Messy Neighbours

There are a number of housing association properties on Chatsworth Way which regularly cause problems with rubbish being dumped or not disposed of properly. The real challenge is to get someone to take responsibility for the problem, as it does not fall to the council.

2 doors down from our office a refuse sack was not put in the large commercial bin provided, and unsurprisingly it was torn open and redistributed by foxes and other creatures. There are used nappies all over the place, spilling onto the pavement, and it has been like this for a whole week. One nappy was kindly placed in our back garden by a thoughtful fox. There has also been broken furniture dumped alongside the bin for at least two months.

We called the housing association on Wednesday to ask them to sort out the current mess, and they promised a housing officer would attend to assess and resolve the problem and put letters through the tenants' letterboxes. The mess is still there today so we just called the housing association again.

The officer responsible and their entire team are apparently on a team building day today and won't be back until Monday, so the good folk of Chatsworth Way, including our tenants and staff, will just have to put up with it for another few days.

It is a shame that many people seem to lack respect for their local environment and the people who share it with them.