'I felt sick whenever I threw the rubbish': Bukit Batok residents raise stink over new neighbour's clutter along corridor
Their home, their rules — but when this couple began cluttering up the common corridor, their neighbours weren't too happy.
A couple living in a Bukit Batok HDB block earned the ire of their neighbours after they allegedly began using the corridor outside their flat as their personal storage space, Shin Min Daily News reported on Tuesday (May 7).
Items outside their flat and in the common areas include fish tanks, pails, strollers, bicycles and more.
Speaking to Shin Min, a 59-year-old resident surnamed Zheng (transliteration) who has lived at Block 289C along Bukit Batok Street 25 for 26 years recalled how there had never been issues with the neighbours on his floor.
In March last year, however, a young couple whom Zheng described to be in their 30s moved in, leaving items piled outside their flat.
Thinking that the clutter was because the couple — and their four children — were still settling in, Zheng didn't have any concerns at the time. A month later, however, he found the mess still around.
«Seeing no changes a few months later, I contacted the Town Council,» Zheng said.