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The residents feel that, although most “There are parts of Cliffwood Beach homes in the area are well-maintained, the with very nice homes,” Hall said. “I can untidy ones reduce property values and the think of one very nice colonial and one quality of life for the whole neighborhood. large ranch. They are lovely.” Jim Hall, a Realtor with Century 21 in But, he added, if they were located on Hazlet, confirmed that selling homes in the the other side of the township, the same area would be easier without the nearby homes would command at least $20,000 messy homes. more. “If you’re selling a nice house and it’s Hall said that the Cliffwood Beach near a run-down and beat-up house, people will have second thoughts,” he said. “The houses he has listed include one six-year- buyer is wondering who their neighbors old home on a 70-by-100-foot lot, with a are. It does affect the price.” view of the water, selling at $124,000; and another home, 12 years old, a large bi-level However, Ed Montague, Aberdeen code with a “good piece of property” with an enforcement officer, said that enforcing , Photograph by Rich Schultz existing ordinances js a lengthy and time­ asking price of $145,000. PAINT PEELING — The wood of this Cliffwood Beach home is almost entirely exposed, the consum ing job. But over on the Strathmore side of the pink paint just barely showing. “W e’re trying,” Montague said. “We township, a three-bedroom, bi-level colo­ nial on a 50-by-100-foot lot is priced at On the bright side, Hall said that a per­ yard,” Mrs. Gunter said. don’t drive up and down the streets, but do manent neighborhood cleanup would “Mostly, people are conscious of their it on a complaint basis with the time we $179,000, and nearby, another bi-level in increase the homes’ values. property, but some aren’t. There’s one have available. And we do everything we the same development has an asking price Joseph McAleer of Elmwood Drive in vacant home that’s not being kept up at all. can to work with the people.” of $190,000. Cliffwood Beach said that his side of town Besides being an eyesore, debris is blowing has actually gotten worse since he wrote an into our yard. It’s dangerous, debris flying 11 -page letter to township officials in May through the air. of 1992, pointing out that several of the “We have three children, and it’s diffi­ houses in the neighborhood were in viola­ cult to teach them not to litter when they tion o f ordinances. see adults not caring,” she said. Shortly after that, more than 50 notices “Also, the noise can be a factor. We were sent out warning people to clean up hear car engines running without mufflers their messy properties. A rash of publicity in the late hours of the night and the early followed, and then the matter quieted hours of the morning. It’s irritating.” dow n. “It’s a source of concern,” Mr. Gunter But McAleer is determined to see a agreed, citing one home that “looks like a turn-around for the better in his neighbor­ junkyard. ... We worry about the property hood. values, but also, it’s discourteous. “This is not out of neglect; it’s lazi­ “This seems to be the forgotten side of ness,” he said. “These people are young the township,” he added. and vibrant, in their mid 30s to early 40s. “We are trying to make it a good place It’s not some poor old person.” to raise a family, but the township does not In his latest letter to the township, to seem to enforce the rules here as much McAleer wrote, “The areas of Cliff- as other places.