highlandmac Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 29/07/2024 at 10:08, Melanius Mullarkey said: To go round and kick them in the head? Could work I suppose. Pretty sure there's laws about creating a racket past a certain time without a good reason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 50 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Surely you leave the handle road-side for the binmen to grab? Aberdeenshire guidance was as per the picture. I think this was to do with the use of self loading lorries with the arms that gripped the bins and emptied them straight into the lorry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, eez-eh said: Surely you leave the handle road-side for the binmen to grab? It’s probably some H&S nonsense - Joe Public haven’t done the training on manoeuvring the bin while placing themselves in an active traffic lane so you just stay safe on the pavement and let the qualified technicians deal with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 8 hours ago, strichener said: Aberdeenshire guidance was as per the picture. I think this was to do with the use of self loading lorries with the arms that gripped the bins and emptied them straight into the lorry. Probably. The arm is up and over, so placing the hinge to the street would limit the emptying of the bin easily, when the hinge away results in a quick slide out for the rubbish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 I have neighbours that aren't evil as such, just lazy, feckless, useless idiots. Basically the scenario is that I live in a boring, quiet suburban street. There's no through traffic to speak of, kids playing football in the middle of the road, etc. It's all semis and most of the street is populated with either folk with young kids (e.g. us) or old dears who have been there forever. Except - there's one house a few doors diagonally opposite me with a couple in their 30s. They look a bit like Wayne and Waynetta Slob. Their garden is a tip and, without getting too pearl-clutching about it, their house is a dump. Most of the time it's just a bit of an eyesore, and people can do what they like with their own homes, but what really pisses everyone off is that they had this dog that they would just let out to go shit because they were too lazy/stupid/ugly to take for a walk. It was some sort of greyhound type beast, and what little I know of those dogs is that they only really need 1 walk a day, but that's too much effort for them. They had a dog-walker come round to run it each day. Their whole garden was just a mess of dogshit and stank in the summer. Like really stank. Anyway, the poor beast finally died and at last things were looking up. But I wandered past the other day and the mother of one of them was in the garden clearing away weeds and so on. She does this once or twice a year for her offspring. f**k knows why. Sometimes she even comes and does it while they're away on holiday. As I went past I overheard them speaking and the daughter was saying that their new puppy would be ready soon and they they would be going to collect it. Clearly the waist-high weeds are being cleared so that the new dog has somewhere to shit all over. What should we do? Laxative chocolate won't work as they clearly don't mind living surrounded by dogshit. I was wondering if it could be considered a health and safety issue, assuming the garden ends up being a toilet again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 23 minutes ago, milton75 said: I have neighbours that aren't evil as such, just lazy, feckless, useless idiots. Basically the scenario is that I live in a boring, quiet suburban street. There's no through traffic to speak of, kids playing football in the middle of the road, etc. It's all semis and most of the street is populated with either folk with young kids (e.g. us) or old dears who have been there forever. Except - there's one house a few doors diagonally opposite me with a couple in their 30s. They look a bit like Wayne and Waynetta Slob. Their garden is a tip and, without getting too pearl-clutching about it, their house is a dump. Most of the time it's just a bit of an eyesore, and people can do what they like with their own homes, but what really pisses everyone off is that they had this dog that they would just let out to go shit because they were too lazy/stupid/ugly to take for a walk. It was some sort of greyhound type beast, and what little I know of those dogs is that they only really need 1 walk a day, but that's too much effort for them. They had a dog-walker come round to run it each day. Their whole garden was just a mess of dogshit and stank in the summer. Like really stank. Anyway, the poor beast finally died and at last things were looking up. But I wandered past the other day and the mother of one of them was in the garden clearing away weeds and so on. She does this once or twice a year for her offspring. f**k knows why. Sometimes she even comes and does it while they're away on holiday. As I went past I overheard them speaking and the daughter was saying that their new puppy would be ready soon and they they would be going to collect it. Clearly the waist-high weeds are being cleared so that the new dog has somewhere to shit all over. What should we do? Laxative chocolate won't work as they clearly don't mind living surrounded by dogshit. I was wondering if it could be considered a health and safety issue, assuming the garden ends up being a toilet again? Absolutely riles me the f**k up people who have dogs and either don't look after them properly and / or don't train them, shouldn't be allowed a f**king dog. I have dogs all around me, street is obsessed with yappy dogs, one thing I can say is they all get out for walks regularly but all of them yap at each other / anything that moves as they are always outside. Anyway, if the new puppy truly seems to be neglected, not walked and living in poor conditions you can report it to the SSPCA. Unfortunately as far as I know the criteria for neglect is quite in favour of the dog owners, unless the dog is visibly malnourished, not being cared for and living in a complete hovel they'll probs be fine. If they are total slobs, living in a bit of a messy house, letting their dog shit outside all year round, they will probably just be told clean up your shit and walk your f**king dog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Get up in the middle of the night and post all the dogshite through their letterbox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Update on my investigations on the noisy c***s in the retail park. It would appear that they did not have the Building Warrant in place for this work (as was pointed out by my fellow grass @greendot above) and the wifie from Building Control is now investigating further. I very much doubt anything will happen but im going to do my utmost to at least get a compo face photo in the Courier out of this whole sorry debacle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 02/08/2024 at 10:26, thistledo said: Absolutely riles me the f**k up people who have dogs and either don't look after them properly and / or don't train them, shouldn't be allowed a f**king dog. I have dogs all around me, street is obsessed with yappy dogs, one thing I can say is they all get out for walks regularly but all of them yap at each other / anything that moves as they are always outside. We have a wee b@st@rd of a yapper a couple of gardens over at the back and every weekend without fail, the wailing whining barking mutt is let out into the back green at 7 am to wake up the neighbourhood. I keep thinking of a Dr.Evil fantasy whereby the surrounding neighbours and myself all chip in to buy a drone with a grabber claw (Ukraine stylee) and we load it with cyanide-laced chunks of steak and drop it in said garden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Update on my investigations on the noisy c***s in the retail park. It would appear that they did not have the Building Warrant in place for this work (as was pointed out by my fellow grass @greendot above) and the wifie from Building Control is now investigating further. I very much doubt anything will happen but im going to do my utmost to at least get a compo face photo in the Courier out of this whole sorry debacle. There may be a chance they get an enforcement action put into place but they may in turn just ignore it and carry on as they'll no doubt have a deadline to meet for the works which hasn't allowed for the inconvenience of getting the paperwork sorted out. Also the timeframes have probably come from head office (read as England) so they're free to do work once planning is in place and have work inspected regularly where as we obtain planning then building warrant to ensure the work will be carried out correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 13 minutes ago, greendot said: There may be a chance they get an enforcement action put into place but they may in turn just ignore it and carry on as they'll no doubt have a deadline to meet for the works which hasn't allowed for the inconvenience of getting the paperwork sorted out. Also the timeframes have probably come from head office (read as England) so they're free to do work once planning is in place and have work inspected regularly where as we obtain planning then building warrant to ensure the work will be carried out correctly. I’m opening a whole can of whoopass on them either way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Update on my investigations on the noisy c***s in the retail park. It would appear that they did not have the Building Warrant in place for this work (as was pointed out by my fellow grass @greendot above) and the wifie from Building Control is now investigating further. I very much doubt anything will happen but im going to do my utmost to at least get a compo face photo in the Courier out of this whole sorry debacle. I see Mrs Mullarkey has been practicing her compo face 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 52 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: I see Mrs Mullarkey has been practicing her orgasm face FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 56 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: FTFY You wish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 15 hours ago, greendot said: There may be a chance they get an enforcement action put into place but they may in turn just ignore it and carry on as they'll no doubt have a deadline to meet for the works which hasn't allowed for the inconvenience of getting the paperwork sorted out. Also the timeframes have probably come from head office (read as England) so they're free to do work once planning is in place and have work inspected regularly where as we obtain planning then building warrant to ensure the work will be carried out correctly. Is there a timeframe for the council giving someone a completion certificate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 17 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: We have a wee b@st@rd of a yapper a couple of gardens over at the back and every weekend without fail, the wailing whining barking mutt is let out into the back green at 7 am to wake up the neighbourhood. I keep thinking of a Dr.Evil fantasy whereby the surrounding neighbours and myself all chip in to buy a drone with a grabber claw (Ukraine stylee) and we load it with cyanide-laced chunks of steak and drop it in said garden. That's murder, thankfully the only ones that let theirs out early are the ones that bark the least, I think there was a time one of the yappy dog owners tried it and got swiftly told to wrap that pish. I just have visions one day of booting one clean over the fence at whatever bigger dog the other side of the fence it's yapping at. The odd kickoff with dogs doesn't bother me, but all day left outside barking when trying to work and youngest napping is a right pest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 8 hours ago, Leith Green said: Is there a timeframe for the council giving someone a completion certificate? These days, once a warrant has been granted you have 3 years to complete the works (used to be 5 years) but if you don't complete works you can apply for an extension to the warrant which runs for an additional 9 months then 12 months after that. Once you've 'completed' the works you formally apply for completion where you submit any certificates electric, plumbing etc then the council will come round and inspect the works and if they're happy they'll issue the completion. If they're not happy then you may need an amendment to warrant if something has changed along the way, then you simply reapply and things should get signed off. There are times where some people don't apply for completion immediately (not advised) so they won't have to start paying council tax if its a new house but equally if there's a fire then they wont be insured. The council will only sort out the completion certificate once relevant other paperwork is up to date. e.g if works are completed but the warrant ran out 3 yrs ago, the council would need payments to make the warrant 'live' again so 3 x fee and providing everything else is ok, completion can be applied for and accepted thereafter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 2 hours ago, greendot said: These days, once a warrant has been granted you have 3 years to complete the works (used to be 5 years) but if you don't complete works you can apply for an extension to the warrant which runs for an additional 9 months then 12 months after that. Once you've 'completed' the works you formally apply for completion where you submit any certificates electric, plumbing etc then the council will come round and inspect the works and if they're happy they'll issue the completion. If they're not happy then you may need an amendment to warrant if something has changed along the way, then you simply reapply and things should get signed off. There are times where some people don't apply for completion immediately (not advised) so they won't have to start paying council tax if its a new house but equally if there's a fire then they wont be insured. The council will only sort out the completion certificate once relevant other paperwork is up to date. e.g if works are completed but the warrant ran out 3 yrs ago, the council would need payments to make the warrant 'live' again so 3 x fee and providing everything else is ok, completion can be applied for and accepted thereafter. Thank you. We have neighbours through the wall who did work last year and have screwed up the soundproofing when services were put in between our properties. They say they havent, but have had simultaneously had the brass neck to complain that they can hear our music Anyway, I spoke to building control and asked if it has been signed off (as I understand they need to demonstrate that they havent left it in a worse state since the works were done) but from what you say, they basically dont have to get anything for another couple years (unless they intend selling). Wankers that they are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 22 minutes ago, Leith Green said: Thank you. We have neighbours through the wall who did work last year and have screwed up the soundproofing when services were put in between our properties. They say they havent, but have had simultaneously had the brass neck to complain that they can hear our music Anyway, I spoke to building control and asked if it has been signed off (as I understand they need to demonstrate that they havent left it in a worse state since the works were done) but from what you say, they basically dont have to get anything for another couple years (unless they intend selling). Wankers that they are. Depending on the extent of the works if it's affecting a separating wall there shouldn't be any penetrations (kenneth.gif) as it could compromise the sound and fire integrity of the wall. Building control should have been out to do inspections but if they haven't it may be worth putting in an official complaint raising concerns about the noise levels. Usually if the council hasn't done any inspections they may insist on doing a 'destructive' survey where they need to see beyond the finished surface via a hole cut in the plasterboard / behind an electric socket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 2 hours ago, Leith Green said: Thank you. We have neighbours through the wall who did work last year and have screwed up the soundproofing when services were put in between our properties. They say they havent, but have had simultaneously had the brass neck to complain that they can hear our music Anyway, I spoke to building control and asked if it has been signed off (as I understand they need to demonstrate that they havent left it in a worse state since the works were done) but from what you say, they basically dont have to get anything for another couple years (unless they intend selling). Wankers that they are. Having managed to get Studio 24 effectively shut down and a noise limiter put in the old City Club because the pensioners' bingo was too loud you might as well have Edinburgh City Council's dislike of noise put to good use and get them to check it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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