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my wife an me have lived in our house for over 15 years now and my next door neighbor has been in his house for well over 25. my major concern is that his house looks abandoned he has never done any up keep on it since i have lived here. from the last snow storm his garage has completely collaspe in now, he has holes in the side of the house where i have seen wild animals go in and out of the house,there are trees ,vines,and brush that grow up on the house and right next to it. there is also an in-ground pool in the back yard that is filled with water making it a cess pool. my wife an me cant even go in our back yard in the summer because the bugs an mosgitos are so bad that come from his back yard and this pool.i have made many complaints in town with the building inspector and health dept and they keep sending me back an forth between them, others neighbors an people in the neighborhood have had made complaints about this persons home for many years and nothing is ever done about. there is a blight law in the town but what good is it if no one will up hold it. right now this house has become a very bad saftey an fire hazzard in the neighborhood for all the neighbors an little children around. this house should really be condemed an unsafe to live in. in the spring an summer you cant even see the house from the road because of all the over growth from the trees an brush and its only maybe 30 feet from the road.please help us and my neighbors we need it bad. the town knows about it and how bad bad it is but they dont seem to want do anything about it and always give people the run around about it. please again im begging for some more help with this matter. i am even willing to be home sometime if some one wanted to come over to look at this house an garage to take pictures or video to get this matter taken care of.i dont think any one should have to live next to something like this when its such a very nice neighborhood except for this. thank you for listening and i really hope you guys can help
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Amanda (Guest)
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Joe Tarzi (Registered User)
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Joe Tarzi (Registered User)
Is the home still occupied? The Town, to my understanding, can't legally enforce the blight ordinance unless the property is vacant. Your safety concerns might be more pressing to the Town, it is harder to ignore a safety issue than a cosmetic one. Even so, if the home is occupied you're going to have an uphill battle to get anything done.
In the short term I'd suggest posting any pictures of truly dangerous situations that you can legally take from public rights of way or your own property. The Town is monitoring this Web site. There is no one thing I can think for you to do if the property is occupied except to remember that the squeeky wheel gets the greese and that a good picture is worth a thousand words. Hope this helps.