closed #205483
Unsafe Buildings
2017 S Montclair AVE
- Case Date:
- 9/4/2025
Home has been abandoned/Vacant for over 3 years holes in roof, lawn overgrown, raccoon skunks deer traveling to neighborhood in rear
Home has been abandoned/Vacant for over 3 years holes in roof, lawn overgrown, raccoon skunks deer traveling to neighborhood in rear
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
Major building construction with no permit displayed . Construction materials in yard.
This house is in horrific repair and appears unsafe for the residents. The gutters are chained to a scaffold so they don't fall. The roof has visible holes and rot with the eaves falling off in to the yard.
The elevator permit has quite plainly been expired for over a year.
Homeless person living in a tent in front of the house.
There is a man living in a tent in the side yard. He has been there for weeks.
Home has been abandoned for several years. It is not secured (openings and a broken window present). The interior is in a state of demolition. Gutters have trees growing in them. Shed is unsecured. Rear fence fallen over. Debris pile in rear 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.
In the utility room of the home where the water heater, furnace, washer, and dryer is kept there is mold covering the walls aprox 40% of the room. As i, Cameron Riddle have asthma it has began to affect my breathing and im having to use my rescue inhaler more frequently. I have made multiple reports to the landlord Jeff Jones abouts via phone call and he has never made it a priority to come take care of it. I would like for someone to come and inspect this due to it being a direct health hazard to myself and to my family. Thank you