City-signed affidavit says house was torn down, nearly one year later, it was still standing

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Imagine waking up every day and looking out of your window to see an abandoned house filled with garbage and pests.

One neighborhood in the Old South End has been on a quest to get rid of a nuisance property on Colburn Street.

It seems like their hard work paid off in a big way. They celebrated the house coming down this week, but the victory was not as clear-cut after they read a city document saying the house was demolished not this week, but last year…

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