Neighbour Running Business from Home

Amazingly on 27/09/2023 - 19:55

Neighbour has a building business.

Loads and unload their truck in front of our place, sometimes very early.

One truck in front of our place is unregistered & permanently parked. That truck and another truck (parked up to many days at a time) are both over the street weight limit of 3 tonnes.

I can think there might be up to 5 issues.

1 - running a business in a residential street - not sure if that's a problem or not.
2 - overweight trucks parked for longer than 1hr.
1 - truck unregistered.
1 - noise issue.

Any idea if these are even covered or how to approach getting some of these things stopped? Council, RTA, police?

Thanks and this is Sydney.

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Comments

  • Hybroid on 27/09/2023 - 20:00
    +9

    Council first step for unregistered vehicle and noise issues. Some also have vehicle size/class restrictions for residential street parking.

    https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/transport-parking/report…

    https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/report-issue/resolve-nei…

    https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/transport-parking/report…

  • try2bhelpful on 27/09/2023 - 20:05
    +1

    I would talk to the council as well and see where you are positioned. Get a solid feel for where you stand then, maybe, have a quiet word with the neighbour.

  • JimmyF on 27/09/2023 - 20:10
    +3

    One truck in front of our place is unregistered & permanently parked

    Report to the council

    and another truck (parked up to many days at a time) are both over the street weight limit of 3 tonnes.

    Report to the council

    running a business in a residential street - not sure if that's a problem or not

    Its not

    overweight trucks parked for longer than 1hr.

    Yes issue, report to council

    truck unregistered.

    Yes issue, report to council

    noise issue

    Most likely during normal hours, so not an issue.

    • Sinnerator on 28/09/2023 - 08:36
      +1

      running a business in a residential street IS a problem IF council requires it to be registered/approved and it is NOT registered

      • JimmyF on 28/09/2023 - 09:43

        There is a lot of IS and IFs in that statement, but sounds like they're not running a business shop from the residential street, so most councils won't care. Its like a tradie parking their work ute/trailer in their driveway or on the street.

        As I said, the truck parking issues is a council issue, so start on that.

  • Marty-69 on 27/09/2023 - 20:11
    +2

    It seems like the same happened in the Georges River Council

  • jv on 27/09/2023 - 20:28

    report to council

  • Protractor on 27/09/2023 - 20:30
    +1

    Approach? > Neighbour
    then
    Council (waste of time)
    then ?
    bikies (results?)

    • Amazingly on 27/09/2023 - 20:39

      Tried talking to them but say it’s council land and not ours. Dunno about bikies :D

      • Protractor on 27/09/2023 - 20:41
        -3

        OK council it is.
        Doesn't matter if it's council land, it's not a truck bay for feral truckie randoms up to their guts in debt.

      • Gotchas on 28/09/2023 - 05:57
        +3

        Rookie error

        What made you think they would listen to you if they inconsiderate enough of doing that without asking you to begin with?

      • JIMB0 on 28/09/2023 - 09:54
        +2

        Big mistake. Now you'll have to report them to fix the problem and they'll know who dobbed them in.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 27/09/2023 - 21:01
    +8

    Interesting conundrum.. I assume neighbour to be typical ‘rough customer school of hard knocks (to the head)’ typa operator.

    On one hand they are super inconsiderate with the early noise and idk the extent the parked truck affects you … but on the other hand if council rocks up and issues fines you can bet you’ll have a sudden increase in roofing nails or similar in your tires…

    Consider a 24-7 recording camera with at least a weeks recording covering your lot prior to filing a report.

  • Marty-69 on 27/09/2023 - 21:05
    +4

    If the neighbours say it's on council land (so not private land or their front yard), call the police. In New South Wales it's illegal to park an unregistered car on a road or a road-related area for more than 15 days after the vehicle's registration has expired.

    • Amazingly on 27/09/2023 - 21:16
      +1

      Yep it’s on the road, thanks.

  • Drakesy on 27/09/2023 - 22:09
    +7

    dob em into the council

    They'll fck them up good.
    Mate did it to his neighbour running a landscaping business, council rocked up and very quickly sorted it out.
    Neighbour: "Did you tell the council about my business?"
    Mate: "No i just asked them about the rules regarding if i was to open a landscaping business and run it out of my home, then helpfully mentioned that my neighbour was setting a precedent when they denied my request"

    • callum9999 on 27/09/2023 - 22:46
      +1

      I see where you were trying to go with that conversation, but if you "mentioned that my neighbour was already setting a precedent" then you did tell the council about their business!

      • Drakesy on 27/09/2023 - 22:59
        +1

        Well, yes. But i was simply enquiring about opening my own business, i swear!

    • Montyjpm on 28/09/2023 - 07:34

      Is your mate Saul Goodman?

  • TheRealCher on 28/09/2023 - 02:10
    +3

    Looking forward to the novel: ozb: the gangland wars

    • Amazingly on 28/09/2023 - 06:20
      +3

      Yes more to come in the saga, just reported the Abandoned Vehicle (no rego plates) to council on “SnapSolve” for starters.

  • JafferMoney on 28/09/2023 - 08:18

    Move to a better area mate.

    • Amazingly on 28/09/2023 - 08:27
      +2

      Not sure what’s better or how to gauge that - is it by value? If so median price value is $2300000 and a normal suburb.

      I guess this could happen anywhere.

      • JafferMoney on 28/09/2023 - 09:21

        If that's the median value then I'm sure they would be some astute neighbours who would have the same concerns and already spoken to council etc?

  • doctordv8 on 28/09/2023 - 09:04

    Why ask here, when you already knew the answer?

    • Protractor on 28/09/2023 - 09:38

      More important, why didn't the Outback Trucker next door,post here first.?

    • Protractor on 28/09/2023 - 11:49
      +3

      Hmm, Maybe people with a better attitude and consideration for others?
      And can afford to do what the other 99.9% of transport operators do?

      Or can't such ppl get truck licenses?

  • Love a bargain on 28/09/2023 - 13:50

    Out of interest, what type of business are we talking about & what business activities are they carrying on at the house? It might make a difference as to whether the zoning of your area permits that use.

    E.g. If it's just a tradie storing all they're work gear & supplies in their garage/ shed, I doubt the council is gonna clamp down on it. But they'd probably have a problem if someone runs a mechanic/ timber workshop out of their garage. Depending what they do, EPA might also be interested.

  • cupcake on 28/09/2023 - 15:40

    Call Police and report suspicious comings and goings. Tee hee.

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