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Ask next door neighbours to take their bins out before 11pm?

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Nowthatshuge · 11/06/2026 23:23

i suspect I probably am being unreasonable but wanted peoples thoughts on whether I should make a friendly request to my neighbours..
they seem to wait until gone 11pm each week to drag their bins down the alleyway between our terraced houses. The issue is (and I think this is where I’m being unreasonable) is that it makes my dogs bark because it’s quite loud and that wakes me and my kids up.

i guess the solution would be to somehow train my dogs not to bark but I A - don’t know how and B - kind of want them to alert me to something that sounds so close to the house.
They’re not particularly barky dogs in general.
we’re on good terms, would I seem like a complete arse if I just asked them if there’s any way they could but their bins out any earlier? They have two primary aged kids so I assume they wait until they are in bed etc

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ThisMellowCat · 13/06/2026 00:12

Surely the noise from them wheeling bins through the alleyway is quite loud. Why would they leave it until so late to put them out?
just have a word and ask if there’s a reason why they do it so late, as the rumbling is setting your dog off. They might not even realise. I know I’d change my times if it was my neighbour.

user9764325677 · 13/06/2026 12:29

Nowthatshuge · 12/06/2026 07:49

wheelie bins are really noisy aren’t they! A few people on here don’t seem to think they are. For context, my bedroom is on the other side of the house (mid size 3 bedroom) and can hear the bin rattling down the passage

Yes they are. And he also does his glass recycling before he takes them up, so every other week, it’s even louder

mydogisthebest · 13/06/2026 15:11

My neighbour puts his bins out at 6am. Wakes me every time. Bad enough on the weeks when it is just the one bin collection but every other week we also have the garden waste collection.

I can't understand why people put them out early or late when it is likely to wake neighbours.

Zov · 13/06/2026 15:13

That's a shit time to put the bins out. They're so noisy! I would ask them if they could put them out at maybe 8pm? Say if it's inconvenient, you will put them out for them.

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