News 12 @11 o'clock, September 23, 2008
AUGUSTA, Ga. --- Unlivable conditions at a south Augusta apartment complex has prompted city officials to step in.
According to the city building inspectors, and the property management there's mold, faulty wiring and holes in the walls at the Hi-Port Regency Apartments. The apartments are actually condemned.
Boarded up windows, rusty heat pumps, puddy to sturdy a balcony are all visible to the eye. Worse of all is the dried mold. It is the reason the Augusta city building code inspectors were called out to the property today.
"I've made contact with our license and inspection departments, our code enforcement department and our building inspection department," says Commissioner Calvin Holland. He says that he has gotten calls and emails about the property and believes that no one should be living in such conditions. "Some of the apartments have not been worked on and have not been taken care of like they should have been and so we're very much concerned about that."
There are over a hundred apartments in 14 buildings with the capacity to hold about 114 tenants. Right now there's only 26 tenants left.
News 12 tried to contact the property owner of Hi-Port Regency Apartments, Mr. James Chinn in Virginia Beach, Virginia. We were unable to reach him for comment. However, News 12 spoke with Robin Scott, General Property manager by phone who had this to say:
--We (property management) are working with the city of Augusta to get the apartments up to code.
--We know that several of the units are uninhabitable.
--We know that there is some mold in the units and hired a specialist( Metropolitan Laboratories Environmental Services) to bring the units up to code requirements.
Message to Residents from General Property Manager Robin Scott:
"If you want to move, we are not holding anyone to their lease. We are commited to completing the project. - We've spent over 800,000 dollars already. The property should be finished in 6 to 8 months."
--Robin Scott, General Manager for Ownership Entity
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