House accidentally bulldozed

[pronstar]

Guy who used to work for me inherited a house in Dallas. He was in the process of renovating it, which is a challenge as he lives in CA/LA.

At any rate, he sent this to me earlier today...

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[ZX9RCAM]

Holy crap!

 

[pronstar]

They showed up at the wrong house...read the permit wrong.
Scary how something like this can happen.

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[txgrant]

Thats a pretty big oops...

 

[EZ-E]

Damn, talk about a start to a bad day.
Atleast insurance will take care of it.

 

[DoubleDuty]

This happened to some people in Sunnyvale. Their house was damaged by a Tornado and they were having it repaired. Crew showed up and demolished it. Wrong address company tried to blame Google Maps. Morons

 

[Bozz10mm]

Damn, talk about a start to a bad day.
Atleast insurance will take care of it.

Hopefully the demo company's insurance.

 

[Glenn B]

Maybe, in the grand cosmic scheme of things, it was never meant to be renovated. Take the insurance money and run is what I'd do.

Truly a huge bummer.

 

[Glenn B]

Hopefully the demo company's insurance.

If they are an insured business and not a fly by night bunch of illegal aliens.

 

[pronstar]

One way or another he should be made whole.

My buddy is a managing director at Citibank, says this happens a lot more than you’d think...yikes


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[Army 1911]

Don't forget to claim the 10 million dollars in loose diamonds you had under the floorboards.

 

[baboon]

If they are an insured business and not a fly by night bunch of illegal aliens.

Most tear downs I've seen are done by one company Cherry Demolition. 1 excavator & a few big trucks. Hardly a bunch of fly by night illegal aliens. By the size of Cherry Companies the parent company I doubt there is any reason to be conncerned about being made whole.
https://cherrycompanies.com/cherry-demolition-services/

 

[MTA]

Shit send them my way. Ill take a new house

 

[TreyG-20]

Shit send them my way. Ill take a new house

Haha! Seriously some people have all the luck. Kidding of course. I'd be pissed if I was OP's friend.

 

[Kar98]

Happens a lot!

https://www.google.com/search?q=wrong+house+demolished

 

[vmax]

They demoed a house with gas, water and electric still hooked up?
What a bunch of dumbasses
That's the big thing you check before taking a house down
I'm guessing at least some of these services were in place.

 

[pronstar]

They demoed a house with gas, water and electric still hooked up?
What a bunch of dumbasses
That's the big thing you check before taking a house down
I'm guessing at least some of these services were in place.

I didn’t ask...they were in the middle of renovating it so I’d imagine it had power at the very least. The house was supposedly in pretty good shape to begin with.

I do know that it’s been tied-up in litigation for over a year after the owner passed, and a deadbeat family member was squatting in it for a while.

He’s bummed because it was a 1923 craftsman, all original including doors, floors and fixtures. Things like original crystal doorknobs aren’t easy to replace.

In other words, lots of sentimental, as well as monetary, value.


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[Younggun]

They demoed a house with gas, water and electric still hooked up?
What a bunch of dumbasses
That's the big thing you check before taking a house down
I'm guessing at least some of these services were in place.

I’ve seen demo companies wreck out live 3 phase transformers. Never underestimate the stupidity that walks among us.


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[Dawico]

I'd be crying all the way to the bank.

The tears would be fake though.

 

[Eli]

My buddy is a managing director at Citibank, says this happens a lot more than you’d think...yikes

Yup! I read about a case where a family on vacation returned to find their former home was now a vacant lot. The home was fully furnished and occupied, red flags everywhere, crew wrecked it anyway.
How'd it happen? A clerical error, transposed numbers on the paperwork!

Eli