The plot thickens. I'm wondering if county assessor records (still) reflect the same info since the original pics?
The plot thickens. I'm wondering if county assessor records (still) reflect the same info since the original pics?
It's an interesting conundrum for sure. I am surprised that the owner even got a building permit in the first place to do work on it. I have a similar situation with two of my properties that were acquired from REO as part of our NSP project. We own two out of the three units but they all have a common sewer lateral to the main sewer line in the street and naturally it's damaged. The third unit is quite derelict and has a tenant which uses water and the toilet which causes sewage to back up into the basements of all three units. We've tried unsuccessfully to get the owner to the table to negotiate a share of the repair or outright purchase. Now it's in the hands of code enforcement to try and flush the owner out of the woodwork or get the building condemned. I'd like to tear my two units down and build new but if I do that the remaining unit would probably look something like the one pictured as there is no telling how they were constructed 80 years ago.
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I don't see how the bank could prevent him from repairing the walls without incurring liability for any damage that might be caused when it created exposure through its own demolition of the neighboring properties. I wonder if it isn't the bank that is footing the bill.
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Amazing-looking beach. Pity about all the ugly buildings.
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Thanks for sharing.
Looks like the "smartest guys in the room" are in charge here.
No wonder financial services drove our economic car into the ditch.
Slowly but surely, they are making progress in securing the property. It could be livable at some point. From this morning:
A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.
They continue to make progress. I took these yesterday morning.
A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.
What a sore for sighted eyes.
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I've got to know. What bank did this? I'll put money on Bank of America.
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A small southeastern financial institution: a subsidiary of Regions Bank.Originally posted by Coragus
A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.
I'd hate to say bit, but that sand looks a lot like snow in that second image.
Also, it almost looks like one could immediately attach a set of wheels to it and haul it right away to their favorite nearby trailer park. Yikes!
Mike
One possibility is that there was a total of only four condo owners, and the building needed so much in repairs that the other three decided to sell out to the remaining owner (at a a good price). The remaining owner as sole owner could now disolve the condominium and demolish the other three, which might be cheaper than repairing them. He now has control of the full lot and doesn't need access permission to improve his outer walls.
The disolution would be a private contract which would not necessarily be public knowledge. He might need a demolition permit. He would probably need a building permit. All this could be perfectly legal. This would just be helpful in figuring out what is going on, if it is any of our business - or just a curiosity thing.
Anyway, he now has a "single family residence" on a lot that has plenty of room for a nice (covered ?) deck at a presumably prime water-front location on the "Red Neck Riviera" (? someone said), and he could have made a really good deal!
Interesting.
I would like to see what the finished product looks like.
He's getting close.
This is from this morning.
A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.
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