Neighbours have dumped fridge in communal area

misswadey

Myself and OH are students and share a courtyard type area at the front of our rented house. Cars are parked here and wheelie bins are stored here as well.

Next door had renovations including a fridge being replaced. The old fridge has been dumped in the courtyard area, next to the bins, we're guessing with the expectation the bin men would remove it with the bins.

I've checked online and can see the council need to be contacted to collect a fridge and this costs between £20-£30.

OH wrote a polite note and put this through the door asking for them, or them to contact their landlord to arrange the correct disposal of the fridge but as of yet there has been nothing and this was more than a week ago.

With the weather as it has been the fridge is disgusting and it really beginning to become an eyesore.

Is there anything else that we can do?

Thanks for any advice.

Antispam

Report them to the council for fly tipping

aboard_epsilon

our council denbighshire charges £3 per item for anything like that .

all the best.markj

phill99

Move it to the roadside and the Scrap metal collection Fairies will soon take it away.

Swipe

Take it to the tip yourself

misswadey

As students we have no car in Leeds to take it down to the tip ourselves. The bin collection was this morning and I had a word with the bin men and they said they don't remove it.

It's on private land so I don't know if that is still classed as fly tipping.

keystone

Put it on their doorstep.

Cheers

amcluesent

You should break the hinges in case a child gets stuck inside and snufflecates

Quirky6000

Swipe wrote: »

Take it to the tip yourself

Why should they take it to the tip themselves, even if they did have a car?

Mista_C

You could always get in touch with Environmental Health and explain the situation to them.

Swipe

Quirky6000 wrote: »

Why should they take it to the tip themselves, even if they did have a car?

Because it's bothering them and the neighbours obviously have no intention of moving it. Sometimes if you want something doing badly enough you have to take things into your own hands. I know if someone had dumped a fridge on my driveway and it was bothering me I'd get rid of myself if they ignored my requests to remove it.