New house and wheelie bin

sunnyone

We moved and no bin, the vendors swore they left it so we rang the council they needed a crime number to supply new bin FOC so we collared a plastic police couple walking by, got a crime number and a new bin was delivered a day later.

My council insist on repairing bins now, they even insist on repairing when they smash the wheel holders off, there is no way to fix a bin like that but they have to try before they give you a new bin, they replaced our broken bin and then broke the replacement the first time the emptied it!

Fuzzyness

its a bit !!!!! taking a bin with you though isnt it. rise above it, pay the 52 quid and be thankful you wouldnt do something like that in the future.

duchy

I'd try ringing the council again -and simply say you have no wheelie bin and were wondering what the procedure was with this particular council for bins (making no mention you've bought your house-if they assume you are tenents they might be more sympathatic than to someone who has the money to buy a home -not advocating lying -just not giving the impression you can afford it with ease). You may get someone sympathetic but if you don't well in the grand scale of buying a house it's a drop in the ocean (did they take all the lightbulbs too ?)

Incidently you are assuming it was the owners -Our recycling bins seem to vanish from front gardens on a regular basis especially if homes appear empty although our council do replace them FOC (we don't have wheelie bins). In fact you leave anything outside the front here and it will be unofficially" recycled ". I have a (free) council collection booked for this morning for an old divan , the remains of a wardrobe and a very old TV -TV went within 15 mins of me putting it out and most of the wood too.

happy_but_skint

Double check on your council website, I have moved twice (north somerset & sedgemoor) and had to get a bin as none at the houses. I applied online and didnt have to pay.

dodger1

pimento wrote: »

It's not a lie. The previous owner stole it.

Not if they had to purchase it themselves.

London_Town

This story amazes me, although perhaps there is a massive difference in the way different local councils operate.

I bought a new build in 2005 on a big estate and the council delivered the wheelie bins free of charge, in groups, over a course of weeks.

When I bought my (1993) home last year the wheelie bin was pretty gross. I was going to clean it but then decided I'd rather buy a new one and start a fresh. When I rang the council, they told me I wasn't able to buy a wheelie bin from them, but they could potenially supply a new one. They sent someone out to inspect it and I had a new bin, free of charge, within a week.

My recycling boxes were also missing and the Council replaced those too. They way they explained it was that each property has an allocated number of replacement allowances. I suppose this is in place to stop abuse, although you'd be a bit stuck if you kept having them stolen.

My understanding has always been that the wheelie bin and recycling boxes are the property of the Council, but are allocated to your property. I certainly don't think that you should have to pay for a replacement in the OP's circumstances.

Ionkontrol

squinty wrote: »

This is terrible advice - and could result in the OP committing a criminal act.

Jesus :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

poppysarah

Is costco cheaper?

If our bins are stolen and we get a crime reference number we don't pay.

And if you buy one (like the previous people did) will you take the bin with you?

pimento

poppysarah wrote: »

And if you buy one (like the previous people did) will you take the bin with you?

..and if you did, would it be theft?

andy.m_2

was it ont eh FF&E list as being left or did they state that they would take it.

Feel hard done by all you like but option a is to pay up if the council ask for a fee or option b is to go and take it back from the previous owner.