BATON ROUGE - There is an overgrown property in a neighborhood off of Millerville Road that neighbors say is an eyesore.

Gerry Bordelon contacted 2 On Your Side about the blight that she drives by every day in Country Ridge.

"I mean, it's just a mess," said Bordelon.

The front of the house near the corner of Winter Ridge Avenue and Deer Ridge Avenue is so overgrown that only parts of the roof are visible from the street. The doorknob on the front door is missing and the siding is rippling. A storage door in the carport is open.

Bordelon says the person living in the house died in 2023. Since then, it has been a struggle to keep up. When the grass gets high, Bordelon calls the city.

"When I report it to blight, the grass gets cut, but just here in the front," said Bordelon.

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