On February 26th, a truck pulled up to the neighborhood’s latest urban renewal project and unloaded a large excavator.  It won’t be soon now until the current house is gone.

The previous owners did extensive remodeling of the house when they moved in about 18 months ago.   New windows, siding, appliances, cabinets, etc. were installed. 

Items installed during the remodeling that have value through reuse or recycling are being removed prior to the demolition.  

The demolition is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 28th.  Stay tuned for more on this latest suburban renewal project.

A few days ago, a couple of guys showed up and started tearing the siding off of the neighborhood’s latest suburban renewal project.  It won’t be long now until this old house will be a fond memory. I guess that’s the way it goes in our throw-away society.

The reason they are removing the siding prior tearing the house down is for Asbestos Abatement.  The original siding on the house contained asbestos.  They had to remove the current siding to get at the original asbestos shingles, which they then removed, packaged up and hauled away to a disposal facility.

Stay tuned for more on this latest suburban renewal project.

Yesterday, we saw the first signs that the house in our neighborhood that was recently sold is about to disappear and be replaced by a newer, much more expensive model.   The water line was dug up and capped off. 

 

The house sold for about $466K.  Assuming that it will cost between $250K to $300K  to build the new house, the  selling price will probably be in the neighborhood of  $1M.

Most of the houses in the town we live in were built in the late 1950s/early 1960s, so I guess it’s not too surprising that they are gradually being torn down and replaced.  What constantly amazes me though is that there is no shortage of people around here that can afford to buy the new houses.  Or maybe they can’t as evidenced by the monumental collapse of the housing market a few years back!

Stay tuned for more on this latest suburban renewal project.