Best ways you can hire a skip

Shared driveways are notoriously complicated when it comes to access, parking and of course placing hired skips. Rights of way are nearly always determined by the title deeds for each property involved and therefore will need to be reviewed thoroughly before hiring a skip and placing it on the shared drive. The most important factor will be open, honest and friendly communication between you and your neighbour to ensure no disputes arise.

Skip hire in London require the relevant licences in order to legally operate as a waste disposal organisation. Therefore the only waste that can be placed within their skips must adhere to their licence. The skip hire company is approved to grant the rights to place appropriate rubbish in the hired skip, however this permission is not extended further to others including non-customers and those without the hiring client’s permission. Therefore, those who do not have the appropriate permissions from either the skip hire customer or the skip hire company itself to place waste in the skip is not adhering to the skip hire company’s licence and can be deemed as acting illegally.

Naturally it is always recommended to have a friendly relationship with your neighbours wherever possible.  This will be a useful factor when hiring a skip, particularly if it in anyway causes a small amount of disruption to their day. We recommend that you inform anyone who will be impacted by your skip hire before hiring in order to avoid any misgivings.

A great way to avoid potential issues whilst reducing the overall cost of hiring a skip could be to share hiring a skip with a neighbour. You could both benefit from having a slightly larger skip to cope with the garden waste for recycling or emptying the loft, garage or shed.