Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Neighbours rubbish
Hi all,
I've got a neighbouring house that's used as student/low-cost housing, with high turnover of residents. The front yard looks like a dump, with used mattresses and garbage bags everywhere. They don't seem to realise that bins won't be emptied if they're not accessible or overfull, which seems to happen every garbage collection.
Now, you can do what you like with your property, and I'm not really that bothered other than the unsightliness bringing down the neighbourhood. However, this week they decided that our garbage bin was fair game and started popping bags into ours (which meant we couldn't get rid of all our trash).
Question: are there any bylaws about using your front yard as a garbage dump?
And yes, I have tried to go to their front door and speak to them, but it's hard to get anyone to talk to as everyone seems to stay in their own rooms and won't answer the door.
Thanks
Mark
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Permalink Reply by 1vut8bf3om5m9 on
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Not always because many of these can get away with simplified accounts. However, in April 2016 the People with Significant Control register requirement came into force. This means that anyone can apply at a company's registered office for the names of the parties with significant control (usually the shareholder(s)). You just have to pay them I thikn around £10 and they have to reply within a week or two by law. The responses are all with prescribed language so there shouldn't be funny business.
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Permalink Reply by Rob B on
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I'm not talking about the company accounts, I am talking about the AR01 which will list shareholders.
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I work in Environmental Health (housing).
The property should be licensed as an HMO under the council's additional licensing scheme which included the Harringay ward. The person in control can be prosecuted for breaching the conditions of the licence which include adequate refuse storage. You need to contact the environmental health housing improvement team
If it is unlicensed, they can still take action under different legislation. For your interest, mandatory licensing of smaller 2 storey HMO's is to be Introduced later this year. So if anyone suspects that a neighbouring property is unlicensed, they need to report it to the council.
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Does that apply to existing HMOs as well as new ones? If the house next door has been an HMO for several years, the landlord will need to apply for a licence now?
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Yes it applies to all HMO's. Check the register on the link I posted earlier in the thread. If there's no relevant entry, report it by email to the address I gave above.
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The additional licensing scheme ( this includes HMO's of 2 storeys) for the Harringay ward ran from 2011 to September 2016. The issued licence lasts for 5 years. Following the end of the scheme and the expiry of existing licences, these type of properties are presently no longer licensable. However; the law is going to change later this year which will extend mandatory licensing to include these types of properties. Currently, mandatory licensing is 3 storeys or more. See section 254 of the Housing Act 2004 for further details. In regard of what I referred to earlier, the act contains provisions to allow local authorities to implement "additional licensing" schemes to bring regulation to areas within their borough affected by smaller HMO's and the attributed issues related to them, ie rogue landlords and crime etc. but with a limit of 5 Years only.
Therefore any suspected properties need to be reported prior to the introduction of the amendment. The council require input from residents to identify these properties.
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Permalink Reply by mflat on
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Wow, that was fast!
John Forde has been to the property and spoken with the residents. He will be asking the landlord to sort the ongoing issue. He's also asked Ayer to follow-up with them with more information on how the collection works.
I'm impressed.
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Permalink Reply by Lauren on
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I have the same problem with the properties next door to and opposite me. I live on Pemberton Rd near the bridge. I now take photographs of everything and send to the council as well as tweeting the council and copying in veolia. I know the agent is next door and email them photographs and tell them it has been reported to the council. With the houses opposite it's not so easy as I don't have the landlord/agent contact details and previous attempts to talk to residents has led to them intimidating me. Despite my complaints it does keep happening so even though the council are quick to act on cleaning it up, there aren't any consequences for the residents or landlord. I'm very sad to hear that John is leaving as he seems to be the only person at the council who actually does anything.
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