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Hoarder faces the old heave-ho

Northern Advocate
2 Jun, 2006 05:58 AM3 mins to read

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The man who rented a shed to notorious Whangarei hoarder Keith Montreal now plans to call in the police to evict him.
Landlord Peter Weel also plans to send his tenant's massive collection of second-hand goods to an auction house if he can't find an alternative site.
Mr Montreal, 72, has worn out his welcome where he lives off Pipiwai Rd, Kamo, in a run-down caravan beside a 150sq m shed he has filled with machinery, whiteware and furniture.
Mr Weel, who lives in a shed at the back of the property, had handed him an eviction notice, giving him two weeks to leave the property or be charged with trespass.
The notice came after vandals smashed the windscreens of about six of his 12 unwarranted cars and complaints about the vehicles being parked on the roadway.
However, Mr Montreal, who now has to find a new site for his collection of second-hand goods, shows no signs of moving.
Mr Montreal says he needs more time to move his massive collection and maintains he has a four-year lease on the property. He plans to lodge a claim with the disputes tribunal.
"I'm taking it day by day," Mr Montreal said.
He was now considering working as a scrap dealer as a means of curbing his hoarding ways.
It's not the first time his collecting has caused problems.
The compulsive collector's hoarding has cost him two marriages and seen him kicked out of five homes. In 1992 the Whangarei District Council ordered Mr Montreal to clean up his section when he lived in Onerahi and in 1998 his disorder landed him in strife with Housing New Zealand when he began filling his Otangarei unit.
Mr Weel said he had been in touch with the local police about serving Mr Montreal with a trespass notice.
Mr Weel has difficulty using his driveway because of his tenant's collection of cars. A utility and a boat belonging to the landlord are in the shed, buried under Mr Montreal's mountain of goods.
He knew his tenant had a compulsive hoarding disorder but had not thought it was as bad as it was.
"He has nowhere else to go ... we still talk but it's the end of the road, I've had enough of him. Keith has let me down so many times. I don't really want to do it because it's going to cause him a fair bit of suffering if he loses his possessions," Mr Weel said.

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