g. we once had a neighbour get annoyed with us because we didn't mow our lawn every week!

(Also, the only thing that seems 'snobby' about your post is your inclusion about it being a council house).

You don't need an official reason to move. Nobody is going to ask you why you are moving. So yes, go ahead and move if you want to.

If you own it could lower your selling price as it’d put people off. I do think it’s relevant it’s council as you can complain to them (anonymously). Where I live social housing tenants have a responsibility to keep gardens at a certain standard. In practice if it’s mildly overgrown that’s fine, if it’s hugely overgrown / full of dog poo or rubbish then council will take action.

There is a gardening service offered by my council too for council houses. It’s only a couple of quid a week but they’ll cut your grass throughout summer and trim / tidy it back.

It’s normally done by chaps doing community payback supervised by council worker.

Surely it will put potential buyers off though?

What?! Why would she?
"Knock knock you're gardens a shit tip, can I help you sort it?!
No go eff yourself you nosy twat!"

Can you report if they are not a council tenant, and are reports anonymous?

Op, no advice but we have a similar issue.

My ex keeps his house and garden an absolute junkyard - the neighbours must hate it. It was the nicest house I’ve ever lived in before he allowed it to go to rack and ruin - I couldn’t afford to buy him out and his family paid the amount decided by the judge when we divorced so I could buy somewhere else for the DC and me. It really was a lovely house with a beautiful garden, and he sold off the garden to raise part of the money so there are four new houses that have to drive past his mess every day. It’s really sad.

1 what’s living in a council house got to do with anything? Home owners can be just as careless with gardens, believe me
2 you have no idea what’s going on in your neighbours life so don’t know why it’s a mess
3 if it’s a mess then possible purchasers will also see it when they look round the house

If you’ve seen rats running about they can be ordered to sort it.

It’ll put buyers off so you’re best to try and get it resolved.

You saw some big fat rats this morning I’m sure.

Why would she do that?!

Surely any reason you want to move js a good enough reason?

Love the council house mention

Lol

For a second there I was scared this thread was about my back garden - we recently had landscapers over so one half is looking very nice and the other half is full of my unfinished/not yet started DIY garden projects/ideas so it looks a bit like a tip!!! Weather not helping blowing everything all over the place and everything getting muddy 😂😭

Report them.

Before I moved I reported two neighbours because they had turned their gardens into rubbish dumps. The council did make them clear up but when I passed recently they were back to being worse than ever. Sofas, furniture, bags of rubbish, endless takeaway wrappers and their bins left overflowing all over the street.

If it really bothers you move because it probably won’t get better. I’m so glad I moved as I’d be mortified to have friends visit and see the state it’s in.

If they're council tenants you can complain to the housing department about their front garden being a mess.
However "mess" is a relative term, it might be a mess to you because you have really high standards and not a thing out of place but in the scheme of things next door is not really that bad, it's just by your standards that it's bad...
can you help her in any way, I don't mean tidy it up for them as such but offer to book a large furniture collection if it's old mattresses/sofa out there in a fairly non judgemental way?

Report to the Housing Association or Council. They do not like rubbish which attracts vermin. I have done it a couple of times and it is very effective. Almost certainly their contract will insist on keeping the property in a reasonable state. No tenant wants to lose a secure Council property because they dump rubbish in the front garden.

Old mattresses and rugs invite vermin and won't be allowed. Items like old paint cans are regarded as a fire hazard. In fact anything which is a fire hazard is regarded as dangerous.

Why do you need Mumsnet's approval to move house? If you want to move, then move.

No need to specify that the neighbour's house is a council house.

@ItGhoul
The Council or HA have to take responsibility for houses under their jurisdiction.They have the responsibility to direct the tenant to deal with rubbish. Privately owned houses are not subject to Council/HA monitoring in the same way. So it is relevant that it is a Council house that the OP refers to.

Report them.

The reason I asked is this: