Sydney's "Bondi hoarders" have held onto their home and the neighbours are less than happy about it.
The Bobolas family managed to stump up the cash to settle a reported $180,000 debt just hours before the house was due to go under the hammer on Tuesday night.
Neighbours had been looking forward to the sale of the property at 19 Boonara Avenue, which was due to be auctioned on Tuesday night by the NSW Sheriff's Office.
The sale had been called to recover money owed for cleaning and legal fees owed to Waverley Council by the Bobolas family.
"This was going to be the second happiest day of my life," said one neighbour, who did not wish to be named.
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"This will never come to an end in my life time.
"It won't happen until 2045."
Despite rubbish being piled high, the home was still in a better condition than in previous years.
"What you look at now is actually good, it used to be on the roof," the neighbour said.
Once the Bobolas family settled the debt, a NSW Department of Justice official said they could continue to live in the home.
Another neighbour came to the defence of the Bobolas family.
"If someone is in a wheelchair, you don't kick them. They have a mental illness, so they need help," the neighbour said.
"They don't need punishment."
If this home wasn't in a wealthy area, no one would care, the neighbour said. Real estate agent Ric Serrao had expected the 546sqm property to receive bids of up of $1.8 million at auction.
"I'm glad there's been some resolution, but it would have been quite a spectacle from an agent's point of view," he said.
