u/Gastonne111

We live in a mid-terraced house between two other houses. The neighbours to the left of us are ideal and there are no issues whatsoever. However, the neighbours to the right of us, although they don’t directly bother us, cause problems through their actions — or lack of them.

They very often fail to put their bins out for the bin men. This causes the bins to smell and attract flies and maggots. We share adjoining walls and they leave their bin right outside their door, so the flies swarm around both bins. Every time we step outside, we’re hit by a horrible smell. It’s much worse in the hotter months.

They also keep dogs, which they never take for walks, and they let them do their business inside the house. We’ve noticed when they’ve opened their door that there’s dog poo and wee on the floor. A god-awful smell wafts out whenever they open it.

They’re not very approachable, and we’re not on speaking terms. The obvious solution would be to address the problem directly and ask them to sort it out, but I imagine bringing up their mess and the smell would immediately get their backs up.

Obviously I want to keep the peace, but we’ve had enough of the constant smell and flies. We also worry whether the dogs are being properly looked after.

What would be the best course of action? Would the council get involved? Is there anything that can be done about neighbours causing persistent smells and mess?

Just looking for other people’s thoughts. Thank you.

It's been a hot minute since Alex Ross has been on JRE.
I'd love for them to both sit down and discuss current going on in the world.

It'd be massively interesting IMO.