First of all, apologies if this doesn't seem like a very relevant place to seek advice. But I went to "Home and decor" forum and most of the threads are on renovation budget and COV.
Thought I'd come into the forums before I call my town council which I highly doubt will be of much help.
My fiance and I got the keys to our resale flat a few months ago. We have not moved in as there is no hurry. Our customary is in October this year and our renovation will only be completed in June.
So anyway, we drop by our humble love nest about once a week to collect letters, eat at the coffeeshop nearby and also chill at our place. We always notice that there would be cigarette butts (the cheap rolled kind) at the staircase leading to our unit. Ours is corner unit but not really corner-corner. There is one more unit opposite me - two metres away only) So you can imagine if you walk down that stairway, you will see two units and one of them is mine.
We are of course annoyed and pinned it down to the young men living above us. We have seen a few 18 to 21 year old guys sitting at the stairway, smoking and chatting.
Today we came back to our unit and noticed there were about 6 to 8 cigarette butts. There is also an empty cigarette box at another stairway (the one above us). Initially I wanted to report to my town council for such littering but I am really concerned if my flat will catch a fire due to the cigarette butts.
What should I do?
We aren't installing CCTV yet as renovation isn't done yet.
Even if we do install after renovation, won't the guys know it is us who complain to town council? They may do even worse things to our unit.
Please kindly advise. Will the chances of a fire igniting due to burnt cigarette butts be high and how will town council action?
Thought I'd come into the forums before I call my town council which I highly doubt will be of much help.
My fiance and I got the keys to our resale flat a few months ago. We have not moved in as there is no hurry. Our customary is in October this year and our renovation will only be completed in June.
So anyway, we drop by our humble love nest about once a week to collect letters, eat at the coffeeshop nearby and also chill at our place. We always notice that there would be cigarette butts (the cheap rolled kind) at the staircase leading to our unit. Ours is corner unit but not really corner-corner. There is one more unit opposite me - two metres away only) So you can imagine if you walk down that stairway, you will see two units and one of them is mine.
We are of course annoyed and pinned it down to the young men living above us. We have seen a few 18 to 21 year old guys sitting at the stairway, smoking and chatting.
Today we came back to our unit and noticed there were about 6 to 8 cigarette butts. There is also an empty cigarette box at another stairway (the one above us). Initially I wanted to report to my town council for such littering but I am really concerned if my flat will catch a fire due to the cigarette butts.
What should I do?
We aren't installing CCTV yet as renovation isn't done yet.
Even if we do install after renovation, won't the guys know it is us who complain to town council? They may do even worse things to our unit.
Please kindly advise. Will the chances of a fire igniting due to burnt cigarette butts be high and how will town council action?