The application for the Walden Eco Village subdivision will be addressed at a Peterborough Planning Board meeting Nov. 14.Akhil Garland, the trustee for the Garland Family Realty Trust and Utopia Living, who owns and was the landlord of the Walden Eco.
Following a mediation session, the landlord for the Walden Eco Village has settled out-of-court with a group of tenants who filed suit after being evicted from their homes only days before Christmas in December 2020 for multiple code violations.Akhil.
Following a mediation session, the landlord for the Walden Eco Village has settled out-of-court with a group of tenants who filed suit after being evicted from their homes only days before Christmas in December 2020 for multiple code violations.Akhil.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 4/28/2021 2:56:07 PM
The Town of Peterborough sent a detailed list of violations found on the Walden Eco Village property in December to Akhil Garland, trustee of the Garland Family Realty Trust, last week.
The letter, dated April 20, summarizes the findings of the town’s Building Code Enforcement Officer and Fire Inspector, and the State’s electrical inspectors. The Town was able to compile the letter after receiving the state’s final investigation report last month, Town Administrator Nicole MacStay said.
Garland received preliminary notice of the violations in December, when the town inspected the property and found safety and code violations on site, including missing building permits for eight of 15 total rental units, and permitted structures being used beyond their intended purpose. The town conducted a walk-through of the property around Thanksgiving as part of a subdivision proposal, and noticed unpermitted structures with ele
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 12/14/2020 12:48:17 PM
The Town of Peterborough has ordered the 25 tenants and residents of the Walden Eco Village to vacate their residences by Wednesday after finding fire code violations during an inspection of the property last Thursday. The Eco Village, at 36-54 Garland Way in Peterborough, is comprised of 16 buildings, with 14 cottages and tiny houses serving as rental units. “Although formal inspections have not been conducted, it was evident during today’s visit that there are significant code violations that place the structures and their occupants at immediate risk,” Code Enforcement Officer Timothy Herlihy wrote to landlord Akhil Garland, who represents the Garland Family Realty Trust, which owns the property. Garland must cease and desist activity on the site and provide the tenants with alternate housing from Wednesday at 4 p.m. until the structures are properly permitted, according to the order.