Dilapidated, neglected properties driving down housing prices
Taunton —Condemned. Foreclosed. Neglected.
Properties generally considered to be eyesores fall under one of those three categories.
Whether it’s due to foreclosure, rental vacancy, health hazard or a negligent owner, the fact is no one appreciates sharing a block with a blighted property.
“This used to be a nice neighborhood at one time. It’s too bad the way it is now,” a frustrated John Bisio said.
Bisio, 82, lives on Myrtle Street in a modest but neat house he bought from his mother some 40 years ago. During that time, he’s installed siding, new windows, painted the place and kept a small grape vine in his back yard.
More recently he’s begun erecting a brand new fence in the front yard.
If only everyone else on his short thoroughfare were nearly as conscientious.
Bisio pointed to two single-family houses on the other side of the street.
In the backyard of one, and clearly visible to passerby, a huge tree trunk that obviously had been cut down lay on its side amongst other assorted refuse.
“Would you want to live next door to that?” he asked.
Bisio said the woman who lives there has a good job and has been trying to sell.
But “it’ll never sell fast the way it is,” he said.
Next door to that is another single-family house, this one with a couple of old mattresses leaning against its back side, and a backyard that is likewise messy. read more
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