Unbound times out with: "communications error to 127.0.0.1#5335: timed out"

You know what, I have been tearing my hair over this for like 3 days now through load shedding and constant annoying, and the only acknowledgement I get is 'do more until it's fixed'.

In my original post, I stumbled upon unbound magically working. Turns out it wasn't, but now I don't care anymore if it's recursive or not. How do I get this back to work, cause now, I need unbound to work, whether it gives any benefits or not is not my problem anymore.

It might sound a bit rude but I want it. I just want unbound to look like it's working now.

If you are wondering, the router setup remains untouched. I can't touch my dad's wonderful handiwork. Fantastic.

If you can help regarding this, please do.