Comments on: apparently we’re slumlords

By: This Decrepit Victorian » towards having new front steps - Richmond, Virginia

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:25:03 +0000

[...] May, the city got on us for our code violations. We got caught having peeling paint, no handrail, a broken fence out back, and crumbly steps. We [...]

By: This Decrepit Victorian » moving to the front of the house - Richmond, Virginia

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:12:01 +0000

[...] walls here have *many* layers of paint, some of which is completely peeling. Much of it, though, is cracked but well-adhered. Today was test to see how much scraping/sanding [...]

By: a new old-fashioned handrail - To Restore a House in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:03 +0000

[...] put in a handrail at the front steps because the city said that we had to. It took us 2 tries to get it [...]

By: towards the great pinking of July - To Restore a House in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:11:42 +0000

[...] bit past our 30 day deadline, tomorrow will see putting together a handrail for the front steps (like the one pictured above). [...]

By: Kimberle Jacobs

Kimberle Jacobs — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:24:41 +0000

Found this site after a google search on “Richmond Sucks”. The potential Richmond slogans from 2005 really made my day. Thank you for that. I agree with everything said there. I am trying to inform people about VCU’s latest effort to take a step backward. They are no longer allowing scooters to be parked on the sidewalk OR at bike racks. This is due to the VCU police who are completely separate from VCU parking. VCU parking says that scooters that don’t have license plates cannot park in the VCU lots. If you have any interest, read more about these issues here:
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~kmjacobs/scoot.htm

The house is gorgeous btw.

By: Bookstore Piet

Bookstore Piet — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:14:13 +0000

I looked at the front of our house this morning…. Not going to do anything about the lack of paint on the window or frame to the attic but I think I might throw a coat of paint onto one of the columns on our side porch, just in case we’re in the midst of a beautification crackdown….

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:20:08 +0000

Ha! We’ll join you in slumlordness… with our piles of stone, cracked and breaking siding, and sinking porch with rotted columns.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:02:20 +0000

We went through something similar with the city of Chicago–we assumed to be a landlord too but we never got out of it once we clarified we were homeowners.

It was very much what you would expect from the political “machine” here–we ended up passing muster by hiring a friend of the inspector. Nice.

Hopefully you have a better experience.

By: Bookstore Piet

Bookstore Piet — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:48:37 +0000

I received a notice of violation (bad gutters) a couple of years ago. I called them up and once I said that I was the owner and that I lived there they dropped the whole matter. Seems they thought it was a rental. Have never heard from them again.

By: jenni@thirteeneleven

jenni@thirteeneleven — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:33:45 +0000

I know it is bad, but I must confess, I giggled a little when I read your post. Oh our house’s paint is pealing and our yard had been a disaster.

Since you are in the middle of renovating, an extension should not be a problem.