Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 42 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 9:20 am: | |
There is a sad, dilapidated, over-grown house on my street. Its address is 2238 Wabash. In mid-September, Wayne County will be auctioning off foreclosed houses. This house is on the list, and the minimum bid is $1,200.00. Won't you please buy this once-beautiful, late-19th century row house? Or tell your contractor friend about it? Please? For information on this property auction, go to: http://www.waynecounty.com/tre asurer/auction2006org.htm I sure wish I had my own investment capital to restore this place instead of leaving weird messages on public forums in a vain attempt to beautify my street... |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 883 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.242.215.8
| Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 2:14 pm: | |
picture? |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 105 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 63.85.13.248
| Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 3:22 pm: | |
What is the cross-street? I've always wanted a house in Corktown, though I can't leave Warrendale until my 95 year old grandmother does. (No I don't live with her, but my being there allows her to have independance) |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 43 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 4:58 pm: | |
Detroitplanner, it's on Wabash south of Michigan and north of Dalzelle. Wabash is one block east of 14th Street. E_hemingway, I have no street-level photo yet, but I did take a quick screen grab from MSN's Virtual Earth. Please click here: http://pics.livejournal.com/ve gan27/pic/0005c5x9 The house on the right (south), unfortunately, is also vacant. It was "for sale by owner" until recently (see this listing: http://www.hno.com/property-de tail/?propertyID=19965). I don't know if he sold the house or just gave up... |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 107 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8
| Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 10:20 pm: | |
I tried driving by the site after work. You need a machete just to see these two! The lots are a bit overgrown. Wow the oblique pic is pretty cool, first time I've seen that application. How do I get to it? (Message edited by Detroitplanner on August 14, 2006) |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 44 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 1:46 pm: | |
To get to MSN's Virtual Earth, go to http://local.live.com/ Someone posted about it on here not long ago. They don't have all of Detroit from all four angles yet, but you can still find a lot of interesting views. The photos are only about a year old or so, unlike Google Earth, which doesn't even show Campus Martius Park yet. Did the house look too far gone to renovate? |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 108 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 10:28 pm: | |
I could not tell, sorry. I know the corner one is! How long ago was the fire? It was not like that Parade Day. It pisses me off how slow insurance companies are to tear down burned out homes. Don't they know they are hazards? |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 45 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:11 am: | |
The burned down house hasn't been like that for too incredibly long... maybe a couple of months? How sad that things are left like this even in the bounds of a historic district in a popular neighborhood. Heck, who knows if the house was even insured at all? |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 2338 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.29.74
| Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:37 am: | |
Is this the two unit just south of the burned house? I've been admiring that place for a while. WCPO is a great way to get a fixer-upper for a great price, and a burned shell next door is a great source of extra materials!! |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 46 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 12:08 pm: | |
Barnesfoto, No, this is still two more houses down. This is just a one-story wood frame house. |