Our new house has come with something that I think used to be a coal store.
It's about 3' x 3' x 3', brick on 3 sides, concrete at the base and wooden
shuttering to the front (which needs replacing). I was wondering whether
this would make a good compost heap, or is it too enclosed? If the
shuttering was replaced with, say, wire mesh would that help? As it's next
to the house (and the neighbour's house) having something that smells is not
too appealing - is this a really bad place to put a compost heap...?

Thanks,
Theo