Cat scat can drive a roommate to crack, but dog poo can apparently break the bonds of brotherhood! A Staten Island man and his wife have gotten so sick of stepping on the dog crap left outside the house they share with the husband's brother that they are trying to force a court-ordered sale of the structure. But when the Advance sent reporter Frank Donnelly to see all that poop he found that "no dog feces was immediately evident."
Metin and Tuba Bakioglu and Metin's younger brother Serdar share ownership of a two-story house in Rosebank with Serdar living downstairs with his dogs and the couple and their 8-year-old twins living upstairs. Apparently Serdar's dogs, the breed of which is not in court documents, like to shit outside. And Serdar apparently does not like to clean it up. His brother and sister-in-law say they have tried to reason with him, tried to buy him out of his half of the building, and even tried to sell him their half of the building, all to no avail. So they've turned to the courts to try and force a sale of the $350,000 property which they all bought together in December of 2002.
The couple's lawsuit argues that they "cannot peaceably use, occupy and/or reside in their half of the premises due to the willful, negligent and malicious actions of the defendant Serdar Bakioglu,” which makes you wonder just how much doggy doo was in that yard and on those steps that they couldn't abide it from their upstairs unit. But if the family wants to try and work it out? Serdar could always try and train his dogs to use a litter box...
