Case: T05DV00657
Case Details
Entered Date:
09/12/2005
Applicant:
THOMAS WILLIAM FELIX JR
Description:
COOLER ONLY COOLS TWO ROOMS, SOLAR WATER SYSTEM CAUSED LEAKS IN THE ROOF. TERMITE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT HOUSE. FRONT DOOR WILL NOT OPEN.
Completed Inspections
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T05DV00657
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Completed Inspections - 3
| End Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/23/2005 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | GGOODMAN | Approved | VISITED SITE, MET WITH TENANT ROY VILLEGAS. ROY MENTIONED THAT AFTER MOVING INTO UNIT FOUND FOUND CERTAIN PROBLEMS OR ITEMS THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN REPAIRED BUT NEVER FINISHED IE. THE DRYWALL. HE MENTIONED THAT THE COLLER HAD NOT BEEN WORKING, COULD NOT GET OWNER TO REPAIR IT AND ENDED UP INSTALLING A/C UNITS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. A VERBAL AGREEMENT WAS MADE TO INSTALL A CHAINLINK FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD, MR VILLEGAS HAD THAT INSTALLED HIMSELF. A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE OWNER BY THE TENANT WITH A LIST OF ITEMS THAT NEEDED REPAIRS. THE LIST OF ITEMS HAS GROWN. I EXPLAINED TO MR VILLEGAS THAT I WOULD BE CONDUCTING A MINIMUM HOUSING INSPECTION AND HOW THAT WORKED. MR VILLEGAS ALLOWED ENTRY, MY FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FIRE SAFETY: >UNIT LACKS WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS ELECTRICAL: >KITCHEN RECEPTACLES (2) WITHIN 6 FEET OF KITCHEN SINK ARE NOT GFCI PROTECTED. >KITCHEN LIGHT NOT COMPLETED, LACKS LIGHTS AND BULBS. >RECEPTACLE IN MASTER BEDROOM NEXT TO BATHROOM DOOR SHOWS HOT AND NUETRAL WIRES ARE REVERSED. >ELECTRICAL BOX IN HOTWATER HEATER ROOM LACKS COVER >A CIRCUIT HAS BEEN ADDED FOR THE OUTLET AND LIGHT IN HOTWATER HEATER ROOM.WORK WITHOUT PERMITS! >CIRCUIT HAS BEEN ADDED FOR WASHER/ DRYER. HEATING AND COOLING: >APPEARS COOLER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY EVIDENCED BY THE SMALL AMOUNT OF AIR BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE REGISTER. >BLACK SOOT IS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE REGISTERS EVIDENCED BY THE SOOT ABOVE MOST OF THE SUPPLY REGISTERS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE. PLUMBING: >BATHROOM VANITY NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO THE WALL. >TUB FAUCET OR WATER FIXTURES APPEAR TO BE LEAKING EVIDENCED BY THE WATER STAINS BELOW THE FIXTURES, AND ESCUCHEONS DO NOT COVER THE OPENING IN TILE AND MUST BE SEALED. >TUB NEEDS TO BE RESEALED AT ALL EDGES OF TUB AND TILE AND SOAP HOLDER. CRACKED TILES NEED TO BE REPAIRED. INTERIOR FEATURES: >INTERIOR DOOR NOT SEALED AT TOP, SHOW A 1/2" GAP. >ROOF APPEARS TO BE LEAKING, EVIDENCED BY THE SAGGING DRYWALL CEILING AROUND THE BEAM AREA. >APPEARS WALL THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN RETEXTURED AND NEVER SEALED BY PAINTING. >APPEARS TO BE ROOF LEAKS IN THE LIVING ROOM AREA EVIDENCED BY THE WATER SPOTS ON POPCORN CEILING. >HOTWATER HEATER ROOM DOUBLE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY DUE TO DOORS BEING TOO TIGHT. >CEILING IN HOTWATER HEATER ROOM IS DETERIORATING, DRYWALL CRACKED AND BROKEN, AND DRYWALL TAPE PULLING AWAY FROM THE DRYWALL. >HALL CLOSET DOORS DO NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, DOORS TOO TIGHT AND RIGHT DOOR LACKS A DOOR PULL (OR KNOB) >APPEARS TO BE ROOF LEAK IN NORTHWEST BEDROOM EVIDENCED BY POPCORN CEILING BLISTERING AGAINST THE BLOCK WALL, WEST SIDE. >APPEARS CEILING IN NORTHEAST BEDROOM IS EITHER LEAKING OR HAS BEEN LEAKING EVIDENCED BY THE PATCHES ON THE CEILING. >CLOSET DOOR IN NORTHEAT BEDROOM IS DETERIORATING EVIDENCED BY DOOR SKIN PEELING AWAY FROM THE DOOR. RODENT CONTROL: THERE APPEARS TO BE A TERMITE INFESTATION EVIDENCED BY DETERIORATED BASEBOARD IN HALL AREA NEAR THE KITCHEN AND "SPOTTED" AREAS THROUGHOUT THE HALL WAY. BASEBOARD APPEARS EATEN BY THE TERMITES. |
| 05/04/2006 | INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE | GGOODMAN | Approved | VISITED SITE, MET WITH PROPERTY MANAGER CHARLIE DUVOI AND TENANT MRS VILLEGAS. MRS VILLEGAS WAS HESITANT TO ALLOW ENTRY DUE TO HUSBAND NOT BEING HOME. MR VILLEGAS WOULD ARRIVE LATER, MRS VILLEGAS ALLOWED ENTRY. UPON RE-INSPECTION OF THE STRUCTURE I FOUND SOME ISSUES STILL HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, OTHER ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED OR ATTEMPTED TO BE DONE. ALL WORK WAS DONE IN A VERY UNWORKMEN-LIKE MANNER AND QUALITY OF THE WORK VERY POOR. I WILL CONSULT WITH RICK SALDATE ON HOW TO PROCEDE. MR DUVOI WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE PROOF IN THE WAY OF RECEIPTS FOR ALL WORK COMPLETED. |
| 05/30/2006 | EMERGENCY CALL OUT | GGOODMAN | Approved | AFTER RECEIVING A CALL FROM TENANT ROY VILLEGAS INFORMING ME THAT HE WOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE HOUSE ON CORONA IMMEDIATELY; THAT HE WOULD BE OUT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I FOLLOWED UP WITH A CALL TO CHARLIE DUVOI OF C & D PROPERTIES, I ASKED CHARLIE WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE WITH THE PROPERTY. CHARLIE MENTIONED THAT ON WEDNESDAY, 6/01/06, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE TO ENTER THE PROPERTY FIX UP WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I ASKED IF HE STILL HAD A COPY OF NOV, HE SAID HE DID, I ASKED HE PLEASE BE SURE AND ABATE ALL ISSUES AND PRIOR TO RE-ENTERING GIVE ME A CALL SO THAT I COULD RE-INSPECT THE STRUCTURE. I ASKED IF HE HAD RENTED THE PROPERTY, CHARLIE SAID NO, BUT HE HAD SEVERAL CALLS ALREADY. AGAIN ASKED HE CALL, HE SAID HE WOULD. |
Completed Activity Special Conditions
Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T05DV00657
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 2
| Date | Name |
| 03/08/2006 | CONTACTED BY PHONE |
| 12/12/2005 | NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED |