Angry residents have slammed a council for failing to clear fly-tipped rubbish outside their homes which has grown into a stinking 30ft mountain of waste over the last four years.
Homeowners living on Ford Street, near to Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter, have been left with festering piles of rubbish on their doorsteps since 2018.
Parents are refusing to let their children play outdoors due to the rat-infested mounds which have also left people too embarrassed to invite friends and family around.
Locals say shameless fly-tippers have been making their lives a living hell by repeatedly adding to the huge pile while the council has done nothing to remove it.
Birmingham City Council told MailOnline that the rubbish has been dumped on private land, which has not belonged to the council since 2016.
Garage door fitters Doorfit Products Ltd own the land and say they were working with the council to try and remove the rubbish. The company also blamed the authority for making the fly-tipping problem worse by imposing 'restrictive measures' on the public using tips.
Shocking pictures show the disgusting heap - which includes household rubbish, several sofas, mattresses, bin liners, chairs and piles of wooden pallets.
Piles of fly-tipped rubbish dumped on Ford Street, Birmingham have been left alone by the council over a four-year period, according to furious locals
Locals say shameless fly-tippers have been making their lives a living hell by repeatedly adding to the huge pile
Shocking pictures show the disgusting heap - which includes household rubbish, several sofas, mattresses, bin liners, chairs and piles of wooden pallets
Residents of the street are now calling for CCTV to be installed in the area amid the growing problem as the city prepares to host the Commonwealth Games nearby
Residents are now calling for CCTV to be installed in the area amid the growing problem as the city prepares to host the Commonwealth Games nearby.
Father-of-four Arjan Singh, 44, who lives on the road in Hockley, said: 'People are going to be visiting our city this summer and are going to see eyesores like this.
'What opinion do you think visitors are going to be left with when they see things like this? It is embarrassing.
'It began four years ago and nothing was done to clear the streets and then during the pandemic it has just got worse and worse.
'There are rats running about, its absolutely disgusting. Its like being in the Third World yet this is supposed to be a modern cosmopolitan city.
'It has made our area unsafe and unclean - something needs to be done as the problem is getting out of hand and causing everybody a lot of stress.'
Another female homeowner, who did not want to be named, said: 'The mess is just horrific and
