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AIBU to stop a villager using our skip and interrupting builders?

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Nousernameideaaga · Today 10:10

Having an extension built on our house. Will likely be ongoing until September.
Have a skip outside our house which , when neighbours have asked , we have allowed them to put stuff in our skip. No problem.

A man from elsewhere in the village is working on his own house.

Five times now he was wandered up our garden (long garden) to find our builder and to try and poach him onto his site. He has not asked permission to come into our garden. We are paying our builder on a day rate so each interruption costs us money.

Last night he put a load of waste from his own house (loads of bathroom tiles , a sink and a bath panel) into our skip. Without asking.

Live in a very small village , word of any neighbour dispute quickly makes it round the village.

Do I put up with it for the sake of keeping the peace.

Or do I ask him to leave next time I see him in our garden and ask him to contribute to the cost of the skip?

ETA Builder also lives in the village , is a brilliant builder

YABU Keep the peace

YANBU Kick him out and send a bill

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underthehawthorntree · Today 15:03

I think there's a middle ground here. You don't have to either ignore it or go nuclear. I would knock on his door and ask him politely not to put anything else in your skip because each refill needs to be paid for. And say that rhe builders are very busy and have asked not to be disturbed when they are working but they are happy for him to have their number for future projects.

AmandaHoldensLips · Today 15:18

Knock on his door.

"Hello Neighbour. I've noticed you've been coming over to our house quite a bit and I wondered if there is something I can help you with? Apart from dumping your stuff in our skip, that is."

Hard Paddington stare.

Toohotforwork · Today 15:31

Take photo of his shit and report to the council for flytipping. If he did that you drive he would be prosecuted. The fact it is a skip makes no difference - its your skip not his skip.

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