That looks gross. But its not as bad as the burnt out house near us on Harvey and Tiffin. Still no action on it...I feel your pain!!!

I am also curious as to what happened here. Workers seemed to be making progress, then it stopped. I saw an orange paper tacked to the door at that time - wondering what that meant. After years of seeing that property deteriorate with nothing being done about it, it was promising to see someone finally taking interest in it. It appears to be a huge challenge tackling that property (the workers have more courage than I would!), but it was good to see some attempt to salvage a blighted property. What happened to cause the work stoppage, and what will be done to insure that the property continues to be fixed and is not left in its current unfinished state of disrepair?

Those hard workers worked their rear ends off and for very little pay from what I heard. Plus when they were inside, they had to wear painters masks so they didn’t have to breathe all the mold and mildew. We still smell mildew coming out of there when the wind is right. And, thank you Yallaen, my sympathies to you too.

The orange sticker is a stop work order. Apparently, they were doing work which required permits, and did not have the permits. I have no idea about the details - obtaining that would require a Sunshine request unless somebody from the city would voluntarily respond here. Honestly, looking at the condition of the bones of that building, I'm amazed somebody is going to invest what it will take to turn it back into an inhabitable house. That is going to be an absurdly expensive project.

A STOP WORK ORDER was issued due to the interior of the house being gutted and placement of a dumpster with no permit. Also after numerous requests that the workers have the "new owner" submit some kind of documents proving that fact, they failed to do so. I have been continually following up weekly. I have recommended for years for this house to be demolished. The open case will remain open until it is removed or repaired.

Thanks for the info, BH. Bizarre situation. I mean, nobody would spend the money on demolition if they didn't own the place. But then again, it would cost three times what that house is worth to restore it.

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Thank you for the update sir!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Thanks BH for continuing to stay on this case for the sake of the good neighbors who keep up their property. Please don't let the negligent homeowners make us give up and run us out of our town.

Thanks for your comments and concern BH. I also agree with Kathy.

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