New build home - bin collection point

mrschaucer

ethank wrote: »

I lived next to this for six years. It's no problem.
In our drive - it was three houses. Three bins. It was fine.

You are joking. We currently have THREE different containers for different types of recycling per week, (extra goes to the side), plus the "landfill" bin every three weeks. Per house. I would not entertain the idea of having the responsibility of all that on my land.

*Edit to add that if you incorrectly put a "wrong" item in one of the recycling containers, the full container is left uncollected. Your neighbours will be dragging all sorts of stuff backwards and forwards by your house (if they can be bothered, that is. If they are the type to not sort their stuff correctly in the first place, do you think they will be bothered to remove it from your property?)
And if your local council isn't yet into recycling, it soon will be ...

csgohan4

AdrianC wrote: »

More to make sure the bins end up in the right place and not just spreading...

Whether it's yours or not is almost academic. You know you're going to end up clearing up the spillings.

OP may be liabile for any repair as a result of damage the neigbour causes on your land, and if they trip up and crack a leg on a damaged pavement you maybe be liable too.

I wouldnt if I was you. Not worth the hassle and bother

paddyz

Loads of mess from bins where I am, I end up cleaning the rubbish up too

MobileSaver

ethank wrote: »

I lived next to this for six years. It's no problem.

I have to say I disagree with ethank and agree with pretty much everyone else; this would be a deal-breaker for me.

Yes if you are lucky and have amazingly conscientious neighbours and the most fantastic bin men in the country then it may never be a problem; except of course that there will always be a bit of your land that you can never use as it has to stay reserved for everyone's bins.

However back in the real world... bins get blown over, people put the wrong stuff in them so the bin men leave them full, refuse trucks break down so they may be an eyesore at the front of your property for several days or even an entire week, you may have the neighbour from hell who leaves the bin's top open, bags crammed on top and a few more on the ground for good measure.

Presumably your neighbours will have a legal right of way over your land to be able to leave their bins there. This may not be an issue for you but may be for your lender or any potential buyer when you eventually come to sell. All in all having other people's bins right outside my property would make me think twice but actually on my property would be a resounding NO from me.

rachel230

Agree with Peter's post.
OP I know it's not what you originally posted about, but please ensure you know all financial demands going forward.
You say £80 a year estate charge. What about service charges? Is property leasehold or freehold? If leasehold, how many years on lease, and very important, if you have ground rent, does it double/increase rpi?? These questions are important. For what it's worth: use your *own * solicitor- not "recommended" one by developers, don't believe sales staff - get everything in writing - and research new build estate issues with escalating service charges.
https://www.homeownersrights.net

phill99

S_P wrote: »

No it's actually our land. It's included within our plot boundary. There's a small grassed area beside the drive and the bin collection point is on the edge of that.

That would seriously worry me. If it is your land, then you are responsible for maintenance and up keep. If someone puts a bin in there that is overfull and rubbish then falls out which some one subsequently trips and injures them selves on, then you have the liability.


It looks like the developers want you as a home owner to have the long term problem with this bin area.

Norman_Castle

I'd be concerned about residents considering it as a bin storage area rather than a collection point.

GaleSF63

mrschaucer wrote: »

And if your local council isn't yet into recycling, it soon will be ...

In a couple of years time your council may require you to have 3 or more times as many containers.

What happens when the designated space is too small for them all?

Davesnave

S_P wrote: »

No it's actually our land. It's included within our plot boundary. There's a small grassed area beside the drive and the bin collection point is on the edge of that.

If it's on your land, it's more of a problem.

We took on a difficulty involving the rubbish and recycling of 14 households, but we did it because our property was special. I won't go into boring details, but if the land involved had been ours, or if this had been a new build capable of replication elsewhere, we'd have walked away.

Things are fine now, mainly because we could literally dump the problem on the council's EHO, who, in turn, leaned on the management committee linked to 90% of the other properties. However, it didn't make us popular with some of the main offenders.

Hope you have determination and broad shoulders if go for this arrangement. With 4 properties there's less likelihood of issues, but then, it only takes one awkward family....

Davesnave

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I'd be concerned about residents considering it as a bin storage area rather than a collection point.

This is one of the main problems. I won't say how many recycling boxes I have in my possession, but they are damned good for growing tomatoes in!