Fans, chairs, plywood, cones, pipes, tires and a tent.
Those are just a few of the items that are scattered throughout the yard of a home in the Plum Lake neighborhood of Lake County, and neighbors have seen enough.
For months, residents have complained about the items in the front and side yards of Craig Brown's home along Plum Lake Drive.
Old tires, appliances, wood and pipes are just a few more of the items that cover the ground around the property.
Tommie Boettcher, who lives next door, said it's very frustrating.
"You try to keep your yard halfway decent, you know, and work on it and then you see that next door," Boettcher said. "It's, like — it's crazy.”
Boettcher said she has had to put up her own fence to keep Brown's trash out of her yard.
A large dumpster sits in Brown's front yard. It's overflowing with junk he's accumulated while trying to resell it and make money.
"I've been unemployed until recently, so scrapping was my way of paying my bills," Brown said Monday as he looked at the massive dumpster. Inside, there were machine parts, chairs and chunks of plastic and metal.
Lake County Code Enforcement has sent about six notices to Brown since November, demanding he clean up the mess.
Five months later, the mess remains. Now fees are piling up.
Last week, a $50-per-day fine began. Brown already faces $400 in fines, and neighbors said the fine is too little.
"I think it should have been more than $50 but, you know, he's not interested in trying to clean it up," Boettcher said.
Brown disagrees.
"I'm in the middle of cleaning it up, and it should be done in the next week," he said.
Becauase it's a code enforcement issue, Brown can't go to jail for the offense. According to county officials, however, he has approximately 83 more days to clean up his yard before foreclosure proceedings on the home could begin.