Out of Order?

[tbc]

Heres the deal, live in a nice house in a nice area and the former owner has rented the house beside me out.

The people who rent it keep themselves to themselves and i've not had a problem with them

But they are what I would call untidy, not bothering to cut grass, weed, general tools and bin left scattered around the front garden

Anyway i've noticed that the pipe which takes waste water from the sink/bath at the back of their house has come away and after three weeks they have done bugger all about it.

Now i'd say the bit of pipe cost about £5 and would take 2 minutes to fit (i'd even do it myself for them )

They have been sat in the garden while the water was pouring down the wall onto their patio and when i was also out the back and it made me wretch it was absolutely disgusting.

Now I haven't seen the property owner since i've noticed

Is it bang out of order for me to go to their door or slip a letter through their door telling them to fix it because it's disgusting

or am i just being a old fart twenty years before my time

Edited by tbc on Thursday 23 May 22:09

[Raize]

Report them to the police and the media.

[Grenoble]

Have you tried talking to them? As in, face to face? Offer to help, etc?

Edit to say: why did bath water make you gag??

[tbc]

Grenoble said:

Have you tried talking to them? As in, face to face? Offer to help, etc?

Edit to say: why did bath water make you gag??

bath water = cloudy, dead skin cells, pubes etc

[Grenoble]

tbc said:

bath water = cloudy, dead skin cells, pubes etc

Mild OCD?

[TheEnd]

tbc said:

bath water = cloudy, dead skin cells, pubes etc

wow.

I hope you never mow a frog.

[northwest monkey]

TheEnd said:

tbc said:

bath water = cloudy, dead skin cells, pubes etc

wow.

I hope you never mow a frog.

Or run over a squirrel.

Not wrong about the frog though - they squeal

[Who me ?]

Perhaps a chat with council Env health folks might get action. There's two possibilities -Tenant has reported and Landlord being tardy, or tenant not interested/ can't be bothered to report. If it's health hazard, ENV HEALTH will sort it out. Dn't forget the large increase in fly/Bluebottle population problem since the stink occurred .

[dingg]

say sweet FA but ram a spud up the pipe

they will have to sort it then

[tbc]

northwest monkey said:

TheEnd said:

tbc said:

bath water = cloudy, dead skin cells, pubes etc

wow.

I hope you never mow a frog.

Or run over a squirrel.

Not wrong about the frog though - they squeal

I remember a guy in work telling me he was racing up to Calais to catch the boat back to blighty and the motorway crossed a path of migrating frogs

said the squished frogs all over the wheels and arches put him off meat for months

[Pontoneer]

tbc said:

am i just being a old fart twenty years before my time

Yes

[10 Pence Short]

WeirdNeville said:

You are being a bit over the top.

If you really care, let the landlord/your ex neighbour know so they an sort it, it's no fun trying to sort a damp/eroded wall out after the fact. Other than that, it's no business of yours how your neighbours live their life.

It is if there is a health hazard, noise or smell pollution.

Speak politely to the neighbour in the first instance and then move on to Env Health if there is no response.

[craigjm]

Just mention it to them politely and offer to fix it for them. Tenants generally don't give a st about the house they are living in because its not theirs.

[Jasandjules]

tbc said:

Is it bang out of order for me to go to their door or slip a letter through their door telling them to fix it because it's disgusting

Yes.

It may also start of a neighbour war. You could of course pop round and say hi guys I noticed that pipe leaks and I would be happy to fix it for you, I love DIY... Something like that, in a manner which doesn't betray your OCD.

If it was their toilet then fair enough I might be upset about that too.

Might I suggest you purchase a property with sufficient distance between yourself and your neighbours that you can't see the pipes on their walls!?!?

[Pontoneer]

At least they seem to bathe .

Or would you be happier if the bath never got used and they stank to high heaven .

[Grenoble]

10 Pence Short said:

It is if there is a health hazard, noise or smell pollution.

Speak politely to the neighbour in the first instance and then move on to Env Health if there is no response.

Bath water would not constitute a hazard to health...

[10 Pence Short]

I read it as potentially including the waste pipe from the toilet. If waste bath or sink water on its own is making the OP wretch, he's perhaps a bit over sensitive.

[Grenoble]

10 Pence Short said:

I read it as potentially including the waste pipe from the toilet. If waste bath or sink water on its own is making the OP wretch, he's perhaps a bit over sensitive.

Ah yes I see. If it was from the toilet then yes, env health wold help, probably by putting a stat. order on the landlord.

[CallorFold]

Jasandjules said:

You could of course pop round and say hi guys I noticed that pipe leaks and I would be happy to fix it for you, I love DIY... Something like that, in a manner which doesn't betray your OCD.

^ This just pop round and offer to help out

[tonygt3]

Some tenants just do not give a damn. They may not even have advised the letting agent to get a handyman to pop round and fix it. Let alone cutting the grass.