Thank you. Is this a bank owned vacant property?

Yes it is.

An inspection has been done and the reinspection date is July 10th.

A neighbor got tired of looking at the mess & took it upon himself & cut things down. There is also a tree 3/4 dead that should be removed. We can't leave our car in the driveway because of falling branches

Why am I getting the letter to clean up the property or get a $50.00 fine when it is the property next door at 57 Harwich St who is owned by a bank? Not my property & I sure as hell not cleaning it up! As it is a neighbor took it upon himself to cut it down, but the bank needs to be notified so it continues to be cleaned. Have tried for a number of years for something to be done & I can see this site is a waste also!!!!!!!

I am looking at the notice that was sent out. Yes you are correct the notice was sent to you at 49 Hardwich and not 57. The see click fix report heading says 49 Hardwich overgrowth. I apologize we will resend to the appropriate owner.

No change. As I stated before a neighbor got tired of looking at the mess & did some cutting, but since then no one has done anything & now it is has grown into a mess again.

Grass & weeds are growing higher & higher. People are still just cutting on one side of property & not cutting the side next to my fence. Now I even have a neighbor dumping his grass clippings there.

Thank you. I actually received a message from I believe the property management company. I will call back and let them know the work has not been completed to satisfaction.

The grass in the back still hasn’t been cut!!!! There is also a dead tree that if it comes down will land on my garage. We can’t even park in our own driveway. When will something be done about this property?

Still hasn’t been cut & dead tree still there. Hope they are being fined for the violations because otherwise this has been a waste of time

Of course not. Now we have all the leaves from the 3 trees blowing on our yard because no one cleans up that property. Like I said before I sure hope your are sending them fines. But as I see it this has been a waste of my time all spring & summer!!!

Grass has never been cut and the leaves never picked up. If you have notified them then they are ignoring you!! Now we have snow on the ground. Since they never did anything this spring, summer & fall I don't expect anything to be done next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I have said in the past ----this is a waste of timed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does a real live person ever read these. How does anyone cut the grass and clean up property on the middle of January with inches of snow on the ground? Of course nothing has been done!

This has to be a machine & no human is reading this otherwise you wouldn’t be asking about grass overgrowth in the middle of winter especially since we got 3” of snow last night. What a waste of time. Our government at work!!!

Still looks like a jungle.

Still looks like a jungle

Now the weeds are taller than me. It is a jungle. Is the bank been paying for over a year the tickets for this overgrowth or are you not sending them. Why aren’t they forced to take care of this property.?

Is there any one really reading this? Weeds keep growing causing misquotes and maybe tics. Dead tree on property. can't even park in our own driveway!!!!! Come on someone do something or otherwise stop wasting my time.

Weeds still growing

Dead trees are cut down BUT the weeds keep getting taller! Also now someone has cut more branches on a live tree & left the branches in the yard. Such a mess & breathing ground for mice etc. Wish I saw who cut the branches & left them.

Still high weeds & cut branches in the yard. Also noticed vines growing up on wires. If we get a good ice storm we will lose power.

Still a mess

Property hasn’t changed.
Now we have a new problem on the street. Seems our neighbors at 66 Harwich St are doing business repairing cars. There are many cars in the driveway & garage for repairs. Not sure if these cars are registered . This area is not zoned for business.

An inspector went out to the property and a notice of violation has been sent to the owner. The reinspection date is Feb. 2nd

Maybe when the snow is gone they might clean up

As usual they cut the grass last week but not all of it & the brush from the tree is still in a pile in the back— great eyesore

Grass growing over tree limbs that were cut down last year. Breeding ground for ticks, rodents, etc. From seeds flying off maple trees we now have trees growing wild. Also front bush is growing into the wires in front. Don’t understand why this mess goes on for years. Sure brings my property value down

I sure hope the city is collecting fines because of this mess for the past few years. No change— still overgrowth. This brings my property value down. Sure is upsetting to have to go thru this for years.

This matter has been referred to the Law Department.

The law department isn’t doing their job. The mess next door is a breathing ground for mosquitoes & tics. The weeds have red berries on them & the birds are bombing the house. We have to keep washing the house down. I pay taxes & yet we can’t sit outside. Time to have my taxes lowered since this mess has brought my value down! How many more years do we keep going with this property? First we had to fight to get the house & garage torn down then we had to fight to get the dead trees cut down. This has been going on for around 8 years. The banks don’t even know what is going on. Every year someone from the bank looking for the house. They don’t even know the house has been torn down. How about someone getting off their fanny & earn your pay & get some results.

No change—-pile of debris from cutting a tree still in back yard. Since we are in January there isn’t much weeds. Yard was never cleaned up last year. What is the problem with your legal department that this has been going on for years without any resolution

Finally the left side of the driveway has been cleaned last month BUT put everything on the right side of the driveway & left it there. So what they did was move everything from one side to the other side. There is also a pile of leaves left on the left side of the driveway which will eventually blow onto my side. I can’t get over that we have been dealing with this issue for years & nothing gets done!! What am I paying taxes for?

Still a mess. We have been going back & forth on this problem since June 2017. After 3 years nothing has changed. If you can’t do something about this stop emailing me, just wasting my time!

You would think after 1081 days reporting this problem the city would have taken care of this problem. What do I have to do to get this problem solved? Weeds are taller than me.. DO YOUR JOB and take care of this. How many more years before this is taken care of!

Someone was here last week & cleaned up most of the yard but for some reason didn’t cleanup a whole strip & didn’t clear up all the weeds & vines climbing up all over in the corner of our fence.

Beginning of July someone cleaned part of the mess on the left side of the driveway & nothing since. Yesterday someone came & cut the right side of the driveway but for some reason the left side doesn’t get cut or cleaned up.. Weeds are growing high & fast. Why after all these years of complying isn’t something done! Breeding ground for mice,ticks & misquotes. Maybe you need to put heavier fines on the bank because you are just wasting time asking me if this problem is solved & all these years it is not!!

Weeds are getting taller—- now some of the weeds have berries that the birds drop on my house & we have to,keep the car in the garage. When I have the house washed because of the berries smashed on my house I will send the city my bill!!

No change just weeds growing taller—- city should be rich with all the fees they should be collecting!

A neighbor finally got tired of the mess & did some cleaning on the property, but there is still a section not cut down & now we have all the leaves from 3 trees. After 1231 days of this issue outstanding i take it the city can’t do anything about this issue. Hope the bank that owns the property is paying fines.

Same mess as always plus the leaves from 3 trees! Why do you bother to ask if you aren’t going to do anything about this. Stop wasting my time!

You are still wasting my time — leaves are now coming through my fence & so my yard is a mess now. Are you receiving fines from the bank or are they ignoring you. How about getting the law Dept. after them! I can’t keep affording to have someone cleaning up my yard because of that mess next door.

So glad the city is thinking of hiring someone to handle the problem of bank owned properties that are not being taken care of because this site is a waste of time ! Been dealing with the mess next door for years & nothing gets done!!

No change

All the leaves left on the ground have been coming through the bottom of my fence & now I have a lot leaves in my yard that will have too be picked up. Yard is a disaster

Because the property has not been cleaned up the leaves keep going under my fence into my yard. We keep cleaning up our yard & turn around the next day & our yard is a mess again. So glad the property went up for auction— hope someone bought it & cleans it up because going to you all these years are a waste of time!

From my understanding the property was auctioned off. So now you have someone new to go after on cleaning up the property. So get off your behind & get after them !

Why isn’t the new owner taking care of the property? Weeds are taller than me. Great breeding for ticks & mice. Start fining them & then maybe they’ll clean it up.someone came once & cut the grass on just half of the property & ignored the other half. Instead of ignoring my request let me know what is being done about this property!!

The new owner seems to b3 taking care of the property. We c@n close this complaint

The grass has been cut regularly but there is a dogwood tree with a big hole right thru it. A strong wind can bring it down into my property & damage my garage or shed or fence. Also from last weeks wind a branch broke off from another tree on the property that is just lying there. I don’t know if the new owner of the property is aware.

The lawn hasn’t been mowed in awhile & the property is overgrown again & the tree branch that came down a few months ago is still not cleared up. Time to get after the new owner before the dogwood tree that has a hole right through the tree bark. If the wind takes that rotten tree down it will come onto my shed or garage. If that happens I will not only sue the new owners but the city also. I have told you about the trees 2 months ago.

Property is worse than when the bank owned it. Someone cut a section of a tree & left the cut portions. So now there is a pile of dead branches & the dogwood tree has a hole through the bark. It might come down with a strong wind. This is a mess & snow will be here soon. GET them to clean this mess up & give them a hefty fine!!

Do you think that after all these years you could get off your Fanny & do something about this property! Besides all the tree limbs cut down & just sitting on the property there is still the problem of the rotten tree that has a hole right thru the trunk of the tree. I do have pictures of the tree so if it comes down onto my property & does damage I will sue the city & the owner & my pictures & all these text back & forth for the last 1621 days as proof! Also no one has come to pick up leaves from the 4 trees on the property & we just can’t keep up with the leaves that come over our property. How do you keep your job when it seems you don’t do your job.

No change— still a mess

Worse than ever. Part of a tree was cut & a lot of branches down from wind & all left there & some on my property. The other tree with the hole right thru the bark has not been cut. At some point a stack of lumber was dropped off & that’s just sitting there. I sure hope you are fining this guy who bought the property.

No change—- property is still a mess & you do nothing about it—— like I said no change from you or property owner!

Started to do some work next door —- let’s see what happens

Close this case. The new owner of the property is cleaning up the property & getting ready to build a house

Close this case— house being built on property

Reported: on 06/22/2017 ? I know this isn't the platform for soap boxes but... This is very disturbing to read. Almost 5 years?.

This is also reason # 1000 why we need a full time "Code Enforcement Officer"

Closed: on 05/28/2022

FYI you're in Ward 3. The previous ward councilor should have been involved.

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