While walking in Akácfa utca in District VII earlier this week, we saw this new-looking sign stating that the building it’s attached to is listed, which appears to be the only work done on the building for what appears to be decades.
It May Be Derelict and Falling Apart, But Damn It, It’s Listed!
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a few more signs may hold it together some
that house leaves nothing to the imagination….
the sign prevents that it gets demolished – hopefully
In England you can choose a building you like and apply for it to be listed without the owner’s knowledge. You can also apply for planning permission even if you do not own the plot/building. interesting
Who the fuck is “Buzzy” Bódog?
This is most likely a spoof or inside joke. Probably, some
pranksters went to the cemetery and had this tablet cut for them
and then fixed it to the wall of the building.
To be honest, the not-so-Hungarian-sounding last name of “Buzzy” is fairly suspicious.
Many Hungarians have “not-so-Hungarian-sounding last names”. The architect who designed this building was a real person.
Unlike the people who were supposed to renovate it a long time ago.
This old house must be restored, – at least the facade – not demolished and replaced by yet another neo-ugly office building. They don’t belong in historic downtown Budapest.
So…. Why is that building in such disrepair? I thought “Proud Hungarians” were better than all others’ in da world. That’s some crap there. Here is what would happen in the States with such a building. They would have a notice placed on the entrance and the owners would have to go to hearings. If no outcome could be agreed to, they auction the entire building off at which point the new owner must make all repairs to have the building brought up to code. If he doesn’t follow up, the building is auctioned again and again until everyone has lost all their money and the building is finally demolished. Simple. The owner(s) of the building whether unit owners or not are responsible for basic upkeep, right? Filthy animals. Maybe just paint the building black…
Buzzy Bódog definitely existed, though most people spelt his surname Buzzi (more suspicious sounding for a Hungarian, perhaps). The only other place the misspelling of his name is preserved is in the Sunday News from May 2nd, 1875 on page 275 http://epa.oszk.hu/00000/00030/01104/pdf/01104.pdf
Unfortunately in Hungary, owners do not feel
responsible for the houses they live in. My
experience is that they refuse to spend a single
forint on their building. It’s one of the many
left-over attitudes from communism.
Akos Horvath wrote: “Unfortunately in Hungary, owners do not feel responsible for the houses they live in.” Dear Akos. It’s interesting for a Hungarian to actually write such lines. People are usually angered by what I write. Can you give me insight on why Hungarians believe they are not responsible for upkeep to these buildings? Are these building owned by the residents who live there, or does “The State” still own the buildings? I have never seen such disrepair on buildings anywhere in the world. They look like rotten cheese or a building from the set of some post-atomic war flick. What’s up with that? You have to take pride in where you live. I bet you could scrape a couple hundred types of dangerous bacteria and viruses off the face of these buildings. Furthermore, alcoholics, druggies and thugs are drawn to them simply to use as a urinal.
The problem with these buildings in Pest is that they sort of sit in limbo type of enviroment.
Back in the 90′s many people were given the chance the purchase their flats for extemely low amounts (by western standards). Think 500 thousand or 1 million forints. Those that has the money purchased their flats and those that did not, kept renting them.
So many buildings in Pest have quasi ownership statues were its possible that 30% of the building occupants own their flats while teh rest do not. I have no idea how they work out the major reno;s.
That and most of these falling apart buildings are owned in whole or part by their respective districts. So, the district owns the property and the district is also responsible for ensuring that building codes are in place– see the conflict of interest.
Jackson, ever been to detroit? Rochester? Alabama, Ohio etc.. many areas have buildings that look just like this one, however, they do end up being condemed.
The reason they go up for action is not becase of the shape they are in, its because the owners have not paid taxes in years. For a building to be actioned off because of overdue work orders is possible but that takes years to happen and is almost never the case.