After more than a decade of putting up with cockroaches coming from the flat next door, Ms Nur'Ashikin Zainol is now hopeful that the problem is almost over.
A clean-up crew set about clearing rubbish and exterminating pests on Saturday in the three-room flat in Eunos Crescent which is occupied by drink stall assistant Lim Chin Ting, 74, and his wife, Madam Soh Siew Zhen, 66.
Madam Soh had filled the rooms with old newspapers, clothes, boxes and other items which became a breeding ground for cockroaches.
The clean-up team included representatives from grassroots organisations, the Housing Board, and the National Environment Agency (NEA).
Only the living room has been cleared for now, but Ms Nur'Ashikin said she has seen fewer cockroaches and is "optimistic".
"Everybody is doing their best to clean up the house," she added.
The pests would often crawl into the flat where Ms Nur'Ashikin lives with her mother, husband and two children.
The 33-year-old cake decorator said her parents had put up with the problem for years. "They didn't really want to complain. They just lived with it."
Ms Nur'Ashikin did not approach the authorities, nor did she press Mr Lim on the issue. "We didn't want a confrontation," she said.
But last month, while conducting dengue checks in the neighbourhood, NEA came across Mr Lim's unit and sprayed insecticide inside the flat to kill mosquitoes.
Cockroaches swarmed into the corridor. Ms Nur'Ashikin posted a video of the scene on Facebook.
"We just wanted them to get help," she said."Maybe a charity foundation or volunteers could help them to clean up the place after it has been cleared."
Mr Lim said things were "okay" but he did not want further media attention.