For years, a neighbor a has been living next to a North Fort Myers nightmare home, filled with trash and debris and causing all sorts of problems, but now, there’s finally a solution in sight.
Fox 4’s North Fort Myers Community Correspondent, Austin Schargorodski, has been following this story since last May, when the neighbor first reached out. Now, Lee County crews cleaned it all up.Watch to see the cleanup and what led up to this point:
RELIEF: Trash-filled NFM nightmare home cleaned up after years of problems
One skid steer load at a time, crews worked Thursday morning to clear the property. Lee County says it carried out a nuisance abatement after deadlines to remove the trash were missed.
Neighbor Tim Price said he’s relieved and says this is the day he’s been waiting for. “I’m hoping all the drama will just end, and hopefully it will go back to being just a nice peaceful street like it was when I first moved here. It was never like that,” Price said.
Months ago, Schargorodski first showed how Price said groups of people were living in the home and trashing the property. Schargorodski also confirmed the property owner and next of kin both passed away…