To be absolutely sick to death of neighbour?

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We live on a road of terraced houses with on street parking. We live very near to the centre of town with no permits - so it’s a bit of a free for all in terms of parking with lots of people parking for work etc. It’s incredibly irritating and we’ve been asking the council for permits for some time, which is hopefully coming soon.

Last year we had a new neighbour move into the street. I have never spoken with her directly.

Since moving in she has taken to leaving her bins in the street in order to ‘reserve’ a parking space.

There is barely enough room on the road for all residents, without the issue of people parking for town, so there is not room for her to do so without preventing other people from parking.

I frequently have to park on another street which is obviously very irritating, but part of living on a terraced street. We’d all like to reserve spaces if we could!

Where she lives her bins is also right outside my own house (obviously as the houses are close), so sometimes I come home and the only space happens to be outside my house which is great but then I notice it’s taken by the bins! I do move them but it’s so annoying.

Whenever I notice the bins in the road, I move them (regardless of whether I want to park there etc). I have spoken to two other neighbours who have confirmed they do the same and they are just as frustrated.

I have also reported her to the council for obstructing the public highway. I have had a response stating they can initially send a letter but nothing more.

i have also posted a note through the door asking for them to be more considerate to other residents and to petition for permits if they are annoyed about the parking.

aibu to be super annoyed about this?

im at the end of my tether with what to do about this but its really bugging me!

Wow. Just seen another thread where someone complained that every time their bins got emptied and the binmen left out on the street, some awful neighbours were removing the bins from the street. The author was particularly upset as their wheelchair hadn’t arrived yet after the amputations so they couldn’t go out to find them.

Key the car or salt the lawn. Or is that too much?

Im hoping it will help as parking will be less scarce! We’ve been informed the permits will only have a £30 admin charge for the year so honestly even if it does nothing I’m only down £30

Hide the bins. When questioned, say 'Oh, there was a council van out there earlier, I think they thought they'd been dumped. They must've taken them.' Plus she'll have to pay for replacements so will hopefully stop leaving them in the street.

Fill the bins to the top with water sand and cement powder.

For added 'fuck you' also remove the wheels.

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Wait - am I completely misreading, or given how u and the neighbours have moved the bins and parked there, she's in a roundabout non-intentional way, also holding a space for you too? If the bins weren't there, someone heading into town would just park there, but at least when ye get back if bins are there ye can move them and have a nice, close space to your house?

My neighbour does this andcl she doesn't even have a car! Imagine how annoying that is!

I am repeatedly complaining to the council, I’m hoping if I become the most annoying person ever who emails every day then they’ll do something about it

They won't. You will be marked as a nuisance resident if you keep pestering council officers every single day. It will make it look like you are the problem, harassing them.

Create a single coherent message of exactly what the issue is and contact your ward councillor. They are there to represent you (and your neighbour). They will be able to advise on what powers the council has to stop bins being left out. If they do not respond within a week or so, then follow up. Not daily.

Amazing idea

Brilliant 👏

I vote for removing the wheels! Or kicking them over on the pavement and reporting her for flytipping. There is an online form you can use at our council

It's amazing how territorial we get over parking places! We live in a terraced house in South Wales, parking on the road, most people park outside their own property but obviously visitors have to park somewhere and it's a domino effect of people parking outside someone elses house or wherever. I get unreasonably annoyed when someone parks outside our house, OH is more laid back and reasonable!

Oh do this.
Upside down and with the lid open.

I was going to vote for the "fill the bins with bricks" suggestion but then this gem came along 😂

Or kindly put them back in her garden for her but accidentally smear Nutella all over the handles first

Permits require public consultation and legal notices to be published. Its not a short process and can be quite expensive.

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Buy the cheapest floppiest suction base dildo you can find on Amazon and a huge tube of superglue....sneak out in the dark and get it glued on.

I don’t understand why this bothers you? So she leaves bins in road and you have to get out and move them to park there… surely if the bins weren’t in the road then you’d have a strangers car outside your house and have to park further away?? She effectively reserves a space - which you frequently take advantage of!

YANBU - she doesn’t own the road.

To be honest it seems like you’re blaming her for the lack of parking and your approach seems illogical.

even if she wasn’t “reserving” that space with bins, there’s no guarantee that a 3rd party wouldn’t park there instead! Then you’d be fucked because there’s no convenient bins to shift right outside of your house, so you can park in the optimal position outside of your house and have direct sight of/access to your car. So you’d have to park elsewhere anyway.

Just really think about this and attempt intelligence. For totally free, she is giving you a guaranteed parking spot every time she does this because you’re likely one of the only people comfortable enough to move the bins, others aren’t going to bother. So without even having to invest the £30 or complain to the council, you’ve got a deterrent to people parking outside of your house. on a busy road where you say it’s a free for all. So she’s doing you a favour frankly.

You sound like one of those rigid inflexible people that are like “rules are rules”. When you aren’t realising you’re cutting your nose off to spite your face. I’d personally let her crack on and continue and take advantage by taking the place she has reserved. It seems with her putting the bins there, that you are more likely to be able to park there, then if the bins were never there at all.

Put the bins back in her garden & pour quick set concrete around them so she can't put them out. Needs to be done under cover of darkness & needs 2 people.

Who are the 4% who think this is unreasonable? It is really unacceptable. Near to me there is a lay-by and one couple who had a car each plus a work van used to park one car in such a way nobody could park behind or in front. One morning 4 strong chaps turned up and bumped the car back to the end of the lay-by, by the time the owner returned 2 cars had filled the gap and boxed the car in. They didn't do it again.

Turn it into a power bin and let it take itself to another postcode….maybe you could put her in it!

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