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Norman Berry Drive
Tenants called last week. Said they had gotten a high water bill, but thanks for the rat extermination.
Yeah, we put out a lot of rat bait. Told the tenants that they need to be more clean and take out their garbage more than once a week.
Went over to check for water leaks. Found two feet of water in the cement-enlcosed basement. It seems that the rat poison made the rats very thirsty, so they gnawed through the pvc plumbing and had a nice drinking fountain.
Unfortunately the furnace / HVAC is in the basement. The water got into the blower motor and the circuit board. We are installing a new furnace / HVAC today. The water heater pilot was under water. Did they not bathe for a few weeks?
Do I bill the rats?
Jobeth Drive -- Drugs?
Rented this house ot a really neat old woman. Not alltogether there. Rent was $750 and we kept getting checks for $700.50. Had to go over there a few times, make out the check and have her sign it.
Last week we did not receive the rent. Sent my maintenance man over to see what had happened. After six years, she decided to move. But her son was staying there. No rent.
A LOT of stop-and-go traffic. In the 30 minutes three cars stopped by, the drivers went around to the back of the houes, where my guy, Mike was not permitted to go. They stayed a few minutes and left.
Mike was getting very uncomfortable. They were beginning to get threatening. He called me and asked what he should do. I told him to clear out and I would call the police. He went out to the street and waited.
The police told me that they might "talk" with the people. I said, "How about criminal tresspass?"
They said that the only way they would enter the property, or even walk up to the front door was if Mike went with them.
I called MIke. He said that he was not going up to the houes even with the police. They had threatened him and he had just seen a new "crew" drive up to the house and two of them were carrying military rifles, looked like AK-47s. Mike is "street" and not given to exageration.
I called back and explained the situation to the Zone Shift Commander. He repeated that they would not go on the poperty unless Mike or I walked up to the door with them. That I would not do, nor would I ask Mike.
I talked with the beat officer and she told me that the neighbors had many complaints about traffic and noise, but no-one would "stand with her" and approach the house.
I have run out of options. My only choice is to file a Dispossessary Warrant and go through the Civil Division of Magistrate's Court. This could take a month. I have started this process.
I know that a house can be seized if drug activity is present. Sure looks like it to me, so I asked the Shift Commander about this possibility. He said that if I was trying to evict them, the police could not seize my property.
I am very frustrated and don't know what to do. It looks like my house is a drug infested bane on the neighborhood.
Anyone have any ideas?
Tenants called last week. Said they had gotten a high water bill, but thanks for the rat extermination.
Yeah, we put out a lot of rat bait. Told the tenants that they need to be more clean and take out their garbage more than once a week.
Went over to check for water leaks. Found two feet of water in the cement-enlcosed basement. It seems that the rat poison made the rats very thirsty, so they gnawed through the pvc plumbing and had a nice drinking fountain.
Unfortunately the furnace / HVAC is in the basement. The water got into the blower motor and the circuit board. We are installing a new furnace / HVAC today. The water heater pilot was under water. Did they not bathe for a few weeks?
Do I bill the rats?
Jobeth Drive -- Drugs?
Rented this house ot a really neat old woman. Not alltogether there. Rent was $750 and we kept getting checks for $700.50. Had to go over there a few times, make out the check and have her sign it.
Last week we did not receive the rent. Sent my maintenance man over to see what had happened. After six years, she decided to move. But her son was staying there. No rent.
A LOT of stop-and-go traffic. In the 30 minutes three cars stopped by, the drivers went around to the back of the houes, where my guy, Mike was not permitted to go. They stayed a few minutes and left.
Mike was getting very uncomfortable. They were beginning to get threatening. He called me and asked what he should do. I told him to clear out and I would call the police. He went out to the street and waited.
The police told me that they might "talk" with the people. I said, "How about criminal tresspass?"
They said that the only way they would enter the property, or even walk up to the front door was if Mike went with them.
I called MIke. He said that he was not going up to the houes even with the police. They had threatened him and he had just seen a new "crew" drive up to the house and two of them were carrying military rifles, looked like AK-47s. Mike is "street" and not given to exageration.
I called back and explained the situation to the Zone Shift Commander. He repeated that they would not go on the poperty unless Mike or I walked up to the door with them. That I would not do, nor would I ask Mike.
I talked with the beat officer and she told me that the neighbors had many complaints about traffic and noise, but no-one would "stand with her" and approach the house.
I have run out of options. My only choice is to file a Dispossessary Warrant and go through the Civil Division of Magistrate's Court. This could take a month. I have started this process.
I know that a house can be seized if drug activity is present. Sure looks like it to me, so I asked the Shift Commander about this possibility. He said that if I was trying to evict them, the police could not seize my property.
I am very frustrated and don't know what to do. It looks like my house is a drug infested bane on the neighborhood.
Anyone have any ideas?
honestly, that is a tough pickle
