Neighbour leaving his bin on our property (again!)

kelpie35

Just keep moving his bin to his own bit of land.

Keep doing it and ignore any conversation with him.

Show you are the better person by ignoring any comments and remember to keep closing your bin quietly and then they can't complain.

moneyistooshorttomention

In my last house a nearby neighbour kept putting his bins at intervals onto my side of the alley (ie the bit that used to be part of back garden of my house some time before) and I just moved them back onto his side each time he did.

He also sometimes put his rubbish into my bins, so I kept an eye on things and, when some strange rubbish appeared in my bins, I just threw it over his garden wall.

Admitted it did help that he didn't (in the main) go in for verbal aggression - probably because he realised I was a sight "brighter" than him and it wasn't worth it, as I would then patiently/logically explain exactly why he was wrong and he soon wasn't able to understand what I was talking about and he knew it (he wasn't the worlds brightest button:rotfl:).

StuC75

Sounds like Dual standards on your part there, you are slightly inconvenienced at having his bin near your back gate, but have your own bins located closer to his property. can you move your bin so that it is further away from his property, so as not to disturb the neighbour further?

mikepoole

StuC75 - it's not really dual standards. Our bins are on our property and have been in the same place for the past 5 or 6 years with no complaint.

He has been the neighbour the entire time and never said anything. It's as if he woke up one morning and decided it bothered him and rather than coming round to speak to us rationally, he decided to move his bin in spite last year (when I spoke to him he was beyond logical in his arguments) and then hang out the window shouting and swearing at my wife.

He's a moron and a bully, pure and simple

Plus, we are not "inconvenienced" - they are on our property. It's a matter of deeds and law too

Gordon_Hose

Just move them onto his property. If he becomes agressive again call the Fuzz.

StuC75

In which case go ahead and make a big deal of it to the extent that it needs advising to prospective buyers the problem that you have in owning the alleyway and that you do such a big favour to your neighbour in terms of the right of access that they have over that ..

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/66277802#Comment_66277802

Have you actually checked the Neighbours deeds to see what they have stated regarding the alleyway, then speak to a solicitor to find out what is deemed fair access and usage for the neighbour in question for the Rights that they have. They would then be able to brief you on how that can be enforced further.

Where did you get to with this last year? or have you just been simmering away over it for the last 6 months?

mikepoole wrote: »

StuC75 - it's not really dual standards. Our bins are on our property and have been in the same place for the past 5 or 6 years with no complaint.

He has been the neighbour the entire time and never said anything. It's as if he woke up one morning and decided it bothered him and rather than coming round to speak to us rationally, he decided to move his bin in spite last year (when I spoke to him he was beyond logical in his arguments) and then hang out the window shouting and swearing at my wife.

He's a moron and a bully, pure and simple

Plus, we are not "inconvenienced" - they are on our property. It's a matter of deeds and law too

mikepoole

Thanks StuC75, I do appreciate the reply

What happened six months ago feeds into the irrational theory - he just one day, after 5 or 6 weeks took his bin back in. We had made no change to our bin placement, not changed our routine at all, not "stopped not slamming our bins(!)" etc

I'm happy to leave it for a bit to see if he does this again but it's really frustrating to just have to go through this every time he feels like getting a cob on about something.

Completely take on board the problems that woudl be caused by the formal route re: prospective buyers, which really feels like it ties my hands.

JustinR1979

Sling your rubbish bags on the floor, then he can't say the bin lid is causing noise.

chancesare_2

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Just move them onto his property. If he becomes agressive again call the Fuzz.

For what exactly?

Ignore it. Surprisingly there are serious problems some people are suffering.

I_have_spoken

>every time he feels like getting a cob on about something<

Could be mental health issues.

However, if your wife does feel threatened or harassed again I'd call the police and report