Bondi hoarders the Bobolas family camp out to protect pile of rubbish

[nero_bolt]

How would you like to be their neighbours or even live within a block of this major health and vermin hazard.  The council and the rate payers just keep on paying over and over to clean up this massive mess.

Full story her and lots of pictures here  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/bondi-hoarders-the-bobolas-family-camp-out-to-protect-pile-of-...

BONDI hoarders Mary Bobolas and her daughters Elena and Liana are so attached to their rubbish they kept guard over it through the night following an incident involving a good Samaritan, a repossessed truck and the police.

Dressed in black, perched on garden chairs or sleeping on the ground, half hidden by rubbish, the Bobolas family spent a cold Wednesday night watching over the hoard on a grass strip next to a busy intersection in Alexandria

The piles of rubbish are just a fraction of what has been building up for years at the infamous hoarders’ Boonara Ave, Bondi, family home.

The family found itself camped out in Alexandria, 15km by road from their Bondi home, after a rental truck they were using was repossessed.

Since the NSW Court of Appeal approved Waverley Council’s bid to clean up the house in Boonara Avenue, the family has been camping out in the cab of a pantech hired from rental car company, Thrifty.

Full story her and lots of pictures here  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/bondi-hoarders-the-bobolas-family-camp-out-to-protect-pile-of-...

[i-need-a-martini]

No. But I would hope that they would have some compassion for them.

I lived a couple of years next to a guy that had a car wrecking yard in his front and backyard. It drove me nuts but there was little that could be done about it. For this guy he kept this stuff because it was his business. BUt these women have issues that go beyond anything that you or I could understand.

[ashjoma]

I am sure the neighbours have had more than enough by now.

[i-need-a-martini]

Actually I think you will find that the neighbours have been remarkably tolerant. Particularly long term neighbours.

It's usually those that don't live near the house that bring the matter up at council. Worried about their house values no doubt.

[donnashuggy]

I would probably feel more uncomfortable living next door to people that cut their lawn with scissors to keep it neat 

[icyfroth]

I love their ginger cat, it manages to get itself in lot of shots 

It probably finds all sorts of tasy tidbits in that rubbish...

[ashjoma]

Very tolerant indeed.

Still would not want to live next to a house that is full up to the brim with rubbish and resembles the local tip.

[b3llag1na]

Last time the council cleared this up ( only a couple of years ago at the very most!) they offered counselling to the mother and daughters, but they refused it - they don't seem to think they have a problem at all.

I have heard that the neighbours have to keep their own bins hidden away as these ladies will take the rubbish out and deposit it in their place. 

They really must gather from all the bins in the area for how quickly they get it all back again.

Yes, they have mental problems for sure, it must be terrible there in the heat of summer but they don't seem to notice smells / vermin etc.

[donnashuggy]

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@b3llag1na wrote:

Last time the council cleared this up ( only a couple of years ago at the very most!) they offered counselling to the mother and daughters, but they refused it - they don't seem to think they have a problem at all.

I have heard that the neighbours have to keep their own bins hidden away as these ladies will take the rubbish out and deposit it in their place. 

They really must gather from all the bins in the area for how quickly they get it all back again.

Yes, they have mental problems for sure, it must be terrible there in the heat of summer but they don't seem to notice smells / vermin etc.

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They are doing something they enjoy most likely, I can understand that they would not seek counselling.

[icyfroth]

It's not that they hoard...they deliberately set about finding rubbish to dump in their front yard, almost as if they're thumbing their noses at the council, an act of defiance. They're definitely sick.

The council should just buy up the adjoining properties, fence the place off, and leave them to it.

[*crikey*mate*]

or apply to reclaim the land.