Some Springfield residents say they've had it with the owners of an abandoned home in their neighborhood.

"From what I understand it's been in foreclosure for years. It's been empty for years,” said next door neighbor Cleveland Drayton.

Drayton's well-manicured Springfield home sits directly next to eh eyesore at the end of the cul-de-sac that nobody wants to take responsibility for.

Drayton says he has contacted the city and emailed the Springfield City Manager multiple times.

"This has been going on now for over a year. I contacted them again at the beginning of summer to tell them that, ‘Hey this is getting long again,’ and they haven't contacted me back,” said Drayton.

Springfield officials say they've actually come out and cleaned the property up twice.

Code Enforcement officials have written “Notice of Responsibility” orders to the owners and contacted the bank holding the mortgage.

"The bank gives me the excuse, ‘Well it's not totally theirs until that foreclosure is finalized,’ and up to the day that the judge awards their title back to them, or deed back to the bank, that person can come up and get the money. So they're not willing to spend the money to clean it up. So that leaves it on us to go over there and clean it up,” said Lee Penton of Springfield Code Compliance.

Neighbors say they are worried about their health and safety.

“We've been seeing a lot of critters now, snakes, rats. I had to take a dead rat out of my neighbor's yard. I got an exterminator to come out here and he said well your big problem is right here,” Drayton said pointing next door.

City officials filed another clean up work-order Thursday morning. But officials say they are very short-staffed and it may take a couple weeks before anything gets done.

If no one pays the maintenance fee, the city will clean up, and then place a lien on the property.

Springfield officials say they have about 30 vacant houses in the same foreclosure limbo.