wheelie bin placement issue

random1980s

Northerness wrote: »

The street looks awful! Most people's front "gardens" here aren't even big enough to fit their bins in, so they knock the walls down and leave them half on their land and half on the street. It is too much effort to wheel them 10metres every morning.

Also, on bin days. Due to terraced houses BEHIND my house (other houses that are not on a road, but accessed via a pedestrian area). Approx 15 houses leave their bins right in-front of my gate (my house is on the road) and often pushed against my gate - it so that I have to move them out the way to get out and go to work! This is how it affects me. I have a catalogue of photos that I'm sending to the council.

From reading your post, you just don't want them in your back garden because 1. You don't want to look at them 2. You're too lazy to move them. Have some respect for how your own house looks...and for your neighbour who has pride in the area. Or don't, up to you. You also sound rude, asking for someone's opinion and then when they give you it you accuse them of making stuff up.

you are basing this on your street, not mine. they sound very different. I want the bins at the front as it means I don't have to squeeze past them to get in/out of the garden, and I generally easier for me. you have failed to answer my question though, how do theya ctually affect you? if you have a decent response im happy to listen

random1980s

patman99 wrote: »

Sometimes, developers have rules regarding the type of vehicle that you cannot park in the road/on your own property, along with other insane rules about not external aerials or hanging washing out.
These rules are usually in place until the last house is sold & then the developers will no longer give a hoot.

Where I live we have rules banning external aerials, hanging-out washing and the parking of commercial vehicles.
As I sit here, there are 5 rotary washing lines out, every house has an external aerial (erected by the management company) & there are at least 5 large vans (the manco classes them as 'cars' to get round the lease).

OP, I really feel for you. In your shoes (and seeing that you have a wish to buy the property in the future), I would go down the 'contact LA/LL regarding harassment' & carry on as you are. Park your car outside your own house & put your bins where you want them.

there are no restrictions here of any kind, other than the gestapo next door

random1980s

right ok. you appear to be in a minority but you are entitled to your view. I am not sure how bins devalue a house, new one there. no chance of anyone rummaging through the bins here, if you knew the area youd know why I can say that with 100% certainty. my bins wont affect your gate, or anyone elses. unsightly, yes, bt no more than the electricity/gas meters in my opinon. inconsiderate neighbour? well I guess I am

clark24

I am one of those terrible people who keeps my bins in my front garden (i know, I know shoot me now) but as everyones case is unique (such as the OPs detached is very different from a long terrace), the front garden of my property is only overlooked by cows and the occasional farm worker. My back garden on the other hand is unrestrictedly overlooked by our only immediate neighbours. So I keep the bins in the front so when they are looking out their windows they don't have to see them (my neighbours are lovely btw). They in turn keep theirs right by our gate, where our front gardens meet. Our only other neighbours live about 1000 yards away and keep all of their wheelie bins right outside my front fence! And does any of this bother us, well no because it's not hurting anyone and we live in the countryside so access is very restricted.

So although all 3 of the houses where I live (literally there are just 3 houses in my postcode) are breaking the 'thou must put yer bins oot the back' rules it is right for us, so please can people stop rigidly believing bins out back is only way!

LADYXXMACBETH

Question is have you moved them? My neighbour asked the council to phone me to ask me to move the bin from the front in 2 mins it wad moved. Are you a good neighbour or a bad one ?

random1980s

I have clearly said I moved the bins. I disagree that I should have had to though

random1980s

if you have the time in your life to worry about someone elses bins stored neatly on their property I am very jealous of you, I would love to have so much time on my hands

Northerness

random1980s wrote: »

on a serious note, does anyone think the landlord/neighbour is being fair/reasonable?

Warning to all posters. Don't give Random1980s your opinion, he asks for it but can't take it!

DRP

Northerness wrote: »

You've asked for opinions from lots of different people, who live in different situations to you. Look at the photo on the following article...my street looks worse than this *all the time* (not just on bin days). You are saying this doesn't devalue a house/area?

Yes, you may have a driveway etc but you asked for opinions from a diverse group of people. I personally hate the sight of wheelie bins because they do affect me, maybe they don't affect others on here - but remember that your neighbour will not have grown up with them. He is from a different era, when everyone kept their metal bins around the back...and I understand why he doesn't want to look at your wheelie bins. I genuinely do not thing he's out of order.

This is my point made and I won't add any more as this as it's turning into an argument, when I just wanted to give a different perspective on why your neighbour may be offended.

http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=news.detail&id=110774

Clearly in your neighbourhood wheels bins are a problem.

From the OPs description, where he lives things are entirely different.

That's me, empathising with both of you

random1980s

Northerness wrote: »

Warning to all posters. Don't give Random1980s your opinion, he asks for it but can't take it!

I asked you to justify your view so that I might understand it. your low grasp of English/mental capacity meant you didn't do this, that istn my fault. you made some points, but none were valid in my opinion certainly in relation to where I live.