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AIBU?

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Neighbour complaining about my bins

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loulou0633 · 13/04/2025 17:43

I live in a terraced house and I have moved the bins from my back garden to the front of my house.

Firstly we have a small garden and the bins just obstruct the pathway and leave the kids with hardly any space to play.

Secondly we was getting fed up with next door’s visitors keep parking on our driveway so it was literally killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

Next door has a smallish window (not sure which room it is in the house) and there is nowhere else to put the bins (as cars would have nowhere to go) they are outside the small window.

Neighbour had a massive issue with this but it’s on our land and property.

Neighbour purposely planted a shrub which they knew would grow onto our footpath and front door so they aren’t exactly being considerate to us either.

AIBU?
Shall I move the bins? It wasn’t done purposely and the main reason is to free up space in the back garden, there is no where else to put them otherwise.

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Ponderingwindow · 13/04/2025 18:51

i do think it’s rude to put them under a neighbors window, even if they are on your land. I’d handle the parking issue with some other solution.

are there any local rules on bin placement? Ours don’t allow storage in the front.

RunningJo · 13/04/2025 18:57

I wouldn’t be happy with someone’s else’s bins under my window, but then I also wouldn’t park on a neighbours drive, let plants overgrow or wander onto their land to water plants either.

If the bins stop the car issue, I’d leave them there. But like pp have said, look at what fencing you can put up.

steelingmyself · 13/04/2025 18:58

I think they are being v. unreasonable re: the parking.

I do think bins out the front look a bit scruffy but it’s up to you 🤷🏻‍♀️

pinkdelight · 14/04/2025 10:21

I can’t picture how they’re under neighbour’s window if they’re on your land. If they’re on your side of the border between terraces, surely they can only be in front of your house?

thepariscrimefiles · 14/04/2025 10:24

BeyondMyWits · 13/04/2025 18:00

Right next to THEIR window? Which they won't be able to leave open in the nice weather because of smells from your bin. Doesn't sound that neighbourly. I'd hate that.

Her neighbours don't sound very neighbourly when they tell their visitors to park on OP's drive.

If the bin is closed, it won't smell. There's bin strike where I live and the rubbish wasn't collected for five weeks but, with the lid down, the bin didn't smell.

JackieDaytonaLuckyBrews · 14/04/2025 10:26

Build a bin store and put in fencing and/or gates to divide your properties. Cut back any shrubs back to the property line.

CatsChin · 14/04/2025 10:29

I can't picture any of this. Diagram please!

Personally if I had to put my bins at the front of the house then I'd build a cupboard or use willow fencing to 'hide' them. Looks a bit shite to have bins out the front.

Ginnnny · 14/04/2025 10:41

WhatMe123 · 13/04/2025 18:22

Keep the bins op, put up small fence and trim the shrub they've planted on your side 😁

And don't forget to give them back the shrub trimmings too 😉

Original poster

loulou0633 · 14/04/2025 12:37

I just looked today as it seems the majority of the other neighbours leave the bins at the front.

The neighbours window in question is a small room for the toilet.

With the parking it was every time they had visitors and right by our window.
Now they have to park down the road anytime they have visitors.
I just didnt think it’s right that we pay £1000 a month which includes a drive and they think they can use it as their personal parking space despite having their own drive.

As we have a small garden the bins take a lot of space and it’s only turf with a footpath which leaves the kids with little space to play.

We have looked at bin storage but they are quite pricey.

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RareGoalsVerge · 14/04/2025 12:46

Yanbu. You are fine to use your driveway for bins if you so choose.

Could you afford a wheely bin cover to address the "eyesore" issue? Bins don't have to smell, if you santise them occasionally and always make sure your rubbish is fully enclosed in binbags so nothing starts rotting in there.

RareGoalsVerge · 14/04/2025 12:56

Ps it is fine for you to take a strimmer to any bits of any plant that encroaches your boundary, you just have to offer them the clippings before disposal.

JackieDaytonaLuckyBrews · 14/04/2025 12:59

I'd say she's more pissed off about losing your drive than the bin placement if it's just her bathroom window then. Just leave them there and ignore.
It's quite easy and cheap to knock up a basic bin store out of trellis/screening if you are fairly handy...but don't feel you have to. You can keep your bins where you like.

pinkdelight · 16/04/2025 11:30

The neighbours window in question is a small room for the toilet.

That still doesn't explain how their window is by your bins when your bins are on your property and its a terraced house. If your house is attached to theirs and the bins are in your front outside space, how can the bins be under their window?

NotThisShitAgain121 · 10/01/2026 18:01

Your land, your bins. Ignore the neighbour.

oldmoaner · 10/01/2026 23:24

If the bins are on your property I don't see how they are under your neighbours window. I wouldn't leave bins at the front of property as they can be used to climb over fences , be used to put stuff in and wheeled away and you would have to pay for new bins if not secured or in your garden. Surely they can't just park on your property ( if you havnt got a car, put large plant pots there)

TwillTrousers · 10/01/2026 23:27

I agree on the need for a drawing…

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