Seething locals have found a unique way to protest against a derelict property that has been sat vacant for the past six years, attracting vermin and homeless people looking for shelter
A group of frustrated residents have come up with their own ‘dirty protest’ in a row over an abandoned neighbouring home.
According to locals, the derelict property has been left abandoned mid-renovation for the past six years, with boarded-up windows, overgrown weeds and a metal construction fence that does little to keep people out. As a result, it has attracted rodents, squatters and a whole lot of rubbish.
By way of highlighting the issue, neighbours in Denver’s East 7th Avenue Historic District have taken to throwing bags of dog poo onto the front steps and yard. It comes after mindless yobs damage 41 cars in vandalism rampage through sleepy market town.
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“A poop protest, that’s it,” long-time neighbor Mimi Garrison, who has lived next door to the house for 50 years, told CBS. The stunt has now been going on for at least a year, with inspectors documenting the protest since July 2024.
The home’s owner, Flavia Montecinos, bought the property in 2015 and began major renovations in 2019 – but stopped just months later, leaving the makeover unfinished. Then the pandemic hit, and the project just never resumed.
Neighbours have expressed concern over their own safety, with Mimi claiming that homeless people have previously broken into the property’s garage. Residents are also concerned that the state of the home could negatively impact neighbouring property values.
“It’s disgraceful,” Mimi said, noting the neighborhood’s history of high-profile residents, including a Colorado senator and a former governor.
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The house is also located just five minutes from the famous Doud-Eisenhower House, which once served as the summer White House for President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Denver’s Community Planning and Development Agency has said that there have been around 40 complaints since 2019 – including five so far this year.
Mimi told CBS that she said she works with the city to clear the waste regularly and that a construction permit for the home remains ‘in progress’.
But neighbours want to see real change after dealing with the issue for years. “To have it go on such a long time is what’s the worst part,” she noted.
It comes after a dilapidated one-bed home in Bolton was found to be the official headquarters of a £50 billion global business empire – despite being worth just £155,000.
The seemingly neglected property is registered as the base of several businesses – all claiming to be multinational corporations spanning four continents.
Among them are 1 Stallion Limited, described as a financial and mining giant with an annual turnover of £12.5billion, e-bank Ltd, which purports to be a bank raking in £952million annually, and Avanttulo SA Ltd, an oil and gas company valued at £12.5billion in shared capital.
The companies were uncovered by Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates in a report that highlights a worrying trend – fraudsters and fantasists registering fake businesses on Companies House, including those masquerading as banks, often using fabricated balance sheets to inflate their worth and trick unwitting customers into handing over their cash.
