Rubbish in neighbours garden

[cyberknight]

As a few may know we are trying to sell our house and we have an issue with a neighbour, they have a collection of broken furniture in the front garden thats been there since x mas and no signs of it moving .
I am thinking it does not help 1st impressions if we get potential buyers and as its a council house and they rent i have half a mind to contact the council.

 

[Chris S]

Try Environmental Health. Say you've seen rats coming out of it.

 

[Drago]

Contact the council. Itll be in their tenancy that they have to keep the place moderately tidy and not cause nuisance etc. Be careful about making false or misleading reports to environmental health...you can be prosecuted for it.

 

[sleuthey]

have half a mind to contact the council.

If you do that then won't you have to disclose it to the solicitors as a "problem with neighbors" when you sell yours?

 

[ColinJ]

It is a more sensible approach than murdering them!

 

[cyberknight]

If you do that then won't you have to disclose it to the solicitors as a "problem with neighbors" when you sell yours?

They are nice people i just find it odd that they not removed it , they have an old sedan so it would be hard for them to take it too the tip i dunno whether to tell em if they break it down i will remove it

 

[mistyoptic]

If they are nice people, why not simply explain to them that it would be helpful to you in your house sale if they could clear the rubbish?

 

[Hover Fly]

They are nice people i just find it odd that they not removed it , they have an old sedan so it would be hard for them to take it too the tip i dunno whether to tell em if they break it down i will remove it

That's what I would do. They're probably sat there wondering how to move that old furniture.

 

[Mike_P]

Could be they know someone who has offered to remove it but as yet had not turned up, bit like that odd job man who promised to pop round and fix something...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

They're waiting for better weather to sit out with some cold beer

 

[swee'pea99]

If they are nice people, why not simply explain to them that it would be helpful to you in your house sale if they could clear the rubbish?

There's always one isn't there...?

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Move it into yours, see how they like it.

 

[Archie_tect]

If they are nice people, why not simply explain to them that it would be helpful to you in your house sale if they you could clear the rubbish?

 

[tom73]

If they are nice and you get on with them then just see if you help them out. It will be in the tenancy it's in ours best to a avoid telling the council. They tend to offer little help other than get it moved which they are finding difficult won't help other then getting them in trouble which can quickly turn into being heavy handed.
Plus if your moving it's best all round if you leave on nice terms with neighbours and not to have left them to deal with a whole lot of hot water.

 

[vickster]

That's what I would do. They're probably sat there wondering how to move that old furniture.

Indeed, why not offer to give them a hand