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Skip left on my property
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When you say "you", there is nothing to say that it wasn't the owner of the skip who placed the skip where it is.
Whoever it is that reports the skip being on the road to the council will only be able to say they see a skip with a company name on the side.
Nothing to do with the OP, especially if it's empty.
The person who commissioned the skip to be placed on the road would be the one held liable if the skip caused some kind of accident (which do happen on a relatively frequent basis).
If the council and/or police investigated how the skip came to be on the road the owning skip company would be able to identify the OP's builder as the hirer, and the OP as the person on whose property the skip was originally positioned. It wouldn't be rocket science to work out the OP was the one who arranged for the skip to be relocated.
A reputable skip company are not going to get themselves involved in taking a skip from private property and 'dumping' it on the public highway. They would value their own waste carriers licence too highly to risk doing something which could result in a criminal prosecution.
The OP is following the correct route. Involve the council/EA in trying to get the skip removed, and if that fails to then go down a legal route of having the skip removed and recovering the costs from the builder."In the future, everyone will be rich for 15 minutes"0 -
The OP is following the correct route. Involve the council/EA in trying to get the skip removed, and if that fails to then go down a legal route of having the skip removed and recovering the costs from the builder.
I agree. The 'creative' suggestions on here will, at best, involve loads of unnecessary hassle, and at worst cause more problems than they solve.
Dragging a skip? Come on...0 -
I agree the legal route is better but me and my dad dragged a six yard skip into position (about 10 feet) on my drive. It was empty but it didn't take much effort and I'm a girl."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0
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Lol, thanks everyone. I really did not expect to get so many responses!.
I originally tried telling the builder id charge him storage fees, but hes ignored me.
Ive tried pressuring the builder with threats of reporting him as he does not have a waste carriers licence. Thats failed so ive reported him the the EA. Ill see if they decide to do something.
The next thing im trying is sending a letter to the skip company giving them 10 days to remove it, after which i will use the statutory rights and powers of sale (as exists under Torts Act 1977, s.12 of the Act) to sell the skip.
Ill update the thread on progress to let future readers know how i got on, when they come here with similar problems.
Again, thanks everyone!
PS: Anyone want to buy a skip ?0 -
When you say "you", there is nothing to say that it wasn't the owner of the skip who placed the skip where it is.
Whoever it is that reports the skip being on the road to the council will only be able to say they see a skip with a company name on the side.
Nothing to do with the OP, especially if it's empty.
It is if he's placing it on the road, which he would be doing.0 -
I agree the legal route is better but me and my dad dragged a six yard skip into position (about 10 feet) on my drive. It was empty but it didn't take much effort and I'm a girl.
yes.
You can move an empty skip but you have to be careful how you position it.
This happened to me.
I had a skip delivered into which I deposited loads of stone.
I asked the driver if he was happy with how he positioned the 8 yard skip on my drive. I never moved it.
The problem was he put it too far back. The skip lorry that picks the full ones up are larger than the ones that deliver he empty ones. The arm on the heavier lorry wouldn't reach. It's shorter as the weight is heavier.
So with chains they had to drag it. It marked my drive. I never did anything about it (probably should have) but the scrapes with rain have gone.0 -
8 yard skip on ebay now up to £255 with free delivery.0
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