u/Which-Net-3190

Recently moved into a house in Lublin, so far all good but lately the neighbors have started burning a lot of wood in the evening hours. Today already since 17h there is nonstop smoke coming from the chimney.

It's very thick and heavy, and it leaves a really annoying feeling in the eyes and throat after all this time. The smoke is white/grey so at least they are not burning trash.

I wouldn't have such a problem with it in winter, because all our windows would be closed anyway. But damnit, it's nearly 30 degrees. My children want to play in the garden, I would like to lie down in a chair and enjoy the weather, but instead we're all cooped up inside.

Is it illegal in Lubelskie województwo by any chance?

Recently moved into a house in Lublin, so far all good but lately the neighbors have started burning a lot of wood in the evening hours. Today already since 17h there is nonstop smoke coming from the chimney.

It's very thick and heavy, and it leaves a really annoying feeling in the eyes and throat after all this time. The smoke is white/grey so at least they are not burning trash.

I wouldn't have such a problem with it in winter, because all our windows would be closed anyway. But damnit, it's nearly 30 degrees. My children want to play in the garden, I would like to lie down in a chair and enjoy the weather, but instead we're all cooped up inside.

Is it illegal in Lubelskie województwo by any chance?

To further clarify what I mean with the smoke discomfort:

The wind is blowing their smoke directly in our garden, and unlike regular wood smoke, it has a very noticeable negative impact on our breathing and our general health (headache, tearing) after being exposed for a longer time.

I am inside the house now for at least half an hour and still coughing and having irritated airways from the smoke.

Hi all,

Question: Do dossiers get closed/rejected automatically after time if you fail to provide the requested extra proof, or do they remain open indefinitely?

Story for context: Living in Poland for past 13 years now. I did the initial bureaucratic requirements such as PESEL, and Rejestracja pobytu obywatela UE, etc.

After 5 years as a EU-citizen you can request the "Right for Permanent Residence as EU-citizen" and get a plastic card. That being said, no organization or instance (be it a bank, insurance company, government agency, etc) ever asked me if I had it when I wanted to buy/loan/use their service so I completely forgot about it over time.

However, with the increase in nationalistic rhetoric lately and the proposed changes to naturalization I thought it prudent to make sure all my administrative obligations are taken care off.

So, I raised the request in Gdańsk in February and provided PIT from 2020-2024, amongst other documents (work contract, rental contract, marriage contract with Polish citizen, etc). Not from 2025 because it was only February and I hadn't even filled it in yet. At the intake, the lady at the desk confirmed all was fine with the dossier and it was submitted. Now 3 months later I finally got an update on the case and they request me to provide also PIT from 2025.

Now, I don't live in Gdańsk anymore. I live in Lubelskie. We bought a house here in April. I'm not going back to Gdańsk to give a copy of my PIT 2025. So, for me it would be better if they just close the dossier over there and I would raise a new one in Lublin instead.

And yeah, I just never expected it to take more than 2 months for EU-citizens as well. I know for non-EU citizens it can take up to a year or longer, but EU-citizens don't require this right for permanent residence anyway (case in point, got a bank loan and bought a house without it) so never expected it to take so long otherwise I would have waited and done it in Lublin instead.

Hi all,

Just moved here from Gdańsk and bought my first ever house. It's also the first house in Poland I've lived in, before I always rented appartments.

In appartments, the easy thing about trash was you could dump everything in the communal containers without much worry. Big carton boxes, old furniture, etc It was all taken care off.

But now I have a house. No containers (except mix waste). And I have crazy amount of large carton boxes from furniture that I bought. I checked with Chatgpt and it said the śmieciarki don't take away carton boxes, it only takes blue bags or the blue container.

So for the last 3 hours I've been busy ripping those carton boxes to little pieces and i have filled around 10 30L blue bags so far, and I'm halfway through. And I don't know when I ever will find the motivation to continue this boring task. So...

Am I an idiot for having taken Chatgpt's comments at facevalue and is there a better way to get those big carton boxes disposed of? Or am I really stuck with ripping them to small pieces and putting them in the bag?