Comments on: The vacant house queen of Fairmount http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/ Thu, 24 May 2012 18:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: $15,000 ‹ Church Hill People's News http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-413298 $15,000 ‹ Church Hill People's News Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:17:29 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-413298 [...] This house at 2317 Fairmount Avenue is for sale for $15,000 (assessed by the city at $35,000). This is one of the many properties in the immediate area that was managed by Stacy Martin for Donald Lacey. [...] [...] This house at 2317 Fairmount Avenue is for sale for $15,000 (assessed by the city at $35,000). This is one of the many properties in the immediate area that was managed by Stacy Martin for Donald Lacey. [...]

]]> By: Damaged ‹ Church Hill People's News http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-397311 Damaged ‹ Church Hill People's News Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:43:46 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-397311 [...] Donald Lacey special at 1207 North 22nd Street got a tree on it during last night’s ruckus. There are reports of trees down across the [...] [...] Donald Lacey special at 1207 North 22nd Street got a tree on it during last night’s ruckus. There are reports of trees down across the [...]

]]> By: Cadeho http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-391652 Cadeho Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:15:42 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-391652 Ah never mind I see... I may have found her... duuuh if I had read the info above... Ah never mind I see… I may have found her… duuuh if I had read the info above…

]]> By: Cadeho http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-391651 Cadeho Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:13:26 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-391651 She really makes me mad... how can you buy all these places then disappear???! She's not even getting the citations from the city. She really makes me mad… how can you buy all these places then disappear???! She’s not even getting the citations from the city.

]]> By: Cadeho http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-378813 Cadeho Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:05:03 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-378813 I went to make a visit to her address yesterday... they've moved... but I see it took them a month to cut the grass on the house on my block... or maybe the city did it? Where oh where is Stacy Martin??? I went to make a visit to her address yesterday… they’ve moved… but I see it took them a month to cut the grass on the house on my block… or maybe the city did it? Where oh where is Stacy Martin???

]]> By: Patrick http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-374106 Patrick Sun, 08 May 2011 15:36:10 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-374106 Report it as a Open and Vacant property on seeclickfix http://seeclickfix.com/richmond The city will email you status updates regularly and they'll get the house boarded up, although in my case it took a few weeks. Report it as a Open and Vacant property on seeclickfix

http://seeclickfix.com/richmond

The city will email you status updates regularly and they’ll get the house boarded up, although in my case it took a few weeks.

]]> By: chpnfan http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-374085 chpnfan Sun, 08 May 2011 13:06:32 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-374085 http://map.richmondgov.com/parcel/ http://map.richmondgov.com/parcel/

]]> By: Alex http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-374076 Alex Sun, 08 May 2011 11:30:57 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-374076 Jess, do a google search for Richmond Parcel Mapper. Assuming you live in city limits, this will tell you what you need to know. Jess, do a google search for Richmond Parcel Mapper. Assuming you live in city limits, this will tell you what you need to know.

]]> By: JessOfRVA http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-373987 JessOfRVA Sat, 07 May 2011 22:24:27 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-373987 I've got a house next to me that I need to find out who owns it. The windows aren't boarded up, so there's broken glass everywhere, and rats coming and going through them. That's got to be a health hazard, right? I’ve got a house next to me that I need to find out who owns it. The windows aren’t boarded up, so there’s broken glass everywhere, and rats coming and going through them. That’s got to be a health hazard, right?

]]> By: Under the Radar: 417 North 33rd Street ‹ Church Hill People's News http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-373607 Under the Radar: 417 North 33rd Street ‹ Church Hill People's News Thu, 05 May 2011 11:07:27 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-373607 [...] The Historic Richmond Foundations’s weekly Under the Radar spotlights 417 North 33rd Street in the Oakwood-Chimborazo National Historic District. This is one of the Donald Lacey/Stacey Martin houses. [...] [...] The Historic Richmond Foundations’s weekly Under the Radar spotlights 417 North 33rd Street in the Oakwood-Chimborazo National Historic District. This is one of the Donald Lacey/Stacey Martin houses. [...]

]]> By: Riga http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-365233 Riga Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:45:11 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-365233 This is an excellent story. One of those properties is right by my house! This is an excellent story. One of those properties is right by my house!

]]> By: Cadeho http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-365191 Cadeho Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:34:07 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-365191 I actually one day will show up at that address and ask her about that house in my block. I actually one day will show up at that address and ask her about that house in my block.

]]> By: Church Hill People's News » Eleven houses under $30K - Richmond, Virginia http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-182596 Church Hill People's News » Eleven houses under $30K - Richmond, Virginia Sun, 23 May 2010 14:41:26 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-182596 [...] the 11 houses, only 1409 Mechanicsville Tpke was part of any of the slumlord empires responsible for so many of the vacant houses, having recently been owned by Oliver [...] [...] the 11 houses, only 1409 Mechanicsville Tpke was part of any of the slumlord empires responsible for so many of the vacant houses, having recently been owned by Oliver [...]

]]> By: Church Hill People's News » So fresh and so clean! - Richmond, Virginia http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-173917 Church Hill People's News » So fresh and so clean! - Richmond, Virginia Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:10:59 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-173917 [...] 1322 North 22nd Street (a Donald Lacey/Stacy Martin [...] [...] 1322 North 22nd Street (a Donald Lacey/Stacy Martin [...]

]]> By: Guest http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-145898 Guest Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:10:58 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-145898 Any new updates on the situation involving Stacy Martin and that Don Lacey person? Any new updates on the situation involving Stacy Martin and that Don Lacey person?

]]> By: j http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142149 j Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:33:48 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142149 Just because a home is boarded up and the grass is cut doesn't mean that it is immune to public nuisance laws. It would require extra burden of proof however that it is unsafe or unhealthy for the public. But if the properties have been vacant for a long time and there has been no effort to sell or repair, and given the large number of properties, it doesn't seem that that should be a problem. The city just needs to be aggressive against these slumlords. Just because a home is boarded up and the grass is cut doesn’t mean that it is immune to public nuisance laws. It would require extra burden of proof however that it is unsafe or unhealthy for the public. But if the properties have been vacant for a long time and there has been no effort to sell or repair, and given the large number of properties, it doesn’t seem that that should be a problem. The city just needs to be aggressive against these slumlords.

]]> By: alison http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142142 alison Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:25:47 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142142 interesting john! it doesnt seem like martin et. al. are concerned with maintaining the integrity of these old homes or the community. buying up houses in bulk? obviously that leaves little room for devoting much time, concern, or money into each one individually. lane: thanks for all your work with the a.c.o.r.n. interesting john! it doesnt seem like martin et. al. are concerned with maintaining the integrity of these old homes or the community. buying up houses in bulk? obviously that leaves little room for devoting much time, concern, or money into each one individually.

lane: thanks for all your work with the a.c.o.r.n.

]]> By: john_m http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142136 john_m Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:48 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142136 That is the problem. They don't seem to be in violation, but are still a huge negative drag on the community. That is the problem. They don’t seem to be in violation, but are still a huge negative drag on the community.

]]> By: katzenjaammer http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142134 katzenjaammer Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:13:20 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142134 If I may play devil's advocate; if the houses, which are rundown and boarded up but if not particularly overgrown or crackhouses...what can be done to compel them to fix them up? Anything? What are they in violation of? I'm trying to compare this to how they prosecuted O.L. and Bayou. Are there parallels? If I may play devil’s advocate; if the houses, which are rundown and boarded up but if not particularly overgrown or crackhouses…what can be done to compel them to fix them up? Anything? What are they in violation of?

I’m trying to compare this to how they prosecuted O.L. and Bayou. Are there parallels?

]]> By: Shannon http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142126 Shannon Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:09:49 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142126 From a business standpoint, I wonder what the payoff is. Seems more like an ego trip than anything that makes any financial sense. The amount of work that each appears to need seems like it would effectively cancel out any equity that these folks might be building by holding on and letting the buildings deteriorate, remain without climate control, etc. - which is damaging in and of itself. Not to mention the effect on the actual humans that are the neighbors. Good work in exposing this silliness, John. From a business standpoint, I wonder what the payoff is. Seems more like an ego trip than anything that makes any financial sense. The amount of work that each appears to need seems like it would effectively cancel out any equity that these folks might be building by holding on and letting the buildings deteriorate, remain without climate control, etc. – which is damaging in and of itself. Not to mention the effect on the actual humans that are the neighbors.

Good work in exposing this silliness, John.

]]> By: Lane http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142120 Lane Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:15 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142120 Since September, I've left 12 or 15 voicemails with her, sent emails, and mailed letters on behalf of the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods and have yet to hear back from her. I've also spoken to Carol Hazard at the T-D (she wrote the Don Lacey pieces earlier this year) to she if she knew anything. It's a frustrating situation. Since September, I’ve left 12 or 15 voicemails with her, sent emails, and mailed letters on behalf of the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods and have yet to hear back from her. I’ve also spoken to Carol Hazard at the T-D (she wrote the Don Lacey pieces earlier this year) to she if she knew anything. It’s a frustrating situation.

]]> By: Bill Conkle http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142115 Bill Conkle Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:31:40 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142115 I'd be interested in what Stacy Martin has to say about this. I also wonder what the Times Dispatch and City Hall have to say on this matter. I’d be interested in what Stacy Martin has to say about this. I also wonder what the Times Dispatch and City Hall have to say on this matter.

]]> By: john_m http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142114 john_m Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:28:50 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142114 I did, she has yet to return my call. I did, she has yet to return my call.

]]> By: Runcy http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142113 Runcy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:21:21 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142113 Why don't you call Stacy and ask what's going on? Why don’t you call Stacy and ask what’s going on?

]]> By: el http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142107 el Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:42:12 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142107 Including the (as far as we can tell) finally vacant Generator House, there are only four houses on my block that haven't been restored or renovated in some way. We got an Oliver Lawrence house next door to a Stacy Martin house. I win! ... wait ... I think that's more of ... lose. Including the (as far as we can tell) finally vacant Generator House, there are only four houses on my block that haven’t been restored or renovated in some way. We got an Oliver Lawrence house next door to a Stacy Martin house. I win! … wait … I think that’s more of … lose.

]]> By: Jones http://chpn.net/news/2009/11/17/the-vacant-house-queen-of-fairmount_10507/#comment-142098 Jones Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:19:13 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=10507#comment-142098 Wow, great work! I wonder what they pay for taxes on all those properties. Wow, great work! I wonder what they pay for taxes on all those properties.

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