A woman was fuming when her neighbour decided to use her skip to get rid of their own rubbish without permission. And she decided to get her own back in a cheeky way09:12, 01 Aug 2026Updated 09:12, 01 Aug 2026What would you do if you forked out a lot of money to hire a skip, only to realise your cheeky next-door neighbours were chucking their own rubbish in it to save them a trip to the tip?‌That's exactly what happened to one woman, who was left furious with her neighbours, knowing she would have to get her own back in one way or another. And she thought the revenge was perfect to show them their entitlement was not okay – especially when she paid around £130 for the privilege of hiring one.‌Lauren, a "newbie property investor," said she would never hire a skip again because of the audacity of neighbours, who didn't even ask if they could whack their stuff in it before she went ahead and did it.‌But she got the ultimate revenge on them, and was feeling quite smug about it when she did.Lauren, who shares her journey on Instagram as @renosandreturns, told her followers she had a "skip update" to share.How did she get revenge on her neighbours?"I went back to the skip, and I unloaded all of my neighbour's stuff that she'd put in my skip, and she saw me do it. And I put it right near her house on the pavement," Lauren said.‌Content cannot be displayed without consentShe admitted she fantasised about dumping it right on the doorstep, but confessed she wasn't "brave enough" to go quite that far and be as confrontational as that.Lauren went on: "Anyway, I left it for a day, and I came back, and all of this has now gone," gesturing to the pile on screen, declaring it a "success" as she managed to put a stop to the neighbour's freeloading ways.‌She added she only had the skip for a "few more days," joking she was desperately hoping to see out the remainder of the hire period without any other neighbours sneaking their rubbish in.What did other people think of her approach?In the comments section, one person raged: "Can you imagine being so entitled that you would just use someone else's skip?!!! They cost a fortune to hire!"A second chimed in: "My friend had this problem this week, and did the exact same thing. The same neighbours had done this previously, a few weeks before when my friend had builders on site."‌However, not everyone was impressed with Lauren's approach, with some viewing it as straightforward fly-tipping on the road, rather than justified payback.One person wrote: "I'm all for returning the rubbish, but fly tipping isn't the way to do it. If anyone filmed you or you are on a Ring camera, you would get fined for that. It doesn't matter who's rubbish it is."You put it there, you are the fly tipper. It being gone isn't your success either. Someone probably reported it to the council, who have a duty to clear it because it was obstructing the pavement. Massive fail on your part, love."Article continues belowAnother fumed: "Fair enough, but don't dump it on a sidewalk and block people with prams, the elderly, those in wheelchairs, etc. Put it in their garden or leave it."