Fenced in on Blackburn

A tipster emailed me about this (I think) rental on Blackburn. What’s up with the fence-age?

1 alex the sea turtle // May 1, 2008 at 8:02 am

Looks like we are about to lose more of our city’s and neighborhood’s architectural history.
2 Anonymous // May 1, 2008 at 1:31 pm

Blackburn seems to be the one street that tears down these duplexes and builds condos.
3 David // May 2, 2008 at 4:59 pm

yep, it was a rental. The owner had a very interesting lease, which he tried to get us to sign but we didnt. The gist of it was that you agreed to a price of (X+$1000). If you paid that amount before the tenth of the month, you would get a refund of $1000. So, although you wrote a check for X, the lease indicated an amount of (X+1000). So then, after 12 months, when he raises your rent the allowed 4%, that 4% is based on (X+1000), not just X. Not legal at all, but if you sign it, its a done deal.

That guy was a real piece of work. Ill bet the new building will be cheap, ugly and shoddy. Im sure the trees out front will go down as well.

BLACKBURN AND SWEETZER