Meaning of Warning Written on House?

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A house at 514 NW 31st Lane in Gainesville Florida is for sale. If I go to Google Maps and look at the street view, I see a handwritten sign on the house in large red letters that appears to be some kind of warning. It seems to say something like "WARNING. XIN LEVEL 1.150 INSIDE HOUSE." Does anyone know what that's about? The house appears to be occupied, judging by the clutter in the garage.

Bill Gulley · Answer

Officials don't use handwritten signs. An inspector may have left it after a home inspection, could be anyone else. It could also be a prank to scare off buyers, maybe the last homeowner who bailed from a foreclosure. All I can make out is they left the "TO" out of TOXIN, a really bad speller maybe? I'll spin again.....   :)

Kay March · Answer

Thanks Bill and Allison. Well, the asking price is only $32,000, and that's from Wells Fargo, whose listing prices are usually high. Just kidding! I've heard enough and won't go near it!

Allison Karrels · Answer

@Kay March  - anything east of 6th is part of the Koppers superfund site -

http://www.epa.gov/region4/superfund/sites/npl/flo...

Koppers were dumping toxins into the groundwater/soil. It was cleaned up a few years ago.

I own several houses between 13th and 6th - the land has been tested there and has always tested fine.

East of 6th gets pretty ghetto fast

Bill Gulley · Answer

LOL, yep, look up Times Beach, Mo. just outside St.Louis, the super fund took the whole town! Run away! I'm not sure if title can even be passed after a determination of any super fund project. You'd be betting on the buy-out price, don't believe it's allowed. I'll spin again! :)

Kay March · Answer

Thank you, Scott. The word "DIOXIN" is clearly visible when you "walk" to the left, as you suggest. Official findings about dioxin dust levels in the area appear to be controversial.

Scott Weaner · Answer

If you "walk" slightly to the left on street view, you can see that it says "Dioxin!" I have no idea what the level means.

Kay March · Answer

Thank you! Your suggestion that XIN is part of "TOXIN" really helps. It turns out the house is pretty close to dead center in an area known as the Koppers Superfund Site, an area of serious soil contamination. Here's the link to the Google map of that area:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?oe=UTF8&ie=UTF8&msa=0&mid=zmQOMxq1oc50.kTT4_5wpF8Io

Meaning of Warning Written on House?

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