Landlords Association offers to help clean up house from hell
5:15 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2007
"A refrigerator is sometimes a death trap to small children. That needs to be addressed fast."
Darrel Eklund and Dan Kingman spot a serious code violation at 615 Southwest Tyler.
Codes inspector Sandra Cline agrees. She spoke with the homeowner about removing the fridge less than twenty four hours ago.
"The refrigerator needs to be gone today," Cline said. "But when the homeowner didn't remove it, the city did. We were there and watched as they loaded it into a truck and hauled it away."
One violation appears to be junk and trash in the yard.
Darrel Eklund and Dan Kingman are members of the Shawnee County Landlords Association and have volunteered to help clean up the property.
"We've heard many good things about the gentleman that lives here. He is elderly, we believe low income," Eklund said.
But Kingman is disappointed that the property owner has not been forced to clean up the property sooner.
This picture was taken two years ago. And neighbors pointed out the house during a codes tour of Old Town.
"I think it's unfortunate that something that is in this condition has been allowed to be in this condition for up to ten years," Kingman said.
Neighbors say the owner has made improvements to the roof. But more needs to be done.
A car in the back is filled to the top. Another violation, and the owner has to remove it.
If he doesn"t do it within that ten days, and he doesn't call and ask me for an extension, then my process would be to get a search warrant and have a judge sign it then I have the authority to tow that vehicle," Cline said.
The owner has not responded to the Shawnee County Landlords offer for help.
We'll let you know if that happens.
Houses from Hell
See 49's Houses From Hell series on neighborhood blight in Topeka
- Houses From Hell: One owner struggles with city to keep his house standing (May 6, 2007)
- Houses from Hell: House demolition a long, lengthy process (May 9, 2007)
- Houses from Hell: Problems after the demolition (May 13, 2007)
- Houses from Hell: Neighborhoods look into possible solutions (May 16, 2007)
- Buildings from Hell: Abandoned businesses attract crime and lower property values (May 20, 2007)
- Houses from Hell: County DA wants to put the law into action (May 23, 2007)
- Landlords Association offers to help clean up house from hell (November 27, 2007)
- City Council codes hearing (December 3, 2007)
- "Houses from Hell" series spurs action from the DA (December 18, 2007)
- New look for 615 SW Tyler...neat and tidy (December 19, 2007)
- DA applauds Houses from Hell investigation (December 27, 2007)
- Charges filed after Houses from Hell investigation (December 28, 2007)
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Nov. 27, 2007 at 10:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)topcity_785 (anonymous)
yea thats a low income neighborhood tyler st. is the hood
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