Rental Property Investor · Denville, NJ · Member since 2017 · 107 posts · 54 votes
Does anyone have any experience working with the city of Cleveland in regards to getting an abandoned, vacant property torn down? Or know of any procedure to get this done? Thanks!
Property Manager · Brecksville, OH · Member since 2014 · 486 posts · 464 votes
6y
Christopher - Try the land bank. You will need to have a spotless clean title with no blemishes. Then you pay $200 for an application to donate the property. If they take it, then it becomes their problem. I have not done this for at least five years... so not sure if it still works the same way.
Rental Property Investor · Denville, NJ · Member since 2017 · 107 posts · 54 votes
6y
I’m not actually trying to do this on my property...but one that has been abandoned. it’s an eyesore to the neighborhood and was looking for a way to have the city tear it down.
Does anyone have any experience working with the city of Cleveland in regards to getting an abandoned, vacant property torn down? Or know of any procedure to get this done? Thanks!
I'm going to field a guess you're talking about 10317. You can try filing a complaint with the City of Cleveland Building & Housing Dept. using this form: http://www.city.cleveland.oh.u... (but good luck getting them to actually deal with it LOL).
More likely than not, you'll just have to wait it out. The fact that it hasn't been foreclosed on from the existing mortgage means the bank probably has done a drive-by assessment and just doesn't even want it. Eventually it will end up in the tax foreclosure auction, at which most likely nobody will buy it, and it will then end up going to the land bank by default. Then they will make the call as to whether it's in such bad shape that it should be torn down, or if it should be offered for sale to someone who will promise to rehab it.
This is all just part of the territory when buying sub-$10K houses in D or F class neighborhoods in Cleveland in this day and age.
I’m not actually trying to do this on my property...but one that has been abandoned. it’s an eyesore to the neighborhood and was looking for a way to have the city tear it down.
Cleveland has hundreds (more accurately thousands) of properties they want to tear down. They tear as many down per year as the budget allows. You should make a complaint to ensure the particular property is on the radar but don't expect any quick movement in reaction to the complaint.
Rental Property Investor · Denville, NJ · Member since 2017 · 107 posts · 54 votes
6y
Thank you everyone. I’m actually submitting the complaint form this very moment. If you ever need to submit one, send it here swalter(at)city.cleveland.oh.us