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The Forbes Family simply can't take it any more. "Please just buy us out and we'll move on peacefully."
With all the out of control developing going on, 911 Camden Ave. became subjected to very poor planning and the runoff from every property around ends on this property. Most of the water that ends up there is what they call, "black water." This is water run off from the roads and is very unhealthy. It kills all the grass and plants very quickly. Their Insurance Company refuses to cover anything any more because of the massive damage it causes in flooding some 4 times a year.
"No Real Estate Company will touch our property, it's worthless." The City Council put on their smiley faces and because they knew this was in fact televised, they couldn't treat this poor family as harsh as they have off camera.
The Forbes produced photographs proving the water had gone up some 8 feet high into their garage, which they finally had to tear down because it became so rotted. The mold and mildew levels are so bad that the black mold has grown all the way into their attic! That's bad Folks!
If you see ANY black mold in your home I strongly suggest you get your Insurance Company in there right away before it spreads too far. I believe the Insurance Companies in Maryland will only cover up to $5,000.00 in repairs and trust me, that mold can grow so fast it isn't funny! Once it gets started it's very difficult to stop.
Most people who have mold in their home can't seem to smell it unless they get away from that property for several days and when they return it becomes very evident. Then they get used to it all over again and forget it's there. This mold can kill people, especially the elderly. It attacks the immunity system and it's down hill from there. People can get respiratory problems, nasal passage problems and can get colds and other illnesses very easily.
My suggestion to the Forbes Family is, expose this to the Press as often as possible and let it go to the Court of Public Opinion! If the City would have to spend some $2,000,000.00 for pipes that won't work anyway, the City should buy their home at a fair market value and tear the home down and put a park/playground there.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
911 Camden Avenue
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4 comments:
Sure feel sorry for this couple, and it does seem like their only solution now is a buyout of the property by the city. That should have hap[pened years ago, but at least give them the help they need now!
That whole area is low-lying,and as i recall,they have had numerous problems over the years at that property with flooding and the city engineers havent done anything to allleviate it-obviously it is a problem that lies with the city,because everytime there is a hard rain,that area floods
Given the number of times the City has had to bail them out including staff time and all the bad press it's time for a deal. Perhaps the City could sit down with the Forbes, and their insurance company to purchase the house at a fair price, tear it down and construct a stormwater facility. I don't want to be reading about the City working on the same problem 20 years from now!
These folks have also had dealings with LGIT, the insurer for the city for city-responsible claims. Others have been turned down by LGIT for flooding damage, too, caused by the backup of city sewers. LGIT rarely pays out, citing "100 year rains" and the like, while the LGIT rules call for a payout anytime a government declares its sewer/stormdrain inadequate. In the recent past, the mayor has cited the sewer/stormdrain system in the Camden area as inadequate, yet no payoffs have been made. What gives with these people??
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