Hi, this is a difficult one for me to write, but I'm asking for help out of desperation.
The man next door is driving me absolutely mad. He is about 6o years old and was already living there when I moved in. The best way I can describe him is that he is a hoarder/loner. I also think he may have mental health problems.
The house was scruffy when I first moved here but not bad enough to put me off buying. The garden was the same, with bits of old furniture laying around. However 20 years down the line the house is falling down around him and the garden is a jungle. The house is mainly covered by foliage from trees and shrubs and is barely visible now.
He's always been friendly enough over the years but tends very much to keep himself to himself. He'll say hello if he really has to but will quickly dart off to avoid any further conversation. He doesn't speak to any other neighbours at all.
We both have detached properties (luckily). What has been happening though over the past couple of years is that I've noticed that every single day, starting about 5.30 am right throughout the day until gone midnight he is pouring bucket after bucket of liquid, (I assume it's water but don't really know), down his outside drain at the side of his property. (I don't know if he has any other outside drains, it's impossible to see). He must throw it down with such force as the noise is so loud.
The reason this is getting to me is the fact that this drain is located right next to my bedroom window (bungalow). I am not well at the moment and have been spending a lot of time in bed recently which is another reason I am getting annoyed. Yesterday, I decided to count how many times he poured liquid down the drain. In the space of two hours and 20 minutes he poured over 100 buckets down it. This literally goes on all day long with only maybe, a couple of hours break.
A few times I have heard him over the years trying to unblock the main sewer pipe with rods or something. I'm starting to now wonder if he has a problem with his plumbing indoors. I have noticed a bad intermittent smell coming from his property over the years. I might be wrong but it smells like manure. However, since this really hot weather the smell has increased and I'm now wondering if he has a working toilet. Whenever I've sat out in my back garden over the last few weeks the smell has at times been so strong and so unpleasant I've nearly vomited and had to go indoors to escape it.
What can I do? I don't want to cause this man any more problems than he already has but the smell and the non-stop noise with his drain are making me more ill than I already am. Who can I report this to, if anyone? Thank you.