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tribune november 4 1987 c31 subdivision called absolute disaster by alan shackleton claremonts george johnson has had it waiting for comple tion of work on his home and property mr johnson and family moved into their residence on brock street south of the four corners last november after all this time the the house is still awaiting needed repairs plus a finished backyard and a proper septic tank the whole things a joke said a frustrated johnson monday the final straw was this past weekend when work on his backyard and septic tank ordered by the durham board of health to be finished by oct 31 wasnt done johnsons home is one of five on the west side of brock street across from the canadian le gion that was built by a firm based in scarborough the houses are priced in the 250000 to 300000 range and johnson said most of them are plagued by similar problems the backyards a mess an absolute disaster johnson said theres no landscaping the septic tank hasnt been prop erly covered and theres raw sewage on top of the ground the sewage problem was what moved the durham board of health to order the work com pleted by oct 31 johnson had hoped the edict might prompt the developer to finish the job but there was no sign of activity until monday afternoon nov 2 when a bull dozer was left parked on his property i assume the bulldozer means somebody is intending to do some work sometime john son said but the point is it should have been finished by saturday at the latest johnson added that threats from government agencies seem to be the only way to get the developer moving im only one person and im having a terrible time here he said there has to some kind of legislation passed to force buil ders to finish what they started and what home buyers paid for johnson pointed out that the developer of his home is in volved in other building pro jects in the town of pickering and to him that doesnt seem right i dont think they should be given any more building per mits until they finish the work in this subdivision he said im completely frustrated he continued you pay this much money for a house and this is what you get ive got a halfacre of backyard out there and i cant use any of it company representatives could not be contacted for com ment new if o w is k u iirz wss king size and 100s warning health and welfare canada advises that danger to health increases with amount smoked avoid inhaling averageper cigarette cameo special king size10rag tar 09rag nicotine 100mm10mg tar q9mg nicotine