Wheelie bin location

[Emmamhairi]

Hi all.

So I have recently moved into new a cul de sack and am having some wheely bin issues.

So I live in a detached house with another house about a meter to the right. I have a drive to my left which is very narrow, barley wide enough to fit my car down and open a door which leads to back garden. I own my front ‘garden’ (a metre wide patch infront of my door) which has a small path which is essentially 2 paving stones and the rest is gravel the width of the house. I do not own the road directly infront of my path and my front garden, my next door neighbour does.

So my problem is I have been keeping my bin out the front of the house since we moved. The reason for this is the drive is so narrow I would have to move my car in order the get the bin past it to put it out if I was to keep it round the back.

Now 4 times last week I have come home from work / woke up in the morning to find my bin moved and dumped somewhere out into the road / down the street.

My neighbour knocked on the door this morning (baring in mind never seen him or met him before) and could barely get his words out he was so wound up and kept blabbering about ‘private property’ but essentially was saying he doesn’t want us stepping onto his private property (which is just the road directly at the end of the path) to exit our house or to move our wheely bin to put it out. Which means I have to not use the path to my own front door and walk through the gravel which could have been planted on or anything, it just happens to be gravel.

Now the wheely bin sits on my land not his, and although awkward I can drag it out over the path and out the other side of our house so doesn’t have to touch ‘his property’.

Am I in the wrong for leaving the one bin at the front of the house despite it’s on my own land? I don’t know if there are rules about it?

Seems to me all a bit petty and would have just moved it if he was nice about it which he wasn’t. And the fact he has been coming onto our land all week to randomly move the bin down the street and ditching it without us knowing who it is?

Thanks for your help xxxx

Sorry, but I need a diagram.

Haha sorry I know confusing 😂😂

If you're keeping your bin on your property I can't see what his problem is (but I'm also struggling to picture it).

I’m not following either. But basically, don’t go on his path/road/property. You can keep you bin whenever you want (as long as it’s on your plot) and he has no right to touch it. If he gets aggressive, I'd threaten him with the police.

Slightly off topic, though, having your bin permanently in front of your house sounds like an awful eye sore. I’d either get a bin enclosure or keep your bin in the back garden. Moving your car once a fortnight/week doesn’t sound like much of a bother.

Is it possible you have right of way across his land? My NDNs have to walk along a path the goes in front of our house on our land to get to their front door and have every right to as it was all set out when we bought the house. Sorry if I've completely misunderstood! Your NDN sounds horrible by the way.

Ok so there is a gravel patch/garden in front of your house. You keep your bin there. To put it out you need to take it down his road because yours is blocked by your car, is this right? You also use his road to exit your house as your car is blocking your path?

If he says not to use his road, then you can not use it, it's probably trespassing, and you need to find another solution.

I also agree, keeping your wheelie bin out the front is an eyesore. I imagine that's what's pissing him off the most.

why does your neighbour own the road?