At last night’s meeting, the Decatur City Commission authorized $15,000 to tear down the house at 416 Oakland Street, which is owned by Fannie Mae and was recently deemed a nuisance by Decatur Municipal Court.  The property has essentially been abandoned since early last year.  We’ve discussed it here in the past.  Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon explained that the cost of demolition would then be applied to a lien on the house.

Funny.  My wife and I toured this very house when we were house-hunting a few years back.  It certainly wasn’t the worst house we saw, but it definitely needed a good deal of work.  I recall a nice, open living space downstairs with built-ins, but really small rooms and bathroom upstairs.  Also, the kitchen needed a lot of work.

It wasn’t beyond repair then, but apparently it is now.

FYI: The pic I took above is about a year old.