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Ivanka Trump: The neighbour from hell

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Washington: Residents of a posh Washington neighbourhood say Ivanka Trump and her family don't make for very good neighbours, taking up too much the parking and leaving rubbish at the curb for days.

Add to that a huge security presence that requires three vans for a trip to the playground, and neighbours have had enough of the disruption caused by the family.

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Neighbours of Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children have complained of footpaths being closed, public parking overrun and that the family and their staff haven't learned the garbage collection schedule for their $7.2 million home.

"It has been a three-ring circus from the day that they've moved in," said Marietta Robinson, who lives across the street.

The house was bought in December by a company with ties to a Chilean billionaire. The company is renting it to Kushner and Trump, who moved in just after the inauguration of her father, President Donald Trump. Both work in the White House as advisers to the president, though details of Trump's role for her father remain murky.

Residents of the area are accustomed to VIP neighbours. Former president Barack Obama and his family have lived there since he left office, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought a home there, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also moved in recently.

Yet no one has raised the ire of the community like the Trumps. At a recent neighbourhood commission meeting, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace was among those who showed up to complain about parking problems.

"Maybe some of the upset has to do with politics a little. I couldn't say for sure, but I know that people don't seem to be upset about Tillerson's situation. It's much less intrusive," said Ellen Goldstein, an elected neighbourhood commissioner.

AP