Neighbourhood Watch warning to remove rubble.

gunner786

I got some bricks from my chimney which i want to keep to use as hardcore so i dont have to buy them again for my driveway in 3-4 months. Neighbourhood enforcement has told me to clear it. So i pay £350-£400 to remove it now and pay £200-300 again in 3 months when i get my driveway done cos some nosy sod doesnt like the sight of bricks in my garden.
I've asked around and people have said hardcore is not waste so its fine but the neighbourhood watch guy had other ideas

Kiran

Stack them properly or cover them with a tarpaulin?

NeverInDebt

Tell them to sod off, if its on your land and not causing a nusinace I would keep it there at least if its temporary

martinthebandit

It depends on the area really and, if it's an area where the occupants think it's ok to store a heap of rubble in view, I suspect it may also be the sort of area where you really shouldn't be leaving a pile of bricks in plain site.

As has been said, stack 'em properly and cover them.

Aylesbury_Duck

It's not really enforcement, it's none of their business, but it depends how much you value neighbourly relations. Can you stack them neatly in a cube or in a low wall along an existing boundary? That way, they're stored but look better to you and your neighbours.

adonis

Some ideas here how to store them decoratively. http://www.diyncrafts.com/19862/repurpose/20-incredibly-creative-ways-reuse-old-bricks

davilown

gunner786 wrote: »

I got some bricks from my chimney which i want to keep to use as hardcore so i dont have to buy them again for my driveway in 3-4 months. Neighbourhood enforcement has told me to clear it. So i pay £350-£400 to remove it now and pay £200-300 again in 3 months when i get my driveway done cos some nosy sod doesnt like the sight of bricks in my garden.
I've asked around and people have said hardcore is not waste so its fine but the neighbourhood watch guy had other ideas

Deducting something from your username, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to politely refuse their request - if you want to be really nice then tell them you're reusing it to save the environment etc....

EachPenny

Bricks do make useful 'tools' to gain access to houses and cars when you don't have the keys to hand, so I can see why a neighbourhood watch person might be concerned - but they cannot take enforcement action against you.

But you also say 'neighbourhood enforcement' - is that a typo, or is it the right title for the person you spoke to? A 'neighbourhood enforcement' officer sounds like it could be a council official, who do have powers to take action against you in certain circumstances. If they have asked you to do something with the rubble then it is best to follow their 'advice'

FreeBear

Tell 'em it is a reproduction of Carl Andre's Equivalent sculptures :j

Grenage

On one side it's your house, on the other you're making the area look like a !!!!!'s yard.

Compromise and keep things tidy or out of sight. Be a grown up.

gunner786

EachPenny wrote: »

Bricks do make useful 'tools' to gain access to houses and cars when you don't have the keys to hand, so I can see why a neighbourhood watch person might be concerned - but they cannot take enforcement action against you.

But you also say 'neighbourhood enforcement' - is that a typo, or is it the right title for the person you spoke to? A 'neighbourhood enforcement' officer sounds like it could be a council official, who do have powers to take action against you in certain circumstances. If they have asked you to do something with the rubble then it is best to follow their 'advice'

Yup was an officer in the van. Looked like a copper at first till i looked at his uniform closely