ORLEANS — David and Carolyn Delgizzi live in Weston but are known on the Outer Cape for allowing their properties to fall into disrepair while charging tenants hefty monthly rents. They’re also chronically delinquent on paying real estate taxes, creating a double headache for towns here.
The Lobster Pound in Orleans is a Delgizzi-owned restaurant that has remained shuttered since it closed during the pandemic. (Photo by Dorothea Samaha)
It isn’t just the Outer Cape that’s affected. Orleans and Brewster both face similar challenges with the Delgizzis. In Orleans, the couple own the now-closed Lobster Pound restaurant at 157 Route 6A and rent out houses at 14 and 18 Brewster Cross Road. In Brewster, they own three houses at 141 Spring Lane, 32 Carol Ann Drive, and 180 Leland Road, which they bought in 2019 and 2020.
And in what has become an annual procedure, the state Dept. of Revenue placed a lien in January on the deeds of all Delgizzi-owned properties for the $382,034 David owes in state income and meals taxes…