TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A month after authorities stepped in to clear 31.5 tons of trash from a Kaohsiung residence, its owner listed the property for sale at NT$13.5 million (US$453,100).
UDN reported that a building on the same street sold for NT$6.5 million in January, though the building had suffered a fire in the past. Nonetheless, NT$6.5 million is not a normal price, Taiwan Realty Estate was cited as saying, and the trash-filled house had been a reason nearby house prices were impacted.
H&B Realty said that considering the properties’ location in Sanmin District, the normal price range for a five-story house measuring over 66 square meters each floor would fall between NT$13-16 million. Now that the house was cleaned, it has recovered its inherent value and is likely to be sold.
According to UDN, the 42-year-old house has five stories and a basement, with each floor measuring approximately 72 sqm. The building comes with front and back balconies.
The Kaohsiung City Government had deployed 239 cleaning crew members, nearly 30 garbage and recycling trucks, one crane, and four disinfection machines and cleared 31.58 tons of trash and 2.63 tons of recyclables from the house over five days. The cost of the operation amounted to NT$677,009, which the owner negotiated to pay in 24 installments; the Environmental Protection Bureau is also owed NT$44,700 in fines, NT$27,600 of which has already been paid.
A cleaning crew member disinfects the interior of the house. (Facebook, Kaohsiung City Government Environment Protection Bureau photo)
The house after being cleared of trash. (Facebook, Kaohsiung City Government Environment Protection Bureau photo)
