Woman Returns From Vacation To Find Her Home Accidentally Demolished
Don’t get me wrong, my wife and I love going on vacation. In fact, the further from home we can get, the better. That being said, 100% of the time,…
Don't get me wrong, my wife and I love going on vacation. In fact, the further from home we can get, the better. That being said, 100% of the time, by the time vacation is over and we're headed home, we're ready to be home. It's cliche, but there's no place like it. So, to me, what happened to Atlanta's Susan Hodgson is truly the nightmare. Last month, she returned home from vacation only to be greeted by a pile of rubble where her home used to be. It had been demolished by mistake.
WTH?! Wait, as I read further, this is not as bad as I was initially led to believe. Hodgson's property has been vacant for 15 years. However, it was boarded, covered, and the taxes were paid. That being said, someone screwed up and destroyed her investment. Specifically, that someone is the Atlanta-based company, "You Call It We Haul It." Oh, and they've YET to make contact with Hodgson.
Susan tells ABC News, “How do people just go up and tear somebody’s property down and then just drive off?" How can they think that’s OK? I just wish he would come fix the problem that he caused. It’s just hard to believe someone thinks they have the right to just come and tear something up and walk away from it and didn’t come back and say ‘I’m sorry. What do I need to do to fix this? It was an accident.’ They didn’t give me nothing."
Hodgson has been in contact with attorneys but at this point everyone's in limbo about what to do and where to go from here. All she knows for sure is she returned home from vacation to discover a home she owned was accidentally demolished.
Atlanta is the 5th-Most Active Real Estate Market in the Nation
The housing market is insane. Thanks to the pandemic, everyone wants some property! Atlanta experienced a boom in the last decade and it was all real estate.
Atlanta, with a population of around 6 million, appears to punch above its weight. Storage Cafe examined new construction in the single-family, multifamily, self-storage, office, retail, and industrial sectors in the 50 largest metropolitan areas over the last decade to identify the most active real estate markets. After this research, Atlanta ranked 5th in new construction over the past decade and is ahead of Los Angeles and Chicago, showing remarkable real estate growth.
Over the past decade, Dallas has been a magnet for both new residents and businesses, which has benefited Dallas' real estate market. This is how it landed the number one spot. Below are the top 10 most active real estate markets across the United States. Further down on the list at number 13 is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia.
You can find the full report together with what experts have to say about the sustained construction activity in the country’s top 50 biggest metros over the past decade, here.
