House demolished based on GPS coordinates

[mjrpes3]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You know he's just dramatizing the situation just to up the amount of cash he wins in a lawsuit. Seriously, if those items were so precious, that house so cherished, why was the house vacant in the first place? Sure, his house was demolished through no fault of his own, but it's not like he's out on the street now because of it. This was a spare house that nobody was living in, yet we are to believe it was filled to the brim with irreplaceable family heirlooms?

Devil's advocate fail.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You know he's just dramatizing the situation just to up the amount of cash he wins in a lawsuit. Seriously, if those items were so precious, that house so cherished, why was the house vacant in the first place? Sure, his house was demolished through no fault of his own, but it's not like he's out on the street now because of it. This was a spare house that nobody was living in, yet we are to believe it was filled to the brim with irreplaceable family heirlooms?

The owner could have recently inherited the house due to the passing of their parents.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You know he's just dramatizing the situation just to up the amount of cash he wins in a lawsuit. Seriously, if those items were so precious, that house so cherished, why was the house vacant in the first place? Sure, his house was demolished through no fault of his own, but it's not like he's out on the street now because of it. This was a spare house that nobody was living in, yet we are to believe it was filled to the brim with irreplaceable family heirlooms?

My family has a house currently like that... seriously.

 

[LTC8K6]

I inherited my Dad's house. It's currently vacant, but I take care of it. Mow the grass, etc.
Not sure what I want to do with it yet.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: funkymatt

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

?You can?t imagine. It?s just incredulous that something like this can happen and no one contact the owner,? said Byrd.

English fail.

Byrd, a Carrollton native who now lives in Atlanta.

it's the south. they do what they want.

yeah we like use Capital letters and Shit down here ya'll.

 

[mcurphy]

Originally posted by: waggy
another article

Al Byrd.....his house, at 11 Byrd Trail.....

I found it interesting that the street was apparently named after his family.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: McCarthy
"Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?"
"How much?"
"None at all"

You should have quoted the descendant of Ghenkis Khan part :laugh:

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You know he's just dramatizing the situation just to up the amount of cash he wins in a lawsuit. Seriously, if those items were so precious, that house so cherished, why was the house vacant in the first place? Sure, his house was demolished through no fault of his own, but it's not like he's out on the street now because of it. This was a spare house that nobody was living in, yet we are to believe it was filled to the brim with irreplaceable family heirlooms?

You have heard of people keeping their old stuff all together for sentimental values right? That is what the whole house was. Sure, that plate set may look like junk to you, but it has sentimental values to the owners since it was passed down x generations. That is what they were talking about.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You know he's just dramatizing the situation just to up the amount of cash he wins in a lawsuit. Seriously, if those items were so precious, that house so cherished, why was the house vacant in the first place? Sure, his house was demolished through no fault of his own, but it's not like he's out on the street now because of it. This was a spare house that nobody was living in, yet we are to believe it was filled to the brim with irreplaceable family heirlooms?

My family has a house currently like that... seriously.

House next to my aunt is like that. The "children" (In their 60's~70's) come and stay in it about 4 times a year.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You know he's just dramatizing the situation just to up the amount of cash he wins in a lawsuit. Seriously, if those items were so precious, that house so cherished, why was the house vacant in the first place? Sure, his house was demolished through no fault of his own, but it's not like he's out on the street now because of it. This was a spare house that nobody was living in, yet we are to believe it was filled to the brim with irreplaceable family heirlooms?

My brother's house has been vacant since April 2008 and it contains everything that he values. The reason it is vacant is because he had to come live with our mother to recover from brain surgery he had in April. He would love to be back in his house but at the moment he is not capable of living on his own. There are perfectly legitimate reasons for a house to be vacant and no legitimate reason for it to be demolished without the consent of the owner.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: mcurphy

Originally posted by: waggy
another article

Al Byrd.....his house, at 11 Byrd Trail.....

I found it interesting that the street was apparently named after his family.

oh good catch. i didnt notice that.

but thats not really uncommon. the area looks like its in the country. many times if family lives in the area a long time they name the road after the family. OR if they build a house back there and build part of the road (yes sometimes you have to. usually gravel roads) its named after you.


as for having the house and not living in it thats not uncommon either. when my dad baught his house in the southern IL he found the perfect house an didnt want to miss out on it. so he purchased it before the other one sold (wich took 8 months).

also i know one guy who inherited the house from his dad. its sat empty for the last 14 years. he stays in it when he comes up to visit (lives in texas now).

 

[xeemzor]

This actually occurs with surprising frequency in Chicago due to the density of the housing and the sheer number of houses bulldozed each year.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: mcurphy

Originally posted by: waggy
another article

Al Byrd.....his house, at 11 Byrd Trail.....

I found it interesting that the street was apparently named after his family.

oh good catch. i didnt notice that.

but thats not really uncommon. the area looks like its in the country. many times if family lives in the area a long time they name the road after the family. OR if they build a house back there and build part of the road (yes sometimes you have to. usually gravel roads) its named after you.

Here in NC that's pretty common to see. Family land that has access roads that are given family names and such.

There's a Boss Hogg Lane in my area. Has an actual street sign too. 😀

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I should start up a accidental demolition insurance company. I can link to this article to scare people into buying it.

 

[D1gger]

My company was charged with demolishing ~50 homes a couple of years ago for a highway interchange project. The first day on the project as we offloaded the equipment into the front yard of the first house, a bunch of squatters came flying out the back door. We made it a policy that every house had to be inspected prior to work starting to make sure we didn't bring a house down with someone inside.

 

[nutxo]

When I was roofing we tore off the roof on the wrong house once. We saw the mats in the driveway and got busy. The company that was hired to tear off the roof was very thankful.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: nutxo
When I was roofing we tore off the roof on the wrong house once. We saw the mats in the driveway and got busy. The company that was hired to tear off the roof was very thankful.

hahahah that had to suck.

 

[DrPizza]

What I would find amazing is that if there were anything of value inside the house, that the workers didn't remove it before demolishing the house.