An Omaha man living next door to an abandoned home decided to do something about it besides complain.

Paul Cunningham isn't a nosy neighbor, but the abandoned house at 112th and Madison has a pool full of danger that could cross property lines.

“It's going to attract bugs and mosquitos and it's only going to get worse and of course the risk of having this thing full of water with nobody around, unless my wife and I hear something. There's no security here."

Cunningham says a month ago, the family that lived there moved to Wisconsin and his neighbor confessed he couldn't afford mortgage payments anymore. “The guy was really hurt. He said this is the first time in my life I have never been able to pay a bill."

Cunningham wondered who maintains the property as the foreclosure process moves slowly along. "Me and the neighbor said we got to do something ‘cause this can get out of hand.” So he and a neighbor won't sit by and watch the grass grow.

Cunningham sent letters to two banks the ex-homeowner told him had loans on the property. If those lenders don't respond with a cleanup crew soon, neighbors say they'll go beyond mowing and get their weedwackers in here.

But when it comes to draining the pool, neighbors are less willing to dive in. "I hesitate to do it for liability issues. People just kind of scared to do anything.”

So Six On Your Side put Cunningham in touch with Omaha's chief code enforcer. “Right, well Paul I'll get somebody out there right away, our inspector who handles that part of town.”

The health department will investigate the pool hazard, but when it comes to keeping the abandoned house from becoming a neighborhood eyesore, Cunningham won't let the grass grow under his feet.

"I don't want this to get out of hand to the point that this is just an eyesore, but it's not even saleable."

So what do you do if a neighboring house ends up like this one? In Omaha, there are a wealth of options. The Weeds and Litter hotline is 444-5910 for complaints about trash, debris, overgrown weeds and grass, fallen limbs and damaged trees.

If the problem concerns pools, call the health department at 444-7485 for complaints about fences around pools or deteriorating gates to pools.

If a complaint involves houses gone bad, or garages, sheds, fences and walls, call code enforcement at 444-5371.