The pictures below show the situation of the house at 3508 N. Marengo, an area of nice, middle-class homes. The neighbor who took them tells Altadenablog that the house was used as an indoor pot farm and was busted in early August. Since then, a cleaning crew has been in, but all the stuff they cleaned out has been stacked out front and deteriorating for weeks, attracting rats, mosquitos, and other vermin.
Our reader tells us that she’s called several county authorities about the situation, and hasn’t gotten any cooperation.
Trash was cleared out, then stacked in the driveway. Our reader tells us that if you wait around long enough, you can see the rats scamper.
A daytime view of the driveway. Some of this trash has been cleared.
The neglect has caused the brush to dry up, creating a fire and health hazard.
The view from the street.
A foreclosure notice on the front door, with the information phone number torn off.
Mike said…
Tim, if the owner won’t pay the mortgage, they probably won’t pay for trash pickup. Now, the owner has left, so it’s a bank REO. I would think the bank can afford to maintain “their house.”
Foreclosure is all too common in CA. The downsizing of America.
Monday, September 01, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Steve said…
Actually this is not uncommon – the bank does not want to spend money on upkeep on a house it has already lost money on – so the bank becomes an absentee owner.
Monday, September 08, 2008 at 03:28 PM