A Bondi house in which a family of hoarders stored rubbish for years has been scheduled for auction, Waverley Council says.

The home at 19 Boonara Avenue, Bondi has been the scene of several stand-offs between the owners and the council over piles of decaying refuse.

Last March, the council moved in to clean up the rubbish after owner Mary Bobolas refused.

Mrs Bobolas and her two daughters, Elena and Liana, went to the Supreme Court to try and stop Waverley Council entering their home.

Police speak to members of the Bobolas family as council workers clean up their Bondi house in April 2014. ( Michelle Rafferty )

Mrs Bobolas's daughter claimed that her mother suffered psychological problems that caused her to hoard.

Court papers revealed the Bobolas's Boonara Avenue property was strewn with piles of rotting garbage, plastic containers, tins, jars, containers and wrappers, cushions, furniture, foam, live and dead vegetation, disused electrical items and miscellaneous matter "likely to afford harbourage for vermin and insects".

Waverley Council said it tried to address the problem of hoarding at the house over the last 25 years, including cleaning it almost 15 times.

It said in a statement that the Land and Environment Court had ordered the owners of the property to pay the costs on each occasion, but that Waverley Council had never been repaid.

Last year, the NSW Sheriff's Office was instructed to recover about $180,000 of the cleaning and legal fees owed to the council, and as part of that has scheduled an auction for the sale of the property.

House a public health and safety issue: councillor

Council's solicitors have now applied for a court date to request access to clean the outside of the property, demolish the garage and gain access to the inside of the house to remove any vegetation growing there.

Cathy Henderson from Waverley Council said it was not fair for the ratepayers to foot the bill for the clean-up.

Ms Henderson said everyone in the street deserved the right to live in a clean and safe environment, and the amount of rubbish at the house had escalated to alarming levels.

"The situation on the street is intolerable. It's a public health and safety issue for the family, and for the nearby residents," she said.

"We know there are underlying factors causing this problem but the hoarding has occurred at a much quicker pace since the last clean up.

"We really feel for the family and we have sought to connect them with local support services and agencies."

She said the council would continue to encourage the family to accept support.

The estate agent selling the house said it provides plenty of scope to build a dream home.