Route pics

[jasonc]

Tin usually wears well.

Could be some squatters have taken to cutting the tin to recycle for money?

no that is one hard area and they will be noticed. the lady there hears them and they have reported the property to the city code enforcement. the man there is on the city finance commission. they know where I work, what I do. and vice versa. im sure if they saw tin being removed(which wouldn't be just that alone) it would be reported. the garage would need a ladder. I saw nothing there that indicated cutting. just caving in. oh well either case it is sad.

 

[AirDancer]

Yes, it is sad. Really sad.

 

[jasonc]

the owners who aren't in town don't seem inclined to either raze it or fix it. they were offered a bid for the land as the church that I have pictured is across the street and has a parking lot adjacent to it. if I never read meters. I would have never known. I hated that home for its unkept nature. the grassy pic with the meter box is where I had to enter and the grass was taller then me . so it sucked. it had power and was never used. I still remember the read, 850. that is how annoying it was. a few times I would stand outside pondering if I should just enter the read and move on. but they know the time tween the reads . the last read being the north condo to that one would have been noticeable so I never did.

 

[AirDancer]

The town should enforce property upkeep laws on those absentee owners.

 

[jasonc]

The town should enforce property upkeep laws on those absentee owners.

oh that has been said a time or two. I know two now. one of them I just met. and another says what do we have code enforcement for if we don't enforce the codes? its really up to the neighbors. frankly the area on the grenada route as one moves north from royal palm gets more like Gifford. there are a lot of old 50s era homes and even older there in neglect. if the community doesn't care, code enforcement wont know or be motivated to act. not far north is the abandoned homes that I have posted.

 

[AirDancer]

I'm surprised the town doesn't have an arrangement with the utilities to report vacant and/or abandoned properties that are in violation of code.

 

[jasonc]

I'm surprised the town doesn't have an arrangement with the utilities to report vacant and/or abandoned properties that are in violation of code.

We pull meters.we can call on code enforcement.but again we only do that if needed.we won't enter lots such as that I trained Mike on that route. I went to get the read the meter was pulled.I'm not sure why we dont.I know the sanitation does.Lonnie has hit owners up.the utility is under city control.

 

[AirDancer]

Then it's strange that more isn't done about these properties.

 

[Deborah13]

Great pics, Jason. I don't have anything to add. Air Dancer says what I am thinking about them.

 

[jasonc]

This is another sad.I have seen druggies,prostitutes in the parking area.they were gone before I could call the cops.yet it has a feeling.I'm beat up.yet the sun shines on me today.View attachment 7007

 

[jasonc]

Now the tallest steeple.I have climbed up it .I worked for this church.View attachment 7008 View attachment 7009 View attachment 7010

 

[Deborah13]

It's really hard to believe that houses like these are left to ruin.

That's a really pretty church.

When something like this other steeple protrudes above the trees it makes one curious about what it is attached to...

 

[jasonc]

It's really hard to believe that houses like these are left to ruin.

That's a really pretty church.

When something like this other steeple protrudes above the trees it makes one curious about what it is attached to...

Apartment

 

[Deborah13]

Really, I never would have guessed that.

 

[jasonc]

Really, I never would have guessed that.

Never was a house.that is too big for that area.I will post the two story spanish homes on my routes.I was the dr.offices. another is one my paper route.I took these as I talked to the family of one who lived there.

 

[jasonc]

Greenleaf estates.it's hidden.I will plan to enter that.the saddest and yet biggest.I have used it to verify homes nearby when I'm using ww2 topos.old grove home

 

[Deborah13]

I didn't realize the extent of the Spanish influence down there. I don't remember seeing that mid-state.

 

[jasonc]

I didn't realize the extent of the Spanish influence down there. I don't remember seeing that mid-state.

East coast and west coast. Mid florida was too savage to settle.mostly wood structures there.ie those old cracker homes.

 

[jasonc]

there were some small settlements. but those mostly have been if they lasted from the mining of phosphate. farming and never to my limited knowledge had Spanish revival homes. remember this is way after the train by 40 years. some the hotels did along the flagler railroad and others but homes? not as much.

 

[Deborah13]

knowledge had Spanish revival homes

Yes, I remember the historical district in Ocala from the late 1800 and early 1900s being more Victorian and plantation style homes, some brick but mostly wood.