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Home My WebLink About71 Swan Lake Road inspection report-FailTown of Yarmouth, MA Inspection Report Inspection: Inspection Inspector: Debra Bruinooge Inspection Date: Apr 10, 2025 Record: Rental Registration #BHR-24-542 Location: 71 SWAN LAKE RD, WEST YARMOUTH, MA 02673 Applicant: Deyselucia Riker Rental Inspection Overall Result: Fail Overall Remarks: Met with 12-year tenant Sarah for the inspection. Overall home is in need of some proactive maintenance and has multiple housekeeping opportunities. Please see below for findings. Yard requires major cleanup. Multiple tarped items in front in rear which could provide harborage. Checklist: 1. Number of Bedrooms/Measurements Result: Pass Remarks: 2 2. Maximum Occupancy: Based on septic system capacity, number of bedrooms and bedroom square footage Result: Pass Remarks: 220 GPD/2 Bedrooms-Maximum occupancy-4 3. Basement Result: Pass Remarks: None 4. Electrical Panel Result: Pass 5. Copy of Tenant's Legal Rights have been issued to tenant. Result: Pass 105CMR 410.00 0Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation (State Sanitary Code: Chapter II) Result: Pass 410.100 Kitchen Facilities * Result: Fail Remarks: -Stove is at the end of its useful life and requires replacing. (B) The facilities required by 105 CMR 410.100(A) shall have smooth and impervious surfaces and be free from defects which make them difficult to keep clean or create an accident hazard. 410.110 Bathroom Facilities : Sinks, Toilets, Tubs & Showers * Result: Fail Remarks: -Vanity/Sick has come out from the wall and there appears to be mold growing behind. Additionally, the side of the vanity has broken away. It is at the end of its useful life and requires replacing. Furthermore, the shower surround also appears to be at the end of it's useful life (C) Facilities required by 105 CMR 410.110 shall have smooth and impervious surfaces and be free from defects which make them difficult to keep clean or create a risk of injury. 410.120 Approved Toilets * Result: Pass 410.130 Water supply Potable Water/Sanitary Drainage Result: Pass 410.140 Plumbing Connections * Result: Pass 410.150 Hot Water 110-130 °F for faucets & 110-120 °F for bathtubs a & showers Result: Pass 410.160 Heating Systems * Result: Pass 410.170 Venting * Result: Pass 410.180 Temperature Requirements Owner shall proved heat in every habitable room & every room containing a toilet, shower or bathtub from September 15th through May 31st. 64° from 11:01 pm to 6:59 am 68° from 7 am to 11:00 pm Result: Pass 410.200 Provision and Metering of Electrical or Gas * Result: Pass 410.210 Provision of Oil * Result: Not Observed 410.220 Natural and Mechanical Ventilation * Result: Pass 410.230 Owner's Laundering Responsibilities If owner provides bed linens, towels, pillows or mattress Result: Not Observed 410.235 Owner's Installation, Maintenance and Repair Responsibilities * Result: Fail Remarks: -Significant amount of maintenance of building and interior is required. Living room floor is at the end of its life and requires replacement. The owner shall ensure proper installation, in compliance with accepted standards, and shall maintain in operable condition free from leaks, obstructions or other defects, all facilities and equipment which the owner is required to provide, and all owner installed equipment: (A) The facilities and equipment the owner is required to provide include, but are not limited to: (1) Sinks; (2) Bathtubs and/or showers; (3) Toilets; (4) Waterheating facilities; (5) Gas pipes; (6) Heating system; (7) Water pipes; (8) Conventional cooktop and oven, as required by 105 CMR 410.100 except and to the extent the occupant is required to provide these items under a written rental agreement; (9) Catch basins, drains, vents and other similar supplied fixtures; (10) Connections to water, sewer and gas lines; (11) Subsurface sewage disposal system, if any; (12) Electrical light fixtures, switches, outlets and wiring; (13) Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms as required by 780 CMR: Massachusetts State Building Code and 527 CMR 1.00: Massachusetts Comprehensive Fire Safety Code; (14) All heating and ventilating equipment; and (15) Refrigerator with freezer, as required by 105 CMR 410.100, except and to the extent the occupant is required to provide these items under a written rental agreement. (B) All owner-installed optional equipment including, but not limited to: (1) Dishwashers; (2) Clothes washing machines and dryers; (3) Garbage grinders; (4) Sub-metering devices designed to measure the usage of water; (5) Air conditioners; (6) Microwave ovens; and (7) Range ventilation hoods. 410.240 Occupant's Installation and Maintenance Responsibilities * Result: Fail Remarks: Occupant requires, overall cleaning and organizing of items in the home, including yard clean up. Many items in front and rear yard that are tarped that could lead to harborage. (A) The occupant shall ensure proper installation in compliance with accepted standards and shall maintain free from leaks, obstructions and other defects, all occupant owned and installed equipment including, but not limited to: (1) Dishwashers; (2) Clothes washing machines and dryers; (3) Garbage grinders; (4) Air conditioners; (5) Microwave ovens; (6) Range ventilation hoods; (7) Electrical light fixtures; (8) Conventional cooktop and oven, if required to provide under written rental agreement; and (9) Refrigerator with freezer, if required to provide under written rental agreement. (B) Every occupant of a dwelling or rooming unit shall keep all facilities and appliances for which they have exclusive access in a sanitary condition and exercise reasonable care in their proper use and operation. Facilities and appliances include, but are not limited to: (1) Sinks; (2) Bathtubs and/or showers; (3) Toilets; (4) Conventional cooktop and oven; (5) Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms; (6) Refrigerator with freezer; (7) Dishwashers; (8) Microwave Ovens; (9) Range ventilation hoods; (10) Garbage grinders; and (11) Air conditioners. 410.250 Asbestos-containing Material * Result: Pass 410.260 Means of Egress * Result: Pass 410.270 Locks * Result: Pass 410.300 Electrical Supply & Illumination * Result: Pass 410.310 Auxiliary Emergency Lighting Systems & Exit Signs For properties with 10 or more units Result: Not Observed 410.320 Electrical Service Temporary Wiring, Amperage Result: Pass 410.330 Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Alarms * Result: Pass Remarks: Present as required. Tested and working *There were multiple broken and inoperable smoke detectors in bedroom, and one was hanging from a wire. 410.400 Owner/Manager Contact Information and Notice of Occupants' Legal Rights and Responsibilities Contact information and postings inside and outside of home Result: Pass 410.410 Building Identification * Result: Pass 410.420 Habitability Requirements Result: Pass 410.430 Natural Light and Obstructions * Result: Pass 410.470 Lead-based Paint Hazards in Residence * Result: Pass 410.500 Owner Responsibility to Maintain Building & Structural Elements * Result: Pass 410.510 Occupant 's Responsibility Regarding Building and Structural Elements * Result: Pass 410.520 Protective Railings and Walls * Result: Pass 410.530 Weather-tight elements * Result: Pass 410.540 Installation of Screens * Result: Fail Remarks: Screen doors are required at Front Door and Door leading to the deck. Additionally, there are multiple ripped and missing screens throughout. (A) The owner shall provide and install screens for exterior openable windows so that: (1) They are in place during the period from April 1st through October 31st in each year; (2) They are no less than 16 mesh per square inch; (3) They cover that part of the window designed to be opened, except in double hung windows where half screens shall meet this requirement; and (4) They are tight fitting and prevent the entrance of pests. (B) Expandable, temporary screens shall not satisfy the requirements of 105 CMR 410.540(A). (C) The owner shall provide and install screen doors for all doorways opening directly to the outside from any dwelling unit or rooming unit where the screen doors will be permitted to slide to the side or open in an outward direction so that: (1) They are in place during the period from April 1st through October 31st in each year; (2) They are 16 mesh per square inch; (3) They are equipped with a self-closing device except where the screen is designed to open to the side; and (4) They are tight fitting and prevent the entrance of pests. (D) 105 CMR 410.540(C) shall not apply to homeless shelters 410.550 Elimination of Pests Owners & Occupants are responsible for the control & elimination of pests Result: Pass Remarks: None observed 410.560 Refuse * Result: Pass Remarks: Nauset disposal-owner responsible 410.570 Maintenance of Areas in a Sanitary and Safe Condition * Result: Pass 410.620 Conduct of Inspections The need for an additional inspection by a specialized inspector pursuant to 105 CMR 410.620(A) and the reason that such inspection is necessary Result: Not Observed 410.630 Conditions Deemed to Endanger or Materially Impair Health and Safety One or more of the violations cited on this report may materially impair the health or safety and/or well-being of any person(s) occupying the premises Result: Pass 780 CMR 111.5.1 Posting of Use & Occupancy STR Only Result: Not Observed 780 CMR 111.5.2 Required Egress posting STR Only Result: Not Observed 780 CMR Means of Egress STR Only Result: Not Observed 780 CMR R314 & R315 Smoke/CO/Heat STR Only Result: Not Observed R314 & R315 Smoke/CO/Heat Detectors STR Only Result: Not Observed This inspection report is signed and certified under the pains and penalties of perjury. Inspector's signature, date and time Result: Pass Remarks: Debra Bruinooge-04/15/2025-4:00PM