Hoarding is truly a severe issue among HDB apartment dwellers, and residents at Block 222 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 should know — they've been putting up with a hoarder mother-son duo at their estate for nearly 10 years.
According to The New Paper, their hoarding malady got to the point that the piles of rubbish they've accumulated at their 20th-storey flat have overflown into another unit two storeys below. The unit on the 18th floor, which belongs to the woman's 91-year-old mother-in-law, have also become the storage space for their magpie habits with rubbish packed from floor to ceiling.
The 55-year-old mother and her 20-year-old son have also racked up a reputation for their hyper-aggressive behaviour, yelling at neighbours who dare to even look at them. They often had shouting matches that would carry on till late at night. Residents living next to the hoarders have it especially bad, experiencing the foul smell and the pests that infest the trash-filled flat.
The hoarders' family members have even reportedly given up persuading them to clear the mess.
Following numerous complaints by residents, the area's Member of Parliament initiated a clean-up operation on Monday and sent in cleaners to the 18th storey unit — but they were met with hostile refusal from the mother-son duo. They created such a ruckus that the police had to brought in, and they were later arrested and brought away in a police car.
Despite the town council's cleaners' best efforts, they only managed to clear a part of the living room that day, and are still conducting the clean-up operation as of yesterday.
The hoarders have been released on bail, and were seen rummaging through the items discarded by the authorities as they tried to salvage whatever they could.
Photo: davidd via Flickr
Hoarding is truly a severe issue among HDB apartment dwellers, and residents at Block 222 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 should know — they've been putting up with a hoarder mother-son duo at their estate for nearly 10 years.
According to The New Paper, their hoarding malady got to the point that the piles of rubbish they've accumulated at their 20th-storey flat have overflown into another unit two storeys below. The unit on the 18th floor, which belongs to the woman's 91-year-old mother-in-law, have also become the storage space for their magpie habits with rubbish packed from floor to ceiling.
The 55-year-old mother and her 20-year-old son have also racked up a reputation for their hyper-aggressive behaviour, yelling at neighbours who dare to even look at them. They often had shouting matches that would carry on till late at night. Residents living next to the hoarders have it especially bad, experiencing the foul smell and the pests that infest the trash-filled flat.
The hoarders' family members have even reportedly given up persuading them to clear the mess.
Following numerous complaints by residents, the area's Member of Parliament initiated a clean-up operation on Monday and sent in cleaners to the 18th storey unit — but they were met with hostile refusal from the mother-son duo. They created such a ruckus that the police had to brought in, and they were later arrested and brought away in a police car.
Despite the town council's cleaners' best efforts, they only managed to clear a part of the living room that day, and are still conducting the clean-up operation as of yesterday.
The hoarders have been released on bail, and were seen rummaging through the items discarded by the authorities as they tried to salvage whatever they could.
Photo: davidd via Flickr