Skip Issues

LyricalLandlady

I am having issues

soolin

I wasn’t sure where to move this post and although it isn’t a consumer issue I thought it might get better responses here. 

452

I would suggest the company contact pay someone to remove it and do the decent thing for the customer. Either pay the owner again from your point of view or another company to remove and dispose of the waste. 

Aylesbury_Duck

I agree.  Your employer needs to do the right thing by its customer and pay to have the skip removed.  Sort everything else out later. 

davidmcn

soolin said:

I wasn’t sure where to move this post and although it isn’t a consumer issue I thought it might get better responses here. 

It probably is a consumer issue from the point of view of the OP's client though.

sheramber

The OP says he offered to pay but this was refused

452

davidmcn said:

soolin said:

I wasn’t sure where to move this post and although it isn’t a consumer issue I thought it might get better responses here. 

It probably is a consumer issue from the point of view of the OP's client though.

In which case the OP's company need to resolve it. 

shaun_from_Africa

LyricalLandlady said:

Things I have tried - 
- Explained we will move it and was told we would face fines

If you have somewhere secure that you could store the skip, I would suggest doing this.
The only ones who could fine you would be the courts and for this to happen you would have needed to have broken the law or caused some loss to the owners of the skip.
Provided that it is removed and stored with no damage caused and the owners are informed of its location and told that they can make an arrangement to collect their property then in my legally untrained opinion, I can't se that you will have done anything wrong.

hollydays

Do you know what the nature of the argument is between them?

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

In the interest of keeping the client happy I'd hire another skip, transfer the waste and have that gone (same day if possible, £20 to the driver to wait if you have enough people to empty the skip sharpish). 

Does the council require skip permits if the skip is on the road? If they do and a skip doesn't have a permit what do they do?

If there is no comeback to you or the client I'd drag it in the road and report it to the council as abandoned, the company that owns the skip has no contract with yourself and they can't fine you. 

The hire company may have comeback but how far are they going to get in small claims after 7 months of refusing to have it collected? 

bris

You can hire skip lorries buy the day for about £100. Hire one, and dump the skip outside their premises, any fines would need to be court ordered, they wouldn't win in court given the circumstances.