Student digs are not exactly renowned for their high standards of cleanliness.

But now neighbours of a house in Brighton are speaking out against the “never-ending antisocial behaviour” of the students that live there.

Rachel and John Smith, who live near to the house, said the rubbish attracts seagulls, which could cause a car crash to happen as they swoop down and distract drivers.

The house is located near to the University of Brighton Moulsecoomb campus in The Highway, which is off Lewes Road.

Mr and Mrs Smith said that they have reported the students to Brighton and Hove City Council several times.

In his latest letter to the council, Mr Smith wrote: “They continuously dump their rubbish bags full of rotten food outside their house, and their bins are constantly overflowing.

“We, the neighbours, have to pick up all the rotten food and put it in our own bins, otherwise there would be a rat infestation.

“Lots of seagulls constantly dive-bomb to get to the rubbish, endangering the heavy traffic on Lewes Road.

“Only yesterday we again had to pick up all the rotten food that around ten seagulls were trying to get to.

“As we were doing so, a belligerent student who was leaving the house, and to whom the thought of picking up his own rubbish did not occur, took offence instead of thanking us, at the fact that we were sorting out his rubbish.

“He stated there was nothing wrong in leaving rubbish bags everywhere.

“We were speechless.

“We again had to put all their rubbish into our own bins.

“One of these days a car crash could happen on Lewes Road due to the many seagulls dive-bombing towards the rubbish.”

Mr and Mrs Smith are now urging the council to provide those students with more bins, due to the “excessive” amount of rubbish they say the house produces.

The couple have used the website Fixmystreet.co.uk to lodge their latest complaint, which was also sent to the council on Tuesday.

The Argus visited the house, which is described as a six-bedroom property on real estate website Zoopla.co.uk, to find no bags of rubbish and empty bins.

We did however see discarded food packaging and an empty packet of tobacco in the front garden.

A neighbour, who preferred not to be named, said: “I keep myself to myself.

“As long as it is not affecting me, I don’t mind.”

But another neighbour, who also preferred not to be named, said: “It is clean and tidy now, because bin day was yesterday, but they are leaving a lot of rubbish there.

“I think there are a lot of students living in that house.

“It is not fair on the rest of us that live on this street.

“I don’t complain to the council, because they won’t do anything.”

The students were not available for comment when we visited and the council has not responded to a request for a comment.

A Brighton University spokesman said: “We will inquire to establish if we have received a complaint.

"If it is established the people in question are University of Brighton students we will take appropriate action.

"University of Brighton students are informed regularly that they are expected to be good neighbours and to respect others in the community at all times.”