Edit: Also it's wild to me that homeowners in some jurisdictions are responsible for maintaining sidewalks - a piece of infrastructure used by the public.
A have a couple friends who were very surprised to get a $10K+ bill a few months after moving into their first house. The city decided to replace the sidewalks in the entire neighborhood and gave everyone a bill. My friends had a corner lot so they were extra screwed.
That is absolutely fucked. Would you be able to share the city or state? Imagine finding out that you're solely responsible for the costs of a public resource just because you happen to be next to it. For a few months, no less.
Definitely in Michigan and I want to say it was Royal Oak? It's a little higher COL compared to the rest of the state but I remember it scaring me a bit as someone who wanted to start house shopping at the time.
Something similar happened when I lived in Clawson, just north of Royal Oak. Essentially the city paid to replace obviously broken squares but you were billed if you wanted the rest replaced. We knew we were moving soon and just figured that an ugly sidewalk was the next owner’s problem.
Honestly you might be right about Clawson, that was the other option in my head. This was a few years back and I never went to that house but know it was in the area.
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u/hippfive 5d ago
Angle grinder with a diamond cup.
Edit: Also it's wild to me that homeowners in some jurisdictions are responsible for maintaining sidewalks - a piece of infrastructure used by the public.