Recently there was a news program which highlighted the facts that some banks were having new homes demolished after being foreclosed upon. But when I read this article about a home being demolished by mistake, it shows just how ludicrous this has become. The tale of woe begins by the owner of the home getting a phone call from a neighbor saying his home had been demolished.

The owner of the home in question then contacts the demolishing company who states that they have the paper work to demolish the home. The owner asks what address they were to complete the demo at, and he learned that the company used GPS coordinates to locate the home. Unfortunately it was the wrong home.

The owner is frustrated since the home contained memorable of his family. On a TV news site they state the following:

The house his father built, brick by brick, with his own hands has been mysteriously demolished.

“You can’t imagine. It’s just incredulous that something like this can happen and no one contact the owner,” said Byrd.Byrd grew up in the home with his nine brothers and sisters. It’s a three bedroom house on a little road bearing his family’s name.“We were taught that you could do anything that you wanted to do as long as you were willing to work hard and pay the price,” said Byrd.

Needless to say the homeowner is further frustrated since the company that demolished his home refuses to return his calls.

What would you do if this happened to you?

Let me know.

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