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Neighbours left this note at the bottom of our stair >>

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  • Own_My_Own
    Own_My_Own Posts: 6,098 Forumite
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    *Kat* wrote: »
    Ugh!! It's the way she did it!!

    If she had said in her note.

    Dear neighbours

    I have noticed the bike in the stair is not in working order etc ... If this is your bike please let me know, otherwise I will contact the council and ask for it to be removed.

    That's all!!

    Sorry but I see nothing wrong with the letter she sent.

    She doesn't want you to let her know. She wants it moved.

    She is obviously sick of opening her flat door and seeing an old bike chained to the railings.

    Maybe the other tenants should all gather stuff they don't use regularly and dump it on your landing for 6 months.
  • John1993_2
    John1993_2 Posts: 1,090 Forumite
    *Kat* wrote: »
    I just don't see the problem!! If it was blocking an exit. Fine. If it was causing a problem for people getting up/down the stairs. Fine.

    It's just cause she doesn't want it there that's !!!!ing me off as I don't know why she has a say?! She doesn't OWN that part of the building.

    To be honest, if someone started storing a bike in the communal areas of my flats I'd be a bit unhappy. We pay an awful lot of money to have them nicely carpeted, cleaned, kept painted, and so on. If people wanted to start using them as storage then it'd definitely be an issue.
  • *Kat*
    *Kat* Posts: 1,829 Forumite
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    It's not what you say, it's how you say it!!
  • Own_My_Own
    Own_My_Own Posts: 6,098 Forumite
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    edited 7 August 2013 at 2:57PM
    *Kat* wrote: »
    It's not what you say, it's how you say it!!

    And there was nothing wrong in how they said it !

    Eta I think you knew your bike was an eyesore and needed moving and that is why you have reacted in the way you have.
  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
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    Kat

    Seriously you are reading far to much into this. The letter is completely fine and reasonable and I'm not surprised they are asking if it hasn't moved in over 6 months!
    Don't trust a forum for advice. Get proper paid advice. Any advice given should always be checked
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    The letter is perfectly acceptable and polite, and as others have said it may be simply a question of aesthetics - a bike isn't ugly in itself but seeing it on your landing or in the hall every day probably does rather annoy your neighbours.
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • jacques_chirac
    jacques_chirac Posts: 2,825 Forumite
    *Kat* wrote: »
    It's not what you say, it's how you say it!!

    A lesson you could learn?

    I see nothing wrong with the note. I would send something similar myself.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    I would get fed up if someone left a knackered broken old bike outside my front door for months on end. Makes the place look like a dump.
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    *Kat* wrote: »
    It's not what you say, it's how you say it!!

    I suggest you read the note again, everyone here including me is telling you the note is absolutely fine, it's polite and to the point.
    It's someone else's fault.
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    beecher2 wrote: »
    If you're in Glasgow, it definitely isn't the council as they don't have any housing any more.

    They do actually, they don't have an open list but they still own some housing, some tied and some rented. I don't think they have any with closes though.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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