Neighbor's House

[dreamaastrid]

Dave is on the HOA board (though not president), and if they aren't violating the law or any specific HOA rule in the bylaw, the HOA management company is NOT going to have any legal proceedings against the homeowner, either. So basically you can do whatever you want to the inside of your home, ie. flood it, trash it, etc...

However, if they were raising pigeons or potbellied pigs, that would be against the bylaws and then something could be done by the HOA lawyers.

So in the meantime we live beside a house that the inside has been flooded and pretty much destroyed...

Comments

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

Are they living in there? If not, who is keeping an eye on things to make sure that 'vandals' don't break a window? Do you know who is their insurance firm... or who holds the mortgage? i bet one of them could step in pretty quickly.

confuzzled

[vandaluna.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused as to why this house is a problem if there is no external problems. Is it that the house may attract rodents of unusual size?

As far as an attorney,the $500 yo huzbin mentioned would barely begin to touch such tort litigation. I would, however, suggest that it might be possible to make a report to the health department. Stacchibotris is a seriously dangerous mold and rats pose health risks to children playing in neighboring yards.

bonne chance,

vanda

Re: confuzzled

[kiltboy]

First, when considering that most of the houses in the neighborhood of similar type and size to mine have sold for 162% of purchase price after less than 3 years, living next to a non-livable house does not improve my property values. My value is adversely affected by someone elses negligence.

Second, warm weather is coming, and that house still has fogged up windows from the moisture in it that can't escape due to its being sealed up and not even the front door has been opened in three months. That's going to lead to quite a lot of mold. I live 20' away, with a wife who has some recent breathing problems. It might not stay indoors.

Third, if and when they do decide to fix it, it's going to have to be at least gutted, more likely torn down and rebuilt. So I have construction to look forward to.

And no one's there to cut the grass. So yeah, even thought it looks fine from the outside today, problems are coming. I'm just trying to head them off before they actually get here.

Re: confuzzled

[cozit.livejournal.com]

I know that houses *can* be condemned because they're a hazard... even if they don't look it outside. Health department, maybe? Can't remember who it is who does it because of garbage or advanced state of decay.... just know of at least one house that had such done to it (sort of) near my parents'. Garbage inside had piled up and the county (or township, hard to tell which does which in PA) 'condemned' it, and ended up sending people with dumpsters to clean it out.

(really depressing part of it was that it was the house that belonged to my Girl Scout leader (a few years later)... she'd ignored it, and her sons had pretty much trashed it apparently... and one son had idiotically decided to experiment with the garden out back, since it was so overgrown that what he planted *might* be ignored.. that was discovered during the clean-out, or so I heard)