open #205751
Unsafe Buildings
401 W Watson St
- Case Date:
- 9/16/2025
There is a man living in a tent in the side yard. He has been there for weeks.
There is a man living in a tent in the side yard. He has been there for weeks.
Major building construction with no permit displayed . Construction materials in yard.
I took this iPhone photo Friday night, as discreetly as I could, before it got completely dark. I count six vehicles on the grass in the backyard. If you zoom in, you can see the bent metal (above the burgundy car) where the back roof has partially collapsed. There is also a large tree growing through the left side of the collapsed roof (not pictured). This house is uninhabitable. Several neighbors, myself included, believe there is no running water since one of the tenants urinates on the lawn. I’m shocked that the roof hasn’t completely caved in. Someone is going to get hurt if this isn’t addressed and fixed.
After reporting several urgent issues to maintenance Tenant was under the impression that his until would be inspected during the 3 day code inspection dates stated by management however no repairs have been made. Maintenance entered but never returned. For over a year I have reported my toilet and shower bubbling up waste that spills over into closet and connecting rooms. I have also reported several times that my light switches electrocuted my son and that several electronics have been short circuited due likely to unstable flowing electricity caused by water damage in the walls. This also has caused my lights to surge and my over range to fluctuate in temperature. My home floods multiple times a week which has caused the carpet to mildew and mold. Living with these issues have caused respiratory infections for myself and kids.
The main electric wire from the pole to this house has been hanging low for nearly a full year after a limb fell on the wire and pulled the wire holder attachment anchor out of the house structure. We (Chickering Rentals) own and manage a rental next to this property at 1006 e 1st, and the electric wire for 1002 e 1st is hanging low enough to touch in our back yard and creating a hazard. I alerted Duke and they informed me that they cannot do anything to re-hang the wire until the property owner at 1002 e 1st re-mounts the wire holder anchor, or installs new service mast. I attempted to reach out to the owner of 1002 e 1st to ask them to make the necessary repair and was unsuccessful. Not sure if the city can do anything about this to help. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks, Justin
Homeless person living in a tent in front of the house.
Home has been abandoned/Vacant for over 3 years holes in roof, lawn overgrown, raccoon skunks deer traveling to neighborhood in rear
In front of Kroger in w 3rd street, there is a tree that has broken and is hanging into other trees but it is right above a bench, just worried that someone would sit on bench and tree would fall and injure someone
Looks like an abandoned house. Can’t barley see the house got all the over grown vegetation
Looks like an abandoned house. Can’t barley see the house got all the over grown vegetation