Neighbourly issues

I don't think you're being a drama queen at all. This would hack me right off.

I would put a note and if that didn't work, a padlock.

Exactly this! x

I'm so glad you mentioned a padlock, that's exactly was what I was thinking. I didn't want to come across as mental though if I was already being dramatic ?

I'd just put a padlock, wouldn't bother with a note.

We were (unintentionally) the cause of neighbour issues with parking. Everyone had an allocated space with their flat number, plus there were 2 visitor bays. However, the IDIOTS who designed the place had put our flat's parking space (31) next to a column, with one more space then a wall on the other side, meaning that if number 30 had used his space next to the wall then there was no physical way to park a car in our parking space, it was just too small. Absolutely impossible even if you had a small car and were a perfect driver. So if the visitor spaces were taken and we had the car on the weekend, we'd have no choice but to park in one of the empty spaces. There were always at least ten free so it's not like anyone would be left without a space! Still got notes about it, but what could we do?

Do you have a rear garden or somewhere that you could put your bin away from the communal area?.

I don't think it is being snobby or moany at all following it up. Their inconsiderate actions mean you have to leave your rubbish on the street which encourages animals, makes the place look unsightly etc etc.. if it were me I would do what the council do for illegal dumping and look through the rubbish for letters or anything with the address and go and knock on their door for a 'meaningful' discussion.

not square, it is damn right rude!!!!!!!!!! do you know who it is? is there a way of moving the bin to behind yoru property at all?

I think that's really rude. I used to live in a flat and things like this always made me cross. I would never do something I thought would annoy other people, so why can't everyone else just be respectful and do the same?

I think a padlock's the way to go, don't bother with a note.

I would be totally hacked off with this too! Just damn rude if you ask me.

We have the opposite problem. We have one old (ish) gent who lives in our block of flats always sorts the bins and they are out and ready by 10am on a Sunday morning for collection on the Monday. He moves rubbish around from the bins so only a few (full) ones are taken out. We take our recycling out but he always brings our box up the stairs. He also washes the bins at least every other month.

Not a clue

*Edit* Just heard the bins being shuffled around downstairs. Maybe one of my neighbours is a hitcher!

I'm tempted to go down for a peek, just in case.

Go down now!!

It would really pee me off if someone was doing that to me! Put some CCTV near you bin and catch the culprit in the act!

Are all the bins full? There's no chance that the person is just really stupid and is using the wrong bin as opposed to both?

Would it be really mean to smear something really smelly and sticky all round the top of your bin so anyone opening it got it all over themselves?

You could then listen out for someone swearing and you've found the culprit!

Ha! That's always an option ?

As soon as I read it I thought "sod the note and buy a padlock" It would do my head in! So rude, I would be digging through the rubbish for clues on whos it was and then leaving in on their doorstep :-)

We have a communal bin, some of the residents put all sorts of rubbish in there, mattresses, christmas trees, car parts... sometimes the bin men refuse to take it and that affects us all.

We also have one allocated space each, if someone parks in mine I block them in!!

I would either leave a note (on cupcake paper like Flow did) or just lock it shut (just remember to unlock it on bin day!!)

I'd go straight for the padlock. Cheeky buggers!

Thanks for the suggestions everyone

I'm glad it's not just me who's annoyed by things like this.

My OH is so casual about things that some times I feel like i'm being OTT about everything.

Are all the bins stored together or do you have one each outside your own properties?

Is it possible that everyone just treats all the bins as communal in which case you could do the same? Or is some idiot actually coming to your property to use your bin?

All the bins are kept in the same general area, but it isn't like a bin shed or anything. Each property has their own council issued waste and recycling bins which have our door numbers on them. As far as I know everyone uses their own, i've never seen anyone use someone elses, and although the whole "mews" area is communal, everyone sticks to their own little patch.

Having thought about it a bit more, our bin is the first one on the row, which means that anyone bringing out their rubbish arrives at ours first- so it could be pure laziness. There are literally 3 steps between our bins and the last one, so it's not a huge distance, which again would be a little more understandable.

I don't suppose i'll get to the bottom of it, short of catching someone in the act but if it happens again i'll be out padlock shopping.

THis is me exactly. I am a good citizen and try and recycle properly, in my old flat one of our neighbours always put the black bin stuff in teh green bin, ruining all my hard work. OH thought i was such an idiot for caring but it annoyed me so much! If I didn't have room for my own rubbish like you, I'd go straight for the padlock. Id be majorly peed off too!

I wouldn't stand for this. I would drill a hole and stick a huge padlock on it as others have said.

We've had this problem a couple of times - our house backs onto flats and a few people put stuff in our bin rather than the v large communal one. I have no problem taking their stuff out of my bin and leaving it on the kerb (away from my bin / back of house of course!).

yep, i did, friendly yet firm..cupcakes are friendly, the note however was not ?

Cheeky buggers! I would go for the padlock idea myself.

I live in a similar sort of set up but we have a bin shed with one big dumpster style bin. It gets full pretty quick and gets a bit yucky. What really really pisses me off is that on multiple occasions, the lady next door to us' son has been seen using our bins for his rubbish. (He lives just down the street but not in our apartment block). I even caught him in the act as id just got home one day and he hid round the corner until i went inside thr building. He's such a scumbag