Flat next door smells absolutely sickening due to 13 house Cats that don't go outside.What Can I do?

Silvertabby

Those poor cats, they must be living in misery. 

Incidentally, assuming that these original 13 cats weren't all neutered/spayed, there'll be a lot more than 13 now.  As has already been said, report to Environmental Health and the RSPCA.  

Murphybear

I understand your dilemma.  Some years ago I lived in a basement flat in a converted house in London.  There was a tenant next door who had one room with its own kitchen facilities and we shared a bathroom.  He had direct access to the large paved garden and the other flats had access by going through the house.  He had about a dozen cats and the smell was awful.  

I am a serious cat lover and was more concerned about the cats than myself but they seemed ok.  Like you I called EH and they sent someone round.  His comment was that he couldn’t smell anything wrong.  I was furious, he had a heavy cold . I complained to the council and asked them to send someone else but they just said the case was closed.  

I moved away soon after as I got married.  Fortunately he loved cats as well so we got 2 rescue cats.  

ThisIsWeird

sheramber said:

Contact Environmentla Health.
We did that when our next door neighbour never walked thier dog and it toileted in the garden whcih was never cleaned.
The grass and weed were waist high.
We could not go out use our bck garden becuse of the smell.
EH called and the result was a skip full of black bags of rubbish, weeds, grass etc. and the smell gone.

Good to have an actual example.
Can you recall who did the actual clearing and cleaning - EH, or did they 'oblige' the neighbour to do so?
AfaIk, EH can only take 'action' against commercial businesses and not private individuals, so it would be interesting to know if the LA undertook the clearing themselves? And then, of course, there would need to be a way to stop it continuing - do you recall what happened afterwards? Was this enforced?
Either way, surely this is first & foremost an adult social services issue, and therefore - as Grumpy suggests - the first department to be contacted? By all means follow it up with EH if needed - if A-SS do not so (surely they will?).
Also ask the other neighbour to do the same.
Does your daughter have Legal Protection in her content's insurance, Frank? If so, call them up for guidance - this is free (she's paid for it) and they should be able to guide you how to approach this, and escalate it if necessary. 
This is every bit a situation that needs to be addressed for the sake of your neighbour as your daughter. 
(If your daughter doesn't have LP, perhaps the other neighbour does?)
If the smell is remotely as bad as you state, FF, this is surely actionable. So if A-SS or EH do nothing (surely unlikely), you may need to force the issue with legal action as a last resort. Before this, escalate the pressure on the LA - contact the local councillor, for example, and invite them round for a snifter...
Please keep the thread updated, Frank, as it would be useful to have this as a - hopefully-concluded - reference on how to tackle such an issue.

Bigphil1474

Re Above. EH can take action against individual home owners or tenants, as well as landlords and commercial businesses. It's usually action against the 'responsible person'. EH can arrange for contractors to do the work but that will be billed back to the property owner - normally they would require the property owner to pay for the work.  

FrankFalcon

To everybody that has commented, you have put some great points forward.  We certainly don't want to upset anybody or the Animals and we will go about it in a subtle, caring way.  I will write some letters next week and post back here in a few weeks to update y'all on what action was taken.
Thank you.

sheramber

ThisIsWeird said:

sheramber said:

Contact Environmentla Health.
We did that when our next door neighbour never walked thier dog and it toileted in the garden whcih was never cleaned.
The grass and weed were waist high.
We could not go out use our bck garden becuse of the smell.
EH called and the result was a skip full of black bags of rubbish, weeds, grass etc. and the smell gone.

Good to have an actual example.
Can you recall who did the actual clearing and cleaning - EH, or did they 'oblige' the neighbour to do so?
AfaIk, EH can only take 'action' against commercial businesses and not private individuals, so it would be interesting to know if the LA undertook the clearing themselves? And then, of course, there would need to be a way to stop it continuing - do you recall what happened afterwards? Was this enforced?
Either way, surely this is first & foremost an adult social services issue, and therefore - as Grumpy suggests - the first department to be contacted? By all means follow it up with EH if needed - if A-SS do not so (surely they will?).
Also ask the other neighbour to do the same.
Does your daughter have Legal Protection in her content's insurance, Frank? If so, call them up for guidance - this is free (she's paid for it) and they should be able to guide you how to approach this, and escalate it if necessary. 
This is every bit a situation that needs to be addressed for the sake of your neighbour as your daughter. 
(If your daughter doesn't have LP, perhaps the other neighbour does?)
If the smell is remotely as bad as you state, FF, this is surely actionable. So if A-SS or EH do nothing (surely unlikely), you may need to force the issue with legal action as a last resort. Before this, escalate the pressure on the LA - contact the local councillor, for example, and invite them round for a snifter...
Please keep the thread updated, Frank, as it would be useful to have this as a - hopefully-concluded - reference on how to tackle such an issue.

Mum and dad had gone their separate ways and a teenager and young adult son were left in the house. 

Young adult moved his girlfriend, child and dog in.

They and their pals spent all weekend cutting down the vegetation , bagging it up and putting the bags in a skip.

the problem was not repeated and they eventually moved away. 

The hoiuse was empty for months resulting in it  being flooded during the winter, causing extensive damage.

After being rebuilt inside it was sold.