LONGWOOD, Fla. — After weeks of trying to get answers, the couple called Channel 9's Karla Ray for help before the bugs spread
into their home and destroy their property.
"The wood underneath the vinyl, you can see where it's been eaten," said resident Joel Kane.
Betsey and Joel Kane said they've called the Danbury Mills Homeowners Association code enforcement and the bank that owns the property about the issue.
"You can see how it's all falling apart. No matter who I call, I get stonewalled," said Betsey Kane.
The concern is that the pests could chew a path to their home of four years, though it is separated by a firewall.
"Meanwhile, it's eating away, and termites don't know, 'This is a different house. I'm not going to eat it.' They go, 'Oh, fresh,''' said Joel Kane.
A real estate attorney said the Kanes' could take the issue to court, but it could get expensive.
Betsey Kane said she priced out what it would take to tent both homes to protect theirs.
"I don't have $10,000 and $5,000 to invest in a house I'm not going to see anything from," said Betsey Kane.
The woman in charge of the abandoned home's account wouldn't tell WFTV any details about the home.
But she did say she'd make sure the problem was addressed.
"I have nowhere to turn. I can't do anything. It's not my house," said Kane.
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