Staff report

LISBON – A house on Village Street that was condemned for demolition and then given several extensions for improvements appears to have passed inspection, Town Manager Curtis Lunt said Tuesday.

Selectmen in January gave owner Reggie Thiboutot a final 30-day extension to make repairs to his 39 Village St. property. The house was considered a safety hazard because of a bad foundation and other problems.

Lisbon Building Inspector Gerald Samson and an engineer with Criterium Mooney Engineers of Portland inspected the house Tuesday morning, Lunt said.

“I understand that the building will pass muster now,” he said. He did not yet have a written report, but he was told that the foundation was repaired and that the building had been sufficiently tightened up.

“The engineer said it was stable. It won’t fall down. There might be more work to do, but it won’t be a hazard,” Lunt said.

Town officials a year ago told Thiboutot to bring the two-story wood frame house into compliance with town ordinances. It had been unoccupied for some time and needed doors, windows, new floor joists and a frost wall, as well as chimney repairs and removal of an attached shed.

A hearing on the issue was scheduled March 1, 2005, then postponed. In early April the town issued a condemnation order under the dangerous buildings ordinance.

Thiboutot failed to meet several deadlines and the order was suspended several times, including a “final” extension issued last month.

Thiboutot met the conditions of that extension, but the building is still somewhat dilapidated, Lunt said.

“We hope he continues to work on building and make it better,” Lunt said. “It still needs some work.”