I'm good with all of that except the pile of garbage. The remedy for that here is to call the town refuse and recycling department and ask them to assess whether it's a health hazard.
One of the benefits of living in a middling-urban city in a state where government more or less works is that it's really difficult to build up a 10 foot pile of garbage -- because once a week the town sends a refuse truck and a recycling truck to pick up things at the end of your driveway.
I had a neighbor up the street with a commercial dumpster in their driveway for about six months; I assume they were doing interior construction and demolition. I'm sure nobody complained about it. Construction debris doesn't attract rats and raccoons the way food debris does.
One of the benefits of living in a middling-urban city in a state where government more or less works is that it's really difficult to build up a 10 foot pile of garbage -- because once a week the town sends a refuse truck and a recycling truck to pick up things at the end of your driveway.
I had a neighbor up the street with a commercial dumpster in their driveway for about six months; I assume they were doing interior construction and demolition. I'm sure nobody complained about it. Construction debris doesn't attract rats and raccoons the way food debris does.