Oakhurst resident Stacy Reno reported a few minutes ago via Twitter that a house under renovation on 2nd Avenue in Oakhurst fell off its piers this afternoon.
Stacy adds “Neighbors say they could feel it 2 street over.”
She also believes this is the reason for the helicopters that have been reported over Oakhurst this afternoon.
Props to Scott for the pic above.
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Now the renovation possibilities are endless! I just hope nobody was hurt.
Definitely has more of an open floorplan, now.
Indoor-outdoor living…
The lot can’t be built upon again. The city had approved one plan and one plan only to renovate the house. Unfortunately the property owner did not follow the plan. The city had put a work stop order on the house with orders to secure it. Alas, that was not done. The person next door was literally seconds away from being crushed by the collapsed structure.
The good news is that no one was hurt, but the home owner next door has been displaced as the city won’t allow her to return for safety reasons.
Oh, and their is a bug SUV in the driveway underneath that roof. That SUV is the only thing keeping it from hitting the house next door at the moment. Currently a demolition crew is trying to tear the structure apart without it causing further damage.
arrrrggh! my pet peeve… improper use of “their” vs. “there”
Given the excitement over there, I think you can be excused! Was that you on TV?
Well, that answers my helicopter question. Anyone know the name of the contractors because I would love to make a mental note to not use them.
Yeah, everytime I start thinking about the remodelling jobs we should do, something like this happens, and I think “Naa-a-a-h, we can wait awhile…”
Remodel-FAIL.
I’m sure Gibbets was involved in some capacity…
The aerial photo pf the collapsed house on wsbtv.com is incredible and probably accounts for the helicopter noise.
I drove by this house yesterday on my way home from work and thought to myself that it looked a little lopsided. Guess it was …
Those helicopters are like little annoying, noisy, intrusive, buzzing insects in the sky aren’t they? Makes you just want to slap them down.
Can you imagine being the contractor and having to call the owner…
“Oh, that house I was fixing, for you, sorry but I destroyed it. Whoops.”
Hope they got that done before the owner saw it on TV.
Huh. That house has been abandoned for years, and I’ve seen “For Sale” signs go up and down, the yard get horribly overgrown and warning signs from the city about maintainance posted and then it gets cleaned up, etc. I noticed the new work recently, with the sides stripped off down to the studs, and I figured it was finally getting fixed up right so it could be sold and reoccupied.
Not so much. I wonder what happens next.
YIKES! So glad no one was hurt in this.
Since it’s near Decatur, it will still hold its value.
Isn’t it IN Decatur, vs. near Decatur?
Yes, that house was most definitely IN the City of Decatur.
I would have to disagree with Brad about the lot still holding its value. It seems to me a lot that can never be built on again would be virtually worthless (see Swanny’s earlier post). Hopefully they didn’t sink too much money into the property and renovation.
Maybe the owner will donate the lot to the Urban Garden project…
Also, very glad to hear no one was hurt. I hope the neighbor’s can move back in soon.
It will hold as much value as an undevelopable property in a flood plain can hold. It really should become part of the City’s urban farm plan since it never can be developed.
Given the state of that house, I was shocked that the city let them attempt to rehab it in the first place.
“…since it can never be developed.”
Is this true? If so, I’m shocked that the city would forgo (forego?) several thousand dollars in annual property tax revenue by never letting a landowner build a new home on property that is zoned for residential.
The zoning doesn’t matter. It’s in the floodplain, which the city doesn’t define. It’s a Fed thing, and establishes everything from construction standards to insurability.
Ah, that explains it. Thanks, Scott.
Well, at least the neighbors now have an empty field for their kids to play in.
Yeah this house has been boarded up for years. Rats finally chewed through the foundation.
either that or one of the peacocks from down the street landed on the roof.