Sunday, December 16, 2012
Looking for a house savior
As of tomorrow, Dunkin' Donuts is going to be the new owner of my house, which they intend to demolish. My landlord wants nothing more to do with the house anymore and is washing his hands of it and all of us tenants who feel thrown under the bus. We were never consulted that this may happen to us and had to read about it in the newspaper back in September. The house is rock solid, 100 years old, has three apartments in it, a one bedroom (mine), a two bedroom (across the hall from me upstairs) and a three bedroom (downstairs). Over the years that my landlord has owned this house, it has had $80,000 in improvements to it, most recently, vinyl siding and replacement windows. Each apartment has new or renovated kitchens and bathrooms. There is a vacant lot on the next street over, owned by Kent State University, that would more than fit our house and then some, and I happen to know a very good house moving company who is very reasonably priced (Matt Stein House Movers). The University seems open to the possibility of selling that lot since it really has no real strategic use for them and is situated in the heart of a residential neighborhood. I am praying that someone out there will save our house so that we can continue to live in it. I am willing to bet that Dunkin' would part with the house for a reasonable price. Technically, we are about to be owned by some company called "Ninth Brand Realty, LLC" out of Hinckley, Ohio (branded.realty@hotmail.com, Robert Branca, Jr., mgr.). I am hoping that someone will do something to save this house from the wrecking ball. The person to whom you would speak about the vacant lot at 202 North Lincoln Street in Kent would be Dr. Gregg Floyd in the administration (gregg.floyd@gmail.com). This house would make an excellent investment opportunity for someone who is interested both in saving an old house and owning some rental property in Kent, Ohio. Bear in mind that our rent has been very reasonable for many long years and we who live here would like to keep it that way. My biggest fear would be a new owner jacking the rent so high that I could no longer afford to stay in my apartment of almost 30 years. I do hope that someone out there is willing to extend a helping hand and save this historic house, built in 1912 by the Haymaker family who founded Kent in the early 19th century. This was the first house built in the new Merrill and Green's allotment when the new Normal School, now Kent State University, was opened in 1910. Please help, someone! I don't want to lose my apartment of so many decades! I want to stay in this same neighborhood in which I have made my home my entire life. I do hope that some kind reader will help save this house from the wrecking ball and will let me stay here in my cozy little apartment. Please! Help if you can!
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