Neighbour leaving his bin on our property (again!)

mikepoole

We have an alleyway behind our back garden that is a right of way for our next door neighbour.

Over the past few weeks, he has accused us of slamming our bins (which are on our property but close to his window at the front of his house) which is a completely false accusation. We almost always put rubbish in our bins when he is out and never slam the lid. My wife went out the other day to put something in the bin, slipped which made the bin lid slam and he lent out of his window giving her foul abuse and being very aggressive. She apologised saying she slipped but he just continued. She was very upset and felt very intimidated.

He has now started leaving HIS bin on the alleyway which is our property according to our deeds right by our back gate. He is doing this out of spite to try and make a point - what point we are not sure as we've said to him before if he has a problem with anything we do to come round and chat about it.

What official options are available to me to get this resolved? Environmental health? Council?

The last time this happened and I spoke to him about it, he was completely unreasonable, aggressive, unfocussed on what he was arguing/complaining about and essentially very irrational (accusing me of installing a gate against his house that was put up by the developers when the house was built). He is physically a big bloke and appears to almost everyone in the neighbourhood to be a little mentally unhinged (bipolar perhaps). I feel that talking to him about this again will be completely pointless.

Any help/advice appreciated

We would like to move within the next year or so, so any option that can be done in such a way as to not put off prospective buyers would be great!

Ozzuk

If you are moving, just ignore it. He wants a reaction, don't give it to him. In the grand scheme of things, does it matter?

Your other option is call the police and make a complaint about threatening behaviour - good luck selling your house then.

andrewf75

agree, you're moving so ignore it.

mikepoole

"Looking" to move

warmhands.coldheart

AFAIK any future purchaser has a right to ask about Neighbour Disputes to which you have to answer honestly so leave it be if you are planning to move

adouglasmhor

I have heard of people having their bins superglued shut for less, but I wouldn't condone some random stranger doing such a rottten thing.

kelpie35

Just try to close your bin quietly and move his bin on to his own land.

This is only for a short period of time if you intend to move.

mikepoole

kelpie - thanks

The problem is that we do close our bin quietly.

How can we "stop doing something" if we are not doing it in the first place? This comes down to his complete irrational approach to everything.

The moving house thing is not an immediate thing so I'd like to concentrate on getting this sorted rather than hope it goes away/won't have to worry for too long because we are moving

So if I move the bin back to his land/right up to his gate and he moves it back or comes round f-ing and all aggressive, where do I go from there?

fiscalfreckles

Is his bin actually in the way of anything? Does it matter?

Don't try and point score or have an argument for the sake of it - which is what he seems to be trying to provoke you to do.

Plumber90

If he leaves his bin there just set fire to it, he can't leave it there no more then can be

mikepoole

fiscalfreckles - it will matter in the summer months as we will have to walk through a haze of flies and smells when we get to our back gate. Plus he then, out of spite, tends to not put it out for weeks at a time to let the contents fester (god know what he does with his other rubbish once it is full)

My wife is a bit of an obsessive with our bins so even though they are fairly near his property, they are cleaned regularly with one of those sticky air-fresheners on the inside of the lid.