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Our Nightmare - On the News - More Pictures - May 14, 2008
Newschannel 8 ran with yesterday's Landlord Nightmare story with their dramatic "Only on 8" tag line.
It's good to know that the local news organizations have my blog on their list of news sources. (Actually, it's probably ORBlogs.com, an aggregator of Oregon themed blogs where they probably first picked up the story).
Sara saw the story this morning called Marie a "movie star".
Landlord Nightmare - With Pictures - May 12, 2008
We've owned the 4-plex for almost 6 years now, and while we have been warned of the "nightmare tenant", we have been lucky and not met them.
Until now.
The scary thing is that people were actually living in this filth - with small children. We called Child Protective Services and unfortunately this isn't bad enough for them to do something.
The combination of garbage and feces results in a smell that is truly heinous. I guessing they only left because neither of the toilets is working.
1st step is to get the stuff hauled out. That will be a couple of truckloads (@500 each). Then we've got a company coming to clean the joint. They are considering the job a "bio-hazard" and will be in full bunny suits with gloves, masks and shoes ($60/hour - I'm estimating about 20 hours). Then we will have to replace the oven, likely the washer/dryer, dishwasher and the coup de gras, rebuilding the bathroom upstairs, which is likely a total loss.
So much for that big tax refund I got last week. I think that George W's economic stimulus payment is probably gone too.
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oh my gosh ,i feel so sorry for you,and the people how live next to them ,they must smellt it to.i know from expierence that some people do live like that for years ,and nobody knows about it.
i wish you all the luck
brigitte
In reading the newspaper story, I can't believe that your former tenants stated that "the new place is much cleaner". If I was their new landlord, I would start the eviction process right now. We all know that the apartment you provided in the beginning was also "much cleaner". Did she think it just magically appeared "filthy" without a little help from them!?
Although I'm opposed to governmental interference in our personal affairs, here is a frightening example of why children should be removed from irresponsible parental care. And I think there should be a court order forcing the parents to clean the apartment or go to jail.