i'm sorry to hear that. what a bad situation. my neighbors are pretty messy too because it's a rental and they could care less about yardwork or garbage piling up. can you post pics? i think we'd all like to see this out of curiousity. have you made any progress with it yet?
i used pex when i replumbed my 60 year old house and love it. super easy to work with and have not had a problem yet. i did it with manifolds for hot and cold, and from for the water coming from water heater i used cpvc then red pex off that to all my fixtures. my first post. love this forum...