SEVEN FIELDS — An abandoned, dilapidated home in the borough is finally being repaired and brought up to borough code after four years of court battles and disagreements.

The home at 509 Dorchester Drive for those four years had charred siding, broken windows, exposed insulation and rodent infestation stemming from a fire in May 2007.

Borough solicitor Doug Weinrich told the borough’s council last week that Wells Fargo Bank has already begun making external repairs to the property.

Weinrich said the bank’s legal counsel contacted him and indicated the bank’s desire to rectify the situation. The bank foreclosed on the property this year and will put the property up for sheriff’s sale on July 17.

The problems began when the home was intentionally set on fire by Katherine Barnes, who had lived there with her husband, Mark, but had since moved out of state.

After a divorce and realizing her former home was for sale, Katherine Barnes drove from Indianapolis to Seven Fields, broke into the house and set it on fire, police said.

The home has since been at the center of a legal battle between Seven Fields and Mark Barnes, the homeowner, over fixing it. Borough employees were unable to go on the property to fix it because of liability and private property issues.

The repairs signal the end of a long process that often frustrated borough officials and residents.

Borough manager Tom Smith previously said the home is in a nice neighborhood and dozens of residents are forced to look at the eyesore daily because the house is on a hill.

Several residents who live near the home have reported rodent problems that most likely are a result of the environment surrounding the dilapidated home.

“It’s definitely been a long process, and I really personally felt for the residents around the property that had to look it for so many years,” Smith said.

“I think Wells Fargo stepped up to the plate and provided relief, which we’re very thankful and grateful for them doing that.”