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OK- I called code compliance on the house next door. I reported it to the abandoned structures section of code compliance. It's been empty for years- at least 10. The owners are the sons of the woman who lived there and 'the plan' was that one of the nephews was going to move in and fix it up. Except it's so falling down, you couldn't live in it and fix it up at the same time.
The houses in this part of San Antonio are pier and beam foundations- and this place is falling off the piers. If you go in the backyard, you can see that none of the piers are touching the beams. anywhere. It's sliding toward my other neighbors house. I've found roofing tiles in my backyard after a wind storm.
Well, they must have gotten cited because the nephew has been here every day for the past three days putting up new siding (why you would do siding before the foundation, I don't know. Well, I do know- siding and nails cost a lot less than a foundation job.)
I feel bad- I know they don't have a ton of money- but at the same time- this place was so bad that there were holes in the front siding. They painted the front of the house as high as they could reach and then abandoned the job. The windows are all broken out. I looked up their taxes and they're paying less than half of what the houses the same size are.
He waved and we spoke for a couple of minutes and the other neighbor spoke with him and apparently they've decided to take a home equity loan, buy out one brother and have the foundation fixed, etc.
So, why am I feeling guilty about this?
Jenn
The houses in this part of San Antonio are pier and beam foundations- and this place is falling off the piers. If you go in the backyard, you can see that none of the piers are touching the beams. anywhere. It's sliding toward my other neighbors house. I've found roofing tiles in my backyard after a wind storm.
Well, they must have gotten cited because the nephew has been here every day for the past three days putting up new siding (why you would do siding before the foundation, I don't know. Well, I do know- siding and nails cost a lot less than a foundation job.)
I feel bad- I know they don't have a ton of money- but at the same time- this place was so bad that there were holes in the front siding. They painted the front of the house as high as they could reach and then abandoned the job. The windows are all broken out. I looked up their taxes and they're paying less than half of what the houses the same size are.
He waved and we spoke for a couple of minutes and the other neighbor spoke with him and apparently they've decided to take a home equity loan, buy out one brother and have the foundation fixed, etc.
So, why am I feeling guilty about this?
Jenn
) Don't feel guilty!!!
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