City of Holyoke Zoning Officer, Building Department

Open Issues: 7 Closed Issues: 58 Acknowledged Issues: 5
Watching issues created after: 2023-07-19

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  • 1723 Northampton Street Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040 - Holyoke
    Electrical in kitchen will cut out without any provocation from me, that is I will not be using an appliance, will go to use one and find out that half of my kitchen does not have power. When I go to the basement to try to flip the breaker it does not come back on. This is not an issue and all times. It will work usually, then out of nowhere it will be off and I am unable to get it to come back on. It seems that something outside of my apartment may be overloading the circuit but I cannot say for sure.
  • Building Issues Acknowledged
    146 Brown Avenue Holyoke, MA, 01040, USA - Holyoke

    This building needs to be demolished. Half of the property already has a building that has collapsed. The home on the property is abandoned with broken windows. It's a eye sore and a safety hazard.

    This safety hazard should be a very serious issue for you considering you're now fining multi family dwellings for not having emergency lights. Unless of course you don't care about the safety and are only looking to collect money. In which case ignore this post and keep up the great work. See you at the polls.

  • 69 Pearl St Holyoke MA 01040, United States - Holyoke
    Not sure of the address....lot of auto repairs work going on at this address, on side street, cars coming and going at night lots of disruption. Is this street zoned for mechanic shops?
  • Other Archived
    235 Chestnut St Holyoke MA 01040, United States - Holyoke
    We continue to see trespassing and drug activity on the Masonic Temple property People are coming here at night to jump the fence and shoot up. According to zoning the fence cannot be made any higher This is a chronic ongoing problem .,..
  • 31 Franklin St Holyoke, MA 01040, USA - Holyoke
    I believe the property manager is retaliating against us tenants. Since they left us without heat the other night, I sent a message asking them to turn it on. In my message, I mentioned that I know the boilers are not broken because they consistently roast us every morning and then freeze us to death at night. Now, they had heaters on last night, but not all this morning. I am freezing, and I am tired of this constant issue. I shouldn't need to put gloves, hats, and sweaters in my own apartment. It doesn't only happen here at 31 Franklin St. It also happens at the adjoining buildings, too 462-464 Maple St. We need something to be done about this because this happens all the time. We might as well be sleeping outside with how cold it is inside. Please fine them or force them to put thermostats in our apartments so we can put the heat on ourselves because this issue is getting out of hand.
  • 95 Brown Avenue Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040 - Holyoke
    Lack of heat. The temperature is certainly colder than what allowed. My apartment is frequently colder than what is allowed. Heat works great the landlord simply rarely turns it on. It will be 18 degrees outside and the heat wont even turn on until 6 am sometimes. Inconsistent, and I suspect illegal
  • 31 Franklin St Holyoke, MA 01040, USA - Holyoke
    Can someone please send an electrician to check the electrical wiring? The lights are flickering, and plugs are getting hot to the point it burns. I also plugged in my electronic device, and I saw yellow sparks come out of the outlet for a second. It has been happening to my neighbors too, which is why we suspect there is something wrong with the wirings. The last owner was supposed to contact an electrician before selling, but he never did. The new owners were told before buying about the problem but also never did anything about it.
  • 1723 Northampton Street Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040 - Holyoke
    Hole in floor where radiator was removed
  • 146 Brown Avenue Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040 - Holyoke
    Abandoned buildings on the property of 146 Brown Ave. The windows are all smashed out and another building on the property has completely collapsed.
  • 3 Laurel Street Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040 - Holyoke
    In the building on 3 laurel st apt #2L, there are people with a German Shepherd. It's skinny and I hear the people beating on the dog constantly. They also leave the dog on the apartment porch for hours at a time, it's rarely ever inside and never gets walked. Please help this poor dog.
  • 510 South Street Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040 - Holyoke
    I'm continuing to have issues, since January 2024, after already filing a complaint with the Holyoke Board of Health at the unit I'm renting. I've reached out to my landlord numerous times regarding the water being yellow, the pipes won't drain in the bathroom or the kitchen, after gallons of Draino being used for over 6 months' time, there's a mouse and bird infestation throughout the building, and most recently over the past 2 months the power has been turning off multiple times a day. The landlord's response to the power outages is to direct me to the braker box and force the power on, over and over again. The electrical box makes loud noises when the flip is switched back and I'm afraid to keep switching it, even though if I don't, I'll stay without power. He claims to have hired an electrician but as of this evening my power keeps going out. His response to tonight's outage was my AC is defective! It's hot, I have 2 kids and there's no good reason why I can't run an AC unit that's less than 6,000 BTU. He was supposed to provide some type of paperwork to the health department showing he hired an exterminator for the pests, but I was told by Polo Delgado that he is no longer being cooperative and that I should seek legal help.
  • 2 Orchard Street Holyoke, MA, 01040, USA - Holyoke

    Multiple tickets closed - “no issues”

    1. Unbraced temporary post on driveway holding load bearing balcony.

    2. Handicap accessible ramp balancing on stone paver.

    3. 6ft stockade fence across driveway?