Pot farm in rental: 'A lot is going to have to be torn apart and rebuilt'
EUGENE, Ore. -- It's going to take ServiceMaster inspector Jacoby Scarbrough a little more than spring cleaning to spruce up this place . Police say it once housed more than one thousand marijuana plants.
The garage was packed full of pots and shelves and even a homemade water source. Wall to wall, dirt, dried leaves, it was everywhere, even in the air.
"There's a pretty intense odor," said Scarbrough.
The house was absolutely trashed. Mike Drews is a general contractor. He said the renters even added pipes and vents in the walls in order to create one giant filtration system.
"They cut holes through the sheet rock in the garage," said Drews. "They put ventilation in there. They forced it inside the house up in through the attic where they then plugged everything off on the outside."
Upstairs, it looked like one bedroom was used for growing the plants, another was likely used for drying them. Sandwiched between the two was something you wouldn't expect to find here: a room for a kid.
Inspectors told KVAL News cleaning up the mess could take a few months and it won't be cheap. It could cost as much as ten thousand dollars.
"A lot of it is going to have to be torn apart and rebuilt basically," said Scarbrough.
The owner of the house lives in Pendleton. He said his insurance will likely cover most of the repairs.
