About my neighbour ?

If the bins are on your property, he has no right to demand that you move them. He could always move seat in the house if looking at them bothers him

I can see both sides in that you cannot move them and he has to look at them, however, he could have called around and asked if you wouldn’t mind if he moved them to the back of your house, Maybe having cancer is making him grumpy.

I don't think either of you is being unreasonable.

I think he is being unreasonable and probably taking his upset at being ill out on you.
It is tricky but I am always one for keeping the peace with neighbours so would probably move the bins.
We had a hot-headed neighbour next door to us and used to complain about one thing or another - fortunately he has moved and we have lovely neighbours now.

We had something similar annsixty with our neighbour. Our daughters small camper van was parked up our drive permanently as it had something wrong with it. She came out one day and totally ranted to DH about being able to see it from her kitchen window. Good job she didn’t have the view I had as it was right in front of our window. Camper stayed put I’m afraid.
If it’s easier for you leave the bins where they are. It’s much easier to move a chair!

A friend has to leave her bins at the front of the house because it's terraced and is a long trek round or she would have to take them through the house otherwise.
She and some of her neighbours have bought stick-on flowers etc to put on the bins to pretty them up. 🌼🌻🌷
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Actually, I think he IBU. If you were young and fit I could sympathise with him and if he really objects he could move them for you.

Actually, I think he IBU. Our neighbours sometimes move our bins from the kerb side to the side of our house for us. Very kind.

I am really trying to put it out of my mind but I can’t.
I am upset and confused.
Three weeks ago I had a lot of garden rubbish cleared .
I hired two young lads to do it and hired a skip.
A few days before it was all removed this neighbour came round to ask if he could so some work on his conservatory roof.
It is built right up to the boundary so only accessible from my garden.
I explained that until the rubbish was moved in the next week or so it was not possible.
He seemed fine about it and no more was said.
Now of course I am wondering if that really annoyed him.

Looking at bins wouldn't bother me unless they had food hanging out or something. We out the bins back for our 95 year old neighbour. She regularly phones us to say they are an inch or two away from where she likes them.

Theexwife

I can see both sides in that you cannot move them and he has to look at them, however, he could have called around and asked if you wouldn’t mind if he moved them to the back of your house, Maybe having cancer is making him grumpy.

I don't think either of you is being unreasonable.

I agree.
It’s not great having to see neighbours bins if they have a choice to be moved elsewhere.You could ask him to move them for you once a week OP.

It is built right up to the boundary so only accessible from my garden
I hope he got your agreement before he applied for planning permission.

He sounds thoroughly awkward.
Please don't get stressed about it.

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Don’t be upset by it 💐
You acted in the right way when he called round.I really would suggest to him that he moves them for you, problem solved.

Kate1949

Looking at bins wouldn't bother me unless they had food hanging out or something. We out the bins back for our 95 year old neighbour. She regularly phones us to say they are an inch or two away from where she likes them.

😁
No pleasing some folk!

Would it not have been more reasonable for him to ask in a friendly manner. I am rather stubborn and would therefore move them 2 feet and consider the job satisfactory

Would it be possible to put up a small fence between the bins and the neighbour’s view?
At his expense preferably.
Don’t let it upset you, you have a lovely granddaughter, nice friends that you meet for lunch or cocktails, lots of friends on gransnet. What does he have, a grumpy nature and an immovable breakfast chair.

I’d have laughed and told him to sit in a seat where he couldn’t see your horrible dirty filthy bins 😂

Poor guy. Sounds like he is totally fed up with having prostate cancer and not feeling well. He obviously wanted you to know or he would not have mentioned it. Sounds like he doesn’t get out much and if he lives alone the days can be very long.

I would have made him a coffee and had a chat with him.

Id like to bet he would not have spoken to a male like that. A few years ago I would probably have gone nuclear and given him a few choice words. I would not allow some scabby neighbour (male or female) to tell me where to keep my bins. Nowadays I just dont answer my door to random callers who want to have a whinge about something.

I cannot stand rigid boring people who want their own way. Some people get worse as they age and things that annoy them cause them to be obsessed about silly things.

I would leave them for now if he knocks again suggest he moves them as it’s difficult for you to do so. If it annoys him that much he will eventually move them.

Disagreements I had with a neighbour made me ill. I don’t rise to the bait anymore its not worth it and neither should you 💐

You can get screens for bins if that would help.

Oh for crying out loud if that s all that’s wrong in the neighbourhood Tell hi,m to shut his eyes and pretend he’s on a desert island on bin day What a tosspot

Thank you all for your views and your very kind words and thoughts.
I am getting over it now.
He does not live alone he has a wife and gets out a lot normally so he is not lonely or bored.
He is a very keen golfer as is his wife.
He is probably very frustrated at not getting to the club whilst having his treatment.
That I can understand.

I would give him permission to move the bin and then ask your GD for help putting your rubbish out..

Suggest that he plants a hedge or puts u some kind of trellis.

No, you are not being unreasonable.
He may well be feeling frustrated about missing the golf, but that's not an excuse to be rude to you - or to your bins! You did very well to keep cool.
Deep breath.

If the bins are on your property your neighbour has no right to object where you place your bins ; they are not obstructing access or light. I think he is simply grumpy, which may be due to his prostate problem, or simply grumpiness.
If he had suggested he moved them for you, fair enough, but not to expect you to do so because the sight of them offends him.
Silly man.