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Obstruction
mik67
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Got a problem neighbour, seems to be going out of his way to wind is up. His latest trick is chaining bins to railings blocking communal path. Am I within my rights to cut chain to regain unrestricted access.
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What have you done to upset him?
Who owns the path/railings?0 -
Paths jointly owned as are railings, he's just arrogant and thinks he can do what he wants. It's just latest in long line of problems, parking, noise and general harassment.0
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I had a friend who lived next to an arrogant neighbour who kept leaving his bins chained to the outside railing of his flats, blocking access & smelling the small alleyway out.
Someone in the flats must have got fed up of it as the wheels kept being snapped off the bins & eventually the bins were back living in their own garden. The owner must have gotten fed up of replacing them every week...0 -
Got a problem neighbour, seems to be going out of his way to wind is up. His latest trick is chaining bins to railings blocking communal path. Am I within my rights to cut chain to regain unrestricted access.
If the path is part of a route for egress in the event of fire, then the Fire Brigade might be pleased to unblock it for you, but nothing gives an individual the 'right' to commit criminal damage.0 -
Thanks Davesnave, heard back from antisocial, this I'll need to go down lawyer route. For now every time I want to get through I'll just go to his door and ask him to move them.
He'll soon get fed up especially as he does nightshift.0 -
Got a problem neighbour, seems to be going out of his way to wind is up. His latest trick is chaining bins to railings blocking communal path. Am I within my rights to cut chain to regain unrestricted access.
No. not your chains - criminal damage, go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200.
No different to if your car was inconveniencing me so I put a brick through the window.0 -
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Careful, bordering on harassment
How can wishing to pass down your jointly owned path, which is being obstructed be harassment? Unless it's multiple times in quick succession, but if the OP is going about his/her ordinary daily basis where's the problem in asking the neighbour to move the bins?Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
If I tell you not to knock on my door, and you continue to, then you are committing an offence.How can wishing to pass down your jointly owned path, which is being obstructed be harassment? Unless it's multiple times in quick succession, but if the OP is going about his/her ordinary daily basis where's the problem in asking the neighbour to move the bins?0 -
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