MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 06:50 AM |
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help skip hire wont collect skip - house sale could fall though
A friend of mine is due to complete the sale of his house today, but buyer is threatening to pull out as the skip on the front drive hasn't been
removed. My mate has been calling the skip hire company for 6 weeks, on more than a daily basis, to get it removed, everytime they promise it will be
gone and they never turn up. Yesterday it even got to the point where they said it would be gone in the next 15minutes!! He lives about 60 miles away
now so can't keep an eye on it, so i drove past the house this morning on the way to work to check it had gone as i they promised yesterday at
4.45pm (for the 3rd time that day), and guess what, its still there. I called the number this morning at 6.15am and the bloke answered, who after i
said it was early for a skip hire company to be in, "i'll empty the skip on your drive of you call at this time"!!! This was before
i had even mentioned anything about the particular skip! When i said what road it was on he put the phone down!! He obviously has no intention of
picking it up. So what can my mate do to get rid of it, if its not gone by 1pm the other party are threatening to sue for breach of contract and drop
out.
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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Tatey
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:06 AM |
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Can you not ring the skip hire company and say that for every hour that the skip has not been removed you will be charging a storage fee and after 3
days the skip will then be taken away by another skip company?
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Tatey
Can you not ring the skip hire company and say that for every hour that the skip has not been removed you will be charging a storage fee and after 3
days the skip will then be taken away by another skip company?
From the way he spoke this morning and the fact its been 6 weeks, i don't think they have any intention of collecting it, i'm guessing
they have gone bump and trying to scam the last few people.
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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karlak
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:12 AM |
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I guess it is a "local" company, so going to a head office is obviously not an option.
In this case, how about asking the advice of the Police (I know, I know, but you may get a copper who cares). I would suggest the skip is the
property of the hire company and it is currently causing an obstruction to private property. Bit of a long shot, but worth a try ?
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lewis
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:22 AM |
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pay another company to pickup the skip and put it in the road,its then the councils/companys problem
job done.
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by lewis
pay another company to pickup the skip and put it in the road,its then the councils/companys problem
job done.
thats what i suggested, only problem is finding a company who will do it, the ones he has tried so far will not touch it
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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karlak
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:29 AM |
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I am not sure another company would not do that. They are bound by so many rules on waste disposal, any company found "dumping" a Skip
somewhere other than an official waste disposal plant would be in a lot of trouble.
Worth a couple of calls though.
[Edited on 12/11/10 by karlak]
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karlak
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:31 AM |
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Have you tried calling the company as "someone else" and trying to arrange a skip hire. Just to get an idea if they still in business ??
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:33 AM |
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Is it on public or private land?? I'd ring the council if on public land, or Trading Standards and Citizens Advice if on private land. Can his
solicitor not make a call at all if it is under threat of falling through? I had a skip outside my house last week that wasnt removed for only 4 days
admittedly, but a call from "the council" (my brother in law) had it moved within 2 hours.
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:35 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Is it on public or private land?? I'd ring the council if on public land, or Trading Standards and Citizens Advice if on private land. Can his
solicitor not make a call at all if it is under threat of falling through? I had a skip outside my house last week that wasnt removed for only 4 days
admittedly, but a call from "the council" (my brother in law) had it moved within 2 hours.
its on his drive. i think the solicitor will be involved at 9am
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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Mal
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:38 AM |
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Use a jack or crow bar to lift the one end of the skip a few inches and slide some steel tube about 2" diameter, such as scaffolding tube. Once
you have 2 or 3 rollers under the skip it will move fairly easily.
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Mal
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:38 AM |
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Use a jack or crow bar to lift the one end of the skip a few inches and slide some steel tube about 2" diameter, such as scaffolding tube. Once
you have 2 or 3 rollers under the skip it will move fairly easily.
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oadamo
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:39 AM |
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i had the same prob but at work, just phone the scrapyard and they will take it if th money is right lol.
adam
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:47 AM |
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order a new skip and hoik it all over. I assume he's paid for the skip thats there? Small claims court for that i guess 
[Edited on 12/11/10 by JoelP]
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:52 AM |
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plasma cutter or angle grinder + 100 cutting discs should see the end of it.
if you were local, I'd give a hand.
send invoice to skip company and charge them for storing their skip. 2 weeks to pay else small claims court.
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Benzine
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 07:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
order a new skip and hoik it all over. I assume he's paid for the skip thats there? Small claims court for that i guess
[Edited on 12/11/10 by JoelP]
Yeah I'd do that - transfer stuff inside to new skip, take massive angle grinder to old skip (half the skips out there look like they'll
just fall apart anyway they're so rusty)
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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dhutch
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 08:35 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelPorder a new skip and hoik it all over.
Yeah, given the situation (like it needs to be gone asap) hire another, move it from to the other, other skip leaves (a good company would proberbly
even wait while you tranfser and maybe even help) rubbish gone.
Then you just have an empty skip which a couple of people can lift, get it onto a flatbed/car trailer (friends/hired/borrowed) and either take it to
the tip or to the skip base.
Daniel
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philw
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 08:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mal
Use a jack or crow bar to lift the one end of the skip a few inches and slide some steel tube about 2" diameter, such as scaffolding tube. Once
you have 2 or 3 rollers under the skip it will move fairly easily.
This is what i did, although i used a high lift jack to lift it and placed some scaffold poles under it and slowly towed/dragged it out onto the road
with a land rover.
Must try harder
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BenB
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 08:49 AM |
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I'd do a transfer job. If you move it onto the public carriageway okay the council will have to remove it but they might start asking how it got
their in the first place.....
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carpmart
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 09:09 AM |
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The solution to this is money based!
£500.00 cash to another Skip company will see the problem gone!
You only live once - make the most of it!
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 09:10 AM |
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UPDATE: My mate phoned him up at 8.30 to be met with a torrent of abuse, my mate stayed calm and just replied with," i've had enough now
my solicitor will deal with you" and put the phone down. He called back straight away and said there was no need for that, my mate said he
wasn't dealing with him any more and his solicitor would be in touch. The solicitor called him, he was rude to the solicitor but has agreed it
will be moved this morning. But we will wait and see.
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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jossey
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 09:11 AM |
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strap it to the back of a decent size car and pull the f**ker up the road.
or tell them your off to weigh it in at a local scrap merchant.
dave
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 09:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jossey
strap it to the back of a decent size car and pull the f**ker up the road.
or tell them your off to weigh it in at a local scrap merchant.
dave
i'd have dragged it off with my landy, but its full of soil, not even the disco will move that without wheels!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 09:14 AM |
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And the hire company is:-
Bennets Skip Hire, avoid at all costs!!!!
http://bennettsskiphire.com/
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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balidey
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| posted on 12/11/10 at 09:55 AM |
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I wonder if they have the right to use the Wombles image on their website? Maybe worth tracking down who has the copyright and get them to give the
skip firm some hassle?
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