“Come On, Who Would Want To Live Like This?”

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Domingo Heights resident says she’s fed up with the presence of an auto parts shop that she claims is quickly developing into a scrap yard.

As she tells Our Joshua Williams in this report, it’s become more than an eyesore and she believes it poses safety and environmental issues.

Imagine waking up to the sight of car parts piling up on a vacant lot just feet away from your bedroom window.

That’s the reality for some Domingo Heights, it’s a community that sits just off of East Street South.

One of the fed-up residents reached out to Our News.

That resident, who wanted to remain anonymous, tells me the situation has gotten out of control.

“It’s appalling it’s unacceptable, and I refuse to be forced to be comfortable with this and it’s not OK. I respectfully ask. I have respectfully asked the persons who are operating this monstrosity to stop stocking stuff against my wall”

This lot has become a sore point for residents in the community.

When we visited the site this morning, we saw old car doors and other parts littered across the lot, some as high as a side wall.

Drone footage captured by Our News cameraman Tate Bethel, showing it all.

The Domingo Heights residents tell me the issue has been ongoing for the last 6 months, near a home she’s grew up in her entire life.

And now that she’s trying to renovate her inheritance, she says the environment is presenting a road block.

“If my contractor comes now to come try again and access to this wall, I need him to come without interference”

But she says it goes beyond that, the environmental and safety risks are just too high.

“Fire hazard people have private wells here oil dripping through the soil leakage if you don’t dispose of this kind of toxic, whatever this garbage is like what is gonna happen”

She also says she’s reached out to authorities about the issues, including Urban Renewal, but hasn’t had any luck.

It’s a topic Our News team has covered in the past, with environment and natural resources minister, Zane Lightbourne telling us owners of private lots are responsible for keeping them clean.