East Belfast residents say they have been "tormented by flies" in recent weeks due to a build-up of waste at an "abandoned property".
Residents of Vionville Court said that their lives have been made hell for the past few weeks due to the flies coming from the property next door to them.
They said the back garden of the Housing Executive home was full of bags of rubbish and waste which had begun to attract flies and other pests to the area, which had begun invading their homes on a daily basis.
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This problem was made worse during the recent hot weather.
Speaking to Belfast Live, one resident said: "For weeks we have been having problems with this house due to the state in which the property has been kept.
"From what we understand, the house was abandoned weeks ago by the person living there, and since then there has been bags and bags of rubbish that have piled up and started to attract pests and we have been plagued by hundreds of flies ever since.
"The situation was so bad that the windows of the property were filled entirely with flies which would then come into our home.
"We reported it to the Housing Executive a few weeks ago in the hopes that something would happened to resolve the situation and thankfully they came last week and got rid of everything.
"We are now happy that the situation is resolved, but cannot understand how the property was allowed to get so bad. We couldn't open our doors or windows for weeks during the hot weather due to the flies and the smells."
Another Vionville Court Resident said: "For a while now there have been some problems for a couple of houses here in the street due to a large amount of flies.
"There was a large amount of flies inside the property and outside, but over the weekend a lot of the rubbish and things have been cleared, so hopefully there are no more issues for them."
A spokesperson for the Housing executive said: “We are aware of concerns raised about this home, and are carrying out investigations.
“In the meantime, we have arranged for rubbish to be removed from the yard and will be visiting the tenant again on Monday.”
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