Neighbours overgrown and neglected garden

Reported anonymously at 15:08, Thu 1 November 2007
Sent to West Sussex County Council and Arun District Council 2 minutes later

We have suffered the past 4 years with an extremely overgrown garden which blocks our light and is an eyesore. Our neighbour has his house on the market but is ignoring our pleas to fix this problem. We have written to him and spoken to him on many occassions, each time he fixes one little problem at a time, delaying doing the work desparately needed in its entirity. What further steps can we take. We believe rats are now living in the moulded rotten fence and the overgrown trees look in danger of collapsing. The tallest is appox 60 ft tall (2 double story houses on top of each other- including roofs). all over grown with bindweed and ivy overtaking it. I am genuinely worried and he is clearly unable to consider his neighbours. We have informed the local estate agents selling his property. Can we do the work ourselves and send him the bill? He lives at number 10 Botany Close. Photos will be posted shortly

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Posted by Noel Wilson at 19:35, Thu 31 July 2008

This "problem" is at 16 Hudson Drive. The owner has been institutionalised and the Social services who are responsible have done nothing to maintain this property. The grass is 2-3 feet high. The house invites crime.

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