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Trash in abandoned property concerns neighborhood

Posted: 9:19 PM Apr 25, 2012
Reporter: Victoria Maranan

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GORDONVILLE, TX-Residents in a Gordonville neighborhood are concerned for their health living next to a property that has piles and piles of trash.
Neighbors said the property at the end of Chesterfield drive was foreclosed a few months ago and that's when garbage started piling up. You can even see the trash on Google maps!
Brian Stone bought property on Chesterfield drive last month and he was shocked to see what's next door.

"I don't know what's in this trash. I don't know how long it's been here. It's obviously an eye sore, but worse than that it's a health problem. It could be a health issue, this is on a downhill slope that goes down into the creek," he said.

He saw beer bottles, a boat, electronic devices and just piles of trash. He said the house and shed on the property are a few feet deep in garbage. Stone is worried there might be toxins in the trash that could be dangerous to people living around the property, especially his family.

"I have a 6-year old and a 13-year old. It's not something I want to create a home around," he said.

Because the property is open, Stone said there's also a lot of animal activity and some of the trash has ended up on his land.

"Last evening I was out here and I definitely heard animals ruckusing around or an animal ruckusing around. The wind is blowing hard today so I'm sure I'll get trash over there just due to the wind," he said.

Resident Bonnie Gardner lives on the other side of the property and said it's become a haven for stray animals.

"Any stray dogs that are in this area and, there has been quite a few have been going over there, and I've seen them walking all around the yard and there are some dogs big enough to jump over my little four foot fence and I don't want that, I have little dogs," she said.

She's lived in her home for 12 years and said it's not always been a mess next door until the property was foreclosed on, a few months ago.

"Since then, there hasn't been anyone representing that bank to come out here, to look at it, check on it, mow it, see if it's still standing or anything. I don't understand how they can ignore it the way they have," she said. "Whoever is the mortgagee on this property needs to check it because the value is decreasing daily."

We're told the Grayson County Sheriff's environmental officer is in charge of the investigation. Our calls to his office were not returned.
For now, Stone said he'll continue with his plans to build a home on his property despite all the trash next door.