Former tenant moved out house is empty. Abandonded vehicle, piles of trash & old furniture at the side of the house. Rats in the trash. Door handle on the front door has been wrenched off so anyone can and is going in. Old door, trash, screens, & screen door on back porch. She called BPD when seeing what appeared to be lighters flickering. 2 men were arrested.
Officer Coleman (BPD) reports house in total disrepair & unasfe. Floor buckling up in living room. Walls falling in, ceilings falling, bad roof, wet caprpets, pans sitting everywhere w/awter in them, lights on & nobody home. Owner has been gone for 4 months (possibly out West - BPD dispatch has more info) Door is open on left side of house leading to garage.
Tenant questions the soundness of the building. Rental is above Little Tibet.
garage behind this house is very unsafe and needs to be repaired or removed.
There is a house at the corner of W. 16th & Woodburn. "House is in delapadate state need to be hauled to the landfill."
PER MONROE CTY BLDG: ALLEY BEHIND 348 S GRANT; HUGE GARAGE IN WHICH THEY HAVE A HOLE IN THE NORTH WALL USING AS A CHIMNEY FLUE (SMOKE HOLE). SMOKE GOING INTO NEIGHBORS' HOUSES.
Unsecured home; possible evidence of homeless use, and drug use.
Ms Evans said that the building has been vacant for 6 years. The roof has caved in and there is a terrible gas/septic smell.
Garage unsafe and falling down. House has limestone front and wood back.