Demolition Day by danette

Demolition Day

Finally! I manage a neighborhood where this house sits. It has been in the process of foreclosure for at least 5 years. Unbelievable. The "asset manager" (I use the term loosely) has tarped and re-tarped this leaky roof many times over the years. Never once was the roof tarped correctly and the house has just rotted underneath it. Fortunately I have a pitbull friend who recently took over Code Enforcement. The City has forced Fannie Mae to get off their butts and demolish the house. Hooray! It is a day to celebrate, but truly a sad state of our times that this was allowed to happen. It was a very nice house at one time.
Crazy that it went on so long. Looks like it was lovely in it's hey-day.
August 13th, 2013  
Looks like it was a nice house at one time. Shame it took so long to take it down.
August 13th, 2013  
What a shame! I am surprised that a government run agency is capable of getting off their butts. They wrote the book on red tape and they do it so well since they practice it over and over multiple times a day! Just sayin'
August 13th, 2013  
@skipt07 Every once in a while, Fannie Mae surprises me in a good way. Lately they haven't been on my good side. If they will take my offer that I have tried to get the, to take for the last 6 weeks, maybe they'll be on my good side again.
August 14th, 2013  
Such a shame, it was a good looking house.
August 14th, 2013  
@bardejov It's a shame because they could have prevented it from happening. No excuse!
August 14th, 2013  
Danette you are so right about this. Hopefully something nice and new will replace it
August 14th, 2013  
cool
August 14th, 2013  
A happy day...but a sad story. It is really so unfortunate. But better things to come!
August 14th, 2013  
Oh that would be fun!! driving that digger i mean :)
August 14th, 2013  
Meg
Sad story of what looks like a formerly beautiful home. Some things are always necessary though.
August 14th, 2013  
Looks like Florida, where is this?
August 15th, 2013  
@fullcircle It is Coral Springs...also changed a lot since 1977!
August 16th, 2013  
Such a shame....but maybe now someone else can buy the property and build a nice place.
August 22nd, 2013  
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