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I have seen the flood of complaints here and elsewhere about the growing number of what WERE single family homes (or even two family) being bought by out of area "investors" and then turned into as many rental units as possible... often without permits.
The idea is to take a home designed for one family, buy it on the cheap and slice it into as many apartments as possible. Not only was the house not designed for this use, the driveway can't hold the cars of multiple residents so vehicles of renters spills onto the streets making it impossible to plow, more and more children from these apartments that used to contain one family flood into the schools, etc.
The owners? They often don't live in Ansonia or near the properties. They just cash the rent checks. Who cares what they did to the neighborhood.
While I can not confirm that permits were not pulled, HERE is a recent example. This is an older photo from Google but since it was taken the front of the house has been "modified".
NOW, there is a metal spiral staircase on the right side of the front porch that brings you to a new entrance on the third floor where the attic window was. Sure enough, the owner found a way to rent out the attic as yet another unit... and modified the front of the house however possible to create an entryway to this space.
EXACTLY what Ansonia doesn't need!
Feel free to tell me permits were pulled, there is nothing wrong with this, etc. but when you see a metal spiral staircase and doorway on a third floor slapped onto a house... you begin to see why Ansonia has become too densely populated.
If the owner followed the rules, I applaud them... but the City should have NEVER allowed this. It's the root of our problems!
10 Commentaires
Mahfouz (Utilisateur inscrit)
Platt neighbor (Invité)
Bill Phipps (Invité)
Platt neighbor (Invité)
Michael Raymond (Utilisateur inscrit)
What has happened in the area of this home is a horror. The City has paid no attention as single and two family homes have been caved up into as many rental units as the owner cares to without any oversight. The streets are filled with cars of renters who can't fit in the home's original driveway making it impossible for plows to clear snow in the winter, etc.
Forget the crumbling sidewalks never repaired by far away owners who don't care what their property looks like as long as the rent check roll in.
Shame on Ansonia for not addressing this once and for all.
Platt neighbor (Invité)
francis (Utilisateur inscrit)
Anne Beverly (Utilisateur inscrit)
A solution to this is VERY simple. The City select A neighborhood where cars are overflowing into the streets and it appears two family or single family homes are sliced into many illegal units and sends letters to each homeowner to confirm the buildings current use is legal.
Let's start with Hodge, Vine, Platt and Columbia. That alone should keep the City's Attorney's busy for a year working in settlements for the dozens of illegal rental units. Let's also throw in the crumbling sidewalks the "rental owners" won't repair and the fact the cars on those streets in winter make it impossible to properly clear snow.
SO, I've just named a small "Target Area" for the City to use as a test. What will the result be?
Platt neighbor (Invité)
Clos special treatment (Utilisateur inscrit)