May 3, 2024

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"I have lived next to this dilapidated, mold infested, rodent crawling, mosquito breeding, abandoned, unmanicured, trap house, to say the least, for years."

-- Josue Martinez

Tucked within the tree-lined streets and well-manicured lawns of a quiet Seminole County neighborhood exists what neighbors call an “absolute nightmare” and county officials have deemed a public nuisance.

After hearing complaints for years and saying they’ve had enough, county commissioners have given owners of the dilapidated house on South Crystal View until May 9 to fix it or tear it down.

And if they don’t comply? The county will bring in the bulldozers to raze the 4-bedroom house and lift out the pool filled with a greenish goo of algae and rainwater. The county will then bill the owners for the expense of demolition.

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