There used to be a strange concrete construction near us – it looked like a randomly located, oversized former men’s urinal – on a slightly recessed wall on the corner of a back lane, but out on the main street.
For years it seemed to attract all the area’s broken microwaves, collapsed book cases, cracked TV screens and discarded mattresses.
Why there, of all places? It was one of the mysteries of modern living.
Someone had decided at some point that this would be a good place to dump all the stuff that wouldn’t fit in their bin and that was it: for years and years, all the busted whitegoods and broken bed frames ended up there, despite myriad council signs telling people not to do so.
It has gone now as the building next to it is being redeveloped into one of those modern boarding houses we keep hearing about – small studio flats with some shared facilities
When I say “gone”, I notice another corner of a back lane a block away, has become the preferred spot for fly-tipping.
I suppose that ancient urge to create middens, combined with a modern sense that it should be someone else’s problem comes into play.
Which brings us to a Flatchatter who has noticed some abandoned kitchen crap in a dark corner near his garage. You can advise him on how to avoid it becoming the de facto fly tip for his area HERE.
Elsewhere on the Forum
- Who’s responsible for the waterproofing on a 25-year-old townhouse bathroom? That’s HERE.
- Is damage from a hot water system leak covered by strata insurance? That’s HERE.
- Bullied, belittled and besmirched – what can I do about a committee member’s contemptuous abuse. That’s HERE.
- With a special levy paying for urgent repairs, how much money should there be in the sinking fund? That’s HERE.
- Should the owners corp be liable for damage caused due to reported faults being ignored. That’s HERE.
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