Click this link and take a look at the photos on the first two pages of the photo stream and then come back, go ahead I will wait.
The tenants of this house were packing up and moving out today after ten months of the landlord refusing to fix the leaking roofs, leaking plumbing, clogged sewer line, electircal problems, water heater problems, mold growing on the ceilings, the floors so bad tha the tenant actually fell through one as he was leading me through the house to take pictures.
Long story short, the building commisioners office was called a little bit before 3:30pm and told the tenants are moving out, and they want to make sure this slimlord is not able to put another family in this death trap of a house.
Building Inspector Ron Hartman all but flat out refused citing that he is supposed to get off work at 4:00pm.
I put the tenant on the phone with him, and he explained everything going on in the house, and how he will not be able to have access to the house after midnight, again, more concerned with getting off at 4:00pm than to get in the house while he has a chance, knowing full well once the willing tenant was gone, he could not enter the house with out the property owner asking him to come in (are building inspectores vampires where they can not cross a threshhold to a home unless invited?)
Thankfully, Pat Mclaughlin, John Gonder and Kevin Zurchmiede realized that their duties to serve this community does not necessarily end with a certain position on the dail of a watch.
I also hope these three take Hartman to task on his basic refusal to act.
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We need a qualified building inspector. Call Mayor England and tell him about this situation.
Hi, I stumbled across your blog. I can't believe there were actually people living in that house! Why do landlords buy homes and just let them rot? That should be [if its not already] against the law. And I hope Ron Hartman starts doing a better job. I e-mailed him a while ago about a couple homes in my neighborhood and never heard back! The lady that used to do it was great, she always responded and let me know what was going on.
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