Some time back, I posted on MN to say that my rather eccentric neighbour was 'mending' his own plumbing and doing his own electrical wiring.
He got a pneumatic drill and spent an entire day drilling a large, deep hole into the public pavement outside his house.
In the past, the council forced him to repair the top of the back wall of his house as it had become unstable and was bulging out. Eventually, it would have fallen onto the pavement below - the pavement is used by all the children coming and going from school and the situation was v worrying indeed.
Since then, he has had a drug addicted, convicted burglar staying with him. He did this out of misguided kindness (he's a nice man, just batty) and got treated appallingly by the burglar. We were all (i.e. his neighbours) v worried about him but he refused to discuss the matter.
Eventually, the thief was thrown out and ended up in jail. Since then, he has been released and put a brick through our neighbour's window last week and escaped through my gate and out of my garden, which worried me hugely. The police got involved and I made a statement.
The latest problem is that his back yard sprung a huge leak on Friday night and water poured, like a fast stream down the street and was about an once away from flooding through my back door. Police and firefighters took a long time to resolve the situation, given how drastic the flood was.
The gas people have been out due to high levels of carbon monoxide leaking from his blocked chimney into my house.
I honestly don't know what to do. He won't listen when people tell him their concerns. He is also a hoarder and how his house is still standing from the tons of furniture, clutter etc, is a wonder. My house is adjoined to his...
Sigh...