Well…..i am never really bothered by my neighbour who is a hoarder, since i am able to open one eye and close the other. And there is only once or twice that i report her to town council and have her junk remove.
And she will start collecting again. And if she found food in the trash she will just give it to people proudly saying its edible. And unknowingly what people throw out is already expired. And i once throw out expired food, and guess what, she pick them up and later ask me if i want it, not knowing i was the one that throw it away. And i told her, already expired.
Still….my tolerance is gone, when she collect recyclable from the bin and put outside my house and the whole floor smells like overnight urine. And worse when the smell seeps into my house.
As i to seen people throw large bags of used diapers in the large bins. Which people also throw recyclables into that same bin.
And last night, my whole house suddenly is covered with a very strange smell and is from my door outside. And its some kind of chemical smell which is enough to trigger my asthma attack. But it was gone by afternoon. So i was wondering if i should call TC up the have her stuff removed.
Dear @user1446
Thank you for bringing this issue up. When you share that you have been tolerating your neighbour’s hoarding and unhygienic practices in the past, you show that you have genuine compassion and understanding towards her. Despite her causing you discomfort, you have consistently chosen not to distress her. That shows your kindness, too.
However, recently her practices have crossed your tolerance limits. You were directly affected by the smell emanating from what she retrieved from the recycling bin, and understandably you are feeling conflicted on how to proceed. Reporting her to TC may help to address the problem.
I also believe there may be deeper issues the neighbour is experiencing such as loneliness and lack of purpose. Just for consideration, to bring up to the nearest family service centre to highlight the neighbour’s situation and request they contact her family to arrange the neighbour to participate in activities with other seniors.
It is clear that your actions all these while have been coming from a place of compassion; however I recommend that your own right to live in safe surroundings is also equally important. 
well….she live with her son and her daughters visit her every sunday. But all of the give in to her hoarding issue. From what i know is her storeroom and bedroom is filled with things she bring back. And she use other neighbours riser to store things she find too.
And normally she will just sell those that can be sold, while those cannot be sold she will just keep it. There is a point where there is like 7 or 8 luggage outside my house until TC come and clear everything.
She is kinda emo person, if you ever try talking to her she will start crying and say her children didnt give her food to eat.etc. While every week her daughters will just visit her and but her a lot of food, which she will keep until its going to spoil and just hang outside me door to give it to me. And every week they will but things like bao and bak kwa for her. And she will give them to me when start to grow mold.
I am pretty sure those Silver Generation ambassadors have spoken to her.
I guess the main problem here is that she is stubborn in her own ways.
Hello. My dad is also a hoarder and i resent him so much for it. But when I read your post, I’m glad he’s not as mad as this crazy old woman. He would never give me expired food.
Regarding reporting her to town council, a I can say is “Protect yourself before you protect her”
Well…its stressful to be a hoarder too. especially when they start to see things piling up and interfering with their daily life.
Most of the time, hoarding is due to boredom and loneliness. But for the case of my neighbours i really dont know what was the cause. Maybe…its her way of active living and have a routine instead of just spending whole day at home doing nothing.
I just called up TC a few days ago, but instead of reporting her, i just ask if its possible to put a notice telling people not to throw used diapers into the green bin. Since after all, my neighbour is not the only one looking for things to collect. My estate area is pretty competitive when comes to collecting recyclables. There is atleast 4 seniors doing it around the clock. And some including my neighbour, actually resort to digging things up from the bloo bin.