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I've just moved to Nunhead, into a flat within a house made up of about 6 other flats. We have lots of bins, recycling and regular ones, overflowing, and tonnes of 'dumped' rubbish outside the property. Old 'To Let' signs, a broken trampoline, building & DIY waste, random bits that look awful. Does anyone know if we can contact the council to remove this stuff? As we only just moved here, we don't feel it's our responsibility to clear it ourselves really :(


Thanks....

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If it's on your land (i.e. not on the street), you can still get the council to collect items (links above) but you may have to prepare things for them (bag anything loose, chop up the To Let signs, etc). If it's on the street, it's a different matter.


I used to live in a 3-flat building, with a front garden in which our bins stood. People in other flats didn't understand what the council do/don't collect when left beside bins, so items used to build up behind the bins, on our land. I ended up having to rip up a load of cardboard to get it in the bins, having realised the council wouldn't do that for us.


After you've got it sorted (hopefully collectively), see if the other residents know how to keep it that way. If they're anything like my old neighbours, you might need to politely remind them occasionally ;-) Or once you feel brave enough, stick a polite sign in the communal hallway. Often that's enough.

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