Larimer County officials say they will help a Loveland farm get rid of an unwanted guest: a large, toxic building illegally deposited on the land last year.
The county officially declared the building dangerous May 1, triggering a 30-day period for the owner of the house to initiate the process of cleaning it up.
That period ended Friday with no action, so the county will begin planning how to abate the estimated 6,800 square feet of asbestos, demolish the home and remove it from the farm.
The duty has fallen to the local government because the county has been unable to hold the homeowner accountable after he abandoned the house on the farm against the property owner’s will, according to a written account of the situation by Darrick Turner, a senior environmental specialist with the county.
Michelle Dickinson owns Mountain View Farm, 6875 N. Boyd Lake Ave. north of Loveland, and has had the house, separate garage and a company truck on her land since DeJohn Housemoving Inc. left them there on Labor Day last year.
Dickinson said that in September, DeJohn came to her property and asked her husband if he could store some telephone poles on the farm that he was moving just until the heavy Labor Day traffic let up. But, after receiving permission for the telephone poles, he returned with a truck pulling the house and trailer.
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