Does your neighborhood have a packrat house?

[barbeml]

DH and I walk every day and there is one house on our route that never fails to make us laugh and shudder. It is obvious that a severely afflicted packrat lives there.

At this house, it is every holiday year round. The halloween skeletons mix with the Christmas icicles. The bushes are filled with cobwebs and candy canes. Lacy valentine hearts are pasted into the upstairs windows while bedraggled red white & blue bunting sags below.

We have counted 27 EMPTY bird feeders strewn among the trees. What a cruel hoax for the birds!

The back yard is filled with piles of plastic wading pools, toys and moldering bags of potting soil.

The garage door is buckled and warped--it is closed, but bulging out with unseen stuff. Needless to say, the cars are in the driveway.

The front door is frequently open, and we can see that the staircase and bannister are piled high with coats and boxes. Just a narrow path up the stairs.

Don't get me started on the lawn ornaments.

Funny thing is, the house next door is immaculate and barely looks lived in. The owners have planted a dense hedgerow along their property line---wonder why!!

 

[nealymouse]

this post made me laugh. We have a packrat family and we have what we call the Perfect People. They are both at very oppsit ends when it comes to their homes.We are in the middle. My home is neat and well groomed but I would not DIE if my garden needed to be weeded and wasnt LOL

 

[grinningghost]

You bet. The people across the street. I can see their front yard from where I'm sitting and just to name a few items out there:

Recycle box
Broken swing
Bench with weeds growing through it
A couple broken doll carriages
Broken wagon
Burger King cup

And I can't see the rest because my car is blocking the view (thank God).

 

[barbeml]

The Burger King cup made me laugh! Why can't they just pick it up?

The house I described has a sad looking dog and cat living in it. The dog is a sheltie/miniature collie and he can walks slowly because his fur is so thick and long (you can barely see his feet). I guess if they brushed him they would be "throwing away" the excess fur.