City council contractors will be cleaning up an eyesore garden tomorrow after it became a local dumping ground.
The owner of 28 Raven Road in Braunstone abandoned the property about a year ago in the middle of renovations, leaving a large skip on the site.
Over the past 12 months people have gone from throwing junk into the skip to just throwing it over the garden fence, leading to Leicester City Council having to use its legal powers to clean up the site.
The skip has already been removed by the council and once the clean-up is complete the owner of the property will be charged for the operation.
John Davey, 53, who lives next door to the house, said: "It's been like that for months and it's disgusting.
"It's started out with the rubbish coming out of the house being put out in the skip but then other people started topping the skip up.
"The skip got full and then people would just throw rubbish anywhere."
A 32-year-old woman who lives opposite the house, who did not want to be named, said: "I'm just hoping that once it's cleaned up it will stay in a decent state.
"The dumping there has been happening in the nighttime - you wake up and there's more bin bags and stuff over there."
Items dumped in the garden included old bike tyres, broken furniture, children's toys, mattresses, car parts, a door and a broken umbrella, as well as several bin bags full of household waste.
The city council said the problem had started after a dispute between the owner of the house and the contractor doing the work there.
Work halted, the skip remained on the land and the garden became a local dumping ground.
Councillor Sarah Russell, the assistant city mayor responsible for neighbourhoods, said: "It's really important that householders don't use front gardens to dump rubbish, because as well as looking unsightly, this can attract rats and other vermin.
"There are also plenty of opportunities to dispose of rubbish through our waste collections, household recycling centres and our collections service for bulky items, which is free to use.
"What this initiative shows is that we take this problem seriously and that while we would much rather work with householders to solve the problem, we will also take decisive action to clear rubbish if needed. The householder will then be billed for this.
"It's everyone's responsibility to help us make sure our neighbourhoods are safe, tidy and pleasant environments to live in."
Meanwhile, Leicester City Council's city wardens have also been busy in Evington Road, Leicester, where leaflets reminding residents about the council's bulky waste collection service have been posted through doors with untidy gardens this week.
The city council is also beginning a clean-up operation in Humberstone Lane, where a former garage site has become a hot-spot for fly-tipping.
People living in the city council area can book a free bulk waste collection online at the council's website or by calling 0116 454 1002.
