Had loads of problems with upstairs neighbour over the years. He's loud and aggressive. Very hot headed. Not to mention stupid and idiotic. Caused lots of (accidental but due to his negligence) to my property and threatened members of my family. In short he's been an absolute fucking nightmare.
Usually I don't see him that much as he's out a lot. We both own our own homes. He's just moved his new girlfriend in. I've only seen her once face to face and she just stared at me (bet he's told her I'm a bitch) so I said hi and so did she then I went inside.
Anyway, the latest issue is a small one but still. He's been putting bags of rubbish in my bin. I discovered this the other day and mentioned to another neighbour who I get on with and he chuckled and said "Oh it'll be Nasty neighbour". I said NN has his own bloody bins and should use them. Mind you I've never once seen him put his bins out, and I've lived here a long time. Seriously. I have no idea where he puts his rubbish.
I could have just left it. But it was the principal of the thing. And I don't want to come across like a doormat. And what if I had more rubbish I needed to use the bin for? So I pulled out the bags and left them in front of his bin. They weren't even in the correct bin for recycling, he'd just dumped all his shit in my bin. I was going to put it in his own bin but noticed that his was full to the brim, but even so. And he didn't even ask me first. Cheeky bastard expecting me to take his rubbish out!
When I got home that night the bags were on top of his bin. The next morning they'd disappeared but were not in my bin. But now they're back again, bins are due to be collected tomorrow! So again I hauled out the massive bags and left them in front of his bin. It's so annoying.
Part of me just wants to throw it into his garden, it's overgrown enough so he probably wouldn't notice. But that's not great for the environment. So I just left it beside his bin again. They've just returned home and I could hear him cursing a bit, so got slightly paranoid but perhaps it was about something else. But still, he scares me. And even worse he's now got a female on his side who might not hold back on retaliating.
Also I know you can get locks for bins but imagine that would be a faff. I wish I could afford to move :(