Question about abandoned house

[Rookie]

I may be buying a piece of property that has an abandoned house on it. I was talking to a friend in Ohio, and she was telling me that Ohio will pay you to remove abandoned houses on your property. Thanks to Kirk, I have learned that Indiana law differs from Ohio law.

Does Indiana have anything like this? Who would I ask? Where would I go to find out?

 

[hoosierdoc]

gosh I hope not

 

[Rookie]

If you want my opinion, I hope not too, but I'll take advantage of it if it does exist.

 

[Jeepster48439]

I would start with the local building/planning authority for where the property is located. Unless it is in a major urban center, there probably isn't.

 

[mom45]

There is a blight elimination program but that is only available to municipalities trying to clean up unsafe structures, and I am pretty sure the municipality ends up with ownership of the property if they use those funds for the clean up. You could check to see if your area is participating in the program and if it offers any type of assistance to property owners who want to remove structures and keep the property.

You may need a demolition permit to remove it as well so you might want to check into that. Here, the permit is pretty cheap and the main purpose is so the county knows where the debris is going in case there is any asbestos or other toxic materials involved. It also lets them know to get the building removed from the tax assessment.

 

[Birds Away]

I thought that in Indiana all abandoned structures were automatically repurposed as meth factories.

 

[VUPDblue]

Local FD may be interested in it for a controlled burn.

 

[BugI02]

This ^^^ I think sometimes you can wrangle a charitable deduction from that but IANATL. The FD will smooth the way on required permits and burning is fast demolition. Check local environmental regs to see if you have to treat the debris any special way and if you will incur any costs that way

 

[halfmileharry]

I thought that in Indiana all abandoned structures were automatically repurposed as meth factories.

Location is everything. Maybe it's on a corner. Prime real estate.

 

[JettaKnight]

In Soviet Ohio abandoned house removes you!

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Put a sign in front of the house that says "Please Keep Out! Rumors of gold coins hidden in the structure of this house are untrue."

Then, it will be dismantled for free.

 

[JettaKnight]

Whatever you do, don't put on a mask and try and scare people away. Inevitably you won't get away with it due to the meddlings of some youths.

 

[Rookie]

Local FD may be interested in it for a controlled burn.

Tried that idea. They weren't interested.

 

[easy]

For a controlled burn they have to meet EPA restrictions. Now if you are 'working on it' and the wiring causes a fire, they have to respond.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Does Indiana have anything like this? Who would I ask? Where would I go to find out?

I am unaware of any such provision under Indiana law. But understand the only time I am involved in real estate law is when someone is ALLEGED to have trespassed on it, broken into it, stolen something from it, burned it down, shot it, inter alia.

May be tax provisions and local incentives for demolishing eyesores.

 

[littletommy]

Whatever you do, don't put on a mask and try and scare people away. Inevitably you won't get away with it due to the meddlings of some youths.

RUH ROH!!!!

 

[TB1999]

Maybe call assessors office. I had an abandoned house next to me..dealt with them a lot.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I may be buying a piece of property that has an abandoned house on it. I was talking to a friend in Ohio, and she was telling me that Ohio will pay you to remove abandoned houses on your property. Thanks to Kirk, I have learned that Indiana law differs from Ohio law.

Does Indiana have anything like this? Who would I ask? Where would I go to find out?

Fire and police departments are always looking for training locations. You could ask the local FD to set it on fire. Explosive breachers from ISP SWAT could put a few holes in it "for training."

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Tried that idea. They weren't interested.

Oops, guess I should have read the rest of the responses.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

You could do like I did with my barn and wait for mother nature to blow it down?
yeah, probably not a good solution...

Any chance of salvaging it into a workshop or storage unit of some kind?