55 Highland St Housing Re-Inspections
kimberley driscoll
Mayor
City of Salem, Massachusetts
Board of Health
98 Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Tel. (978) 741-1800
health@salem.com
David Greenbaum
Health Agent
June 14, 2019
Ludger Veer
55 Highland Street
Salem, MA. 01970
Dear Mr.Veer:
In accordance with Chapter II of the State Sanitary Code, l05 CMR 4l0.000, Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation, a recent reinspection was conducted of your property located
at 55 Highland Street, conducted by Janice Orta, Sanitarian of the Salem Board of Health on June 13, 2019. At that time the following items were still outstanding:
Item #1: Front porch is in disrepair.
Item #2: Soft and bouncy floor board located on the first-floor hallway outside of bathroom.
Item #3: First floor bathroom has unfinished walls above shower
Item #4: Hole near main entry door where you can see the pipes into the second floor
Item #7: Second floor bathroom has a hole in the ceiling
Item #8: Bedroom in the middle has a whole wall missing plaster
Item #9: Bedroom in the middle has a has a hole in the ceiling
Item #10: Light fixture located in basement is falling loose from the electrical outlet box
Item #11: Multiple fallen trees and branches out back in the yard
Item #12: Wet stains on floor indicating a possible oil leak from oil tank
And two new items: Light switch and outlet plate cover missing throughout unit and mice droppings found inside upstairs bedroom to the left. Must add plate covers to all light switch
and outlets and rid the building of mice.
Please correct the outstanding violations and contact this office to schedule a final re-inspection of this apartment.
All other violations noted in the inspection report of September 14, 2018 have been corrected.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
For the Board of Health Reply to:
David Greenbaum, Janice Orta
Health Agent Sanitarian
Cc: Occupant