Archive for June, 2004
I woke up this morning to the sound of heavy equipment outside. The freshly de-shingled house down the street had an excavator in the driveway.
When we got home from work, the house was gone.
This one never had a “for sale” sign or anything; I’m not sure if a builder approached the owners directly, or if the owners themselves are building a new house. There are a number of people in the neighborhood who are about to tear their own houses down. Most started out planning to add on a second floor to their existing house, but it turned out that the cost was barely any different than putting up a big builder model from scratch. And, as our neighbors said, the second way you get an entirely new house.
Leaving work a few weeks ago I noticed that the house at the top of the street had been stripped of its asbestos shingles.
We’ve learned that shingle removal doesn’t bode well for the house. Sure enough, a week or two later:
Last week a crew started clearing the woods one block over; I guess a lot was subdivided?
Those woods back up to this house. I think this one has been here since we moved in, I’m not sure. It looks higher-budget than the new arrivals.
The pile of rubble I showed last time now has a (huge!) foundation. Even with a wide lens I couldn’t get the whole thing in one shot. This is two photos stitched together.
One street over, this house just sold. The realtor can’t tell me how much it sold for since they haven’t closed yet, but the asking price was $430k and it sold for “much more”. This is an original model: 2 beds, 1 bath, no basement, walk outside to get to the laundry. But it apparently wasn’t sold to a builder.
And, to wrap things up, a neighbor pointed out that the house at the end of our street was freshly de-shingled:
