A woman told of her concern after a "cheeky" stranger used her elderly mum's property to store their furniture.
She explained her mother was recently widowed and her garage is newly empty which led to a family friend asking to store their sofa there before the friend's acquaintances arrived with items of their own - without permission.
The woman said the situation has "upset" her mum "a lot".
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The woman took to Mumsnet's popular Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) thread to seek advice and ask what she could do if the person refuses to move their belongings.
She titled her post "Cheeky sods" and said: "My elderly mother (78) recently widowed, was asked by a friend if they could store a sofa in her now newly empty garage.
"She agreed and friend turned up to store said sofa with her daughter and daughter's boyfriend.
"Seeing a mostly empty garage the daughter's boyfriend took it upon himself to tell his father (I have no idea who these people are) of the location, and he has now dumped a variety of c*** (mattress, furniture, motorbike) in there without permission.
"Am I within my rights to remove all this stuff and dump it? Mum has asked this "friend" to get her acquaintance to remove it all by the weekend."
She added: "AIBU to think this is out of order and what do I do if they don't remove it?"
Mumsnet users shared their thoughts in the comments section.
One said: "Yep, tell them they have until X date to remove and if not you'll hire a van to remove it, dump it and give them the bill. Or sell it."
Another said: "Hard to know how to sort it out, without being out of pocket yourself! I would probably hire a van and dump it all at the friends house. They are a bunch of d***heads! Hope it isn't upsetting your mum too much."
The woman replied: "It has upset my Mum a lot and I a bit concerned that these people know where she lives now."
A third Mumsnet user commented: "Your mother is lucky you are keeping an eye on things. Of course it's out of order. I agree with your mum, would demand that they remove by the weekend, would save me a trip to the tip if they do.
"(I'd also put cameras around the house to ensure they don't leave all sort of s*** behind)."
Another user said: "Her friend needs to tell them to remove it asap, get the sofa taken out too, make sure the garage is kept locked at all times and install CCTV or a doorbell that covers the front and garage."
And another added: "Get a lock for the garage as a first port of call. Then give them a deadline in writing to remove their stuff they have dumped on mums property without permission or you will remove by x date."
At the time of writing, 100% of Mumsnet users voted the woman as not being unreasonable.
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