In September, Susan Hodgson returned home from vacation and was shocked to see her house. mistakenly demolished. The house is located on Lakewood Avenue in the southwest area of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
“I’m so angry. I keep waking up every day and hoping that this is just a bad joke or something,” said Susan Hodgson, a woman in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on October 21.
The house is made of wood Mrs. Hodgson’s house has been carefully maintained for nearly 15 years, and the garden is also mowed and cleaned. All taxes related to the house are paid in full.
Mrs. Hodgson recalled that when she was on vacation last month, a neighbor called to ask if she had hired someone to come. house demolition Are not. A stunned Mrs. Hodgson replied “No” when the neighbor announced: “But someone is here and destroying everything, the whole house is smashed.”
| Mrs. Hodgson’s house was demolished because of a mistake. Photo: Foxnews. |
According to Ms. Hodgson, when the neighbor questioned the group of construction workers, one of them said: “Be quiet and don’t meddle in other people’s business.”
Afterwards, Ms. Hodgson asked a family member to go to the scene to find out what was happening, and asked the person in charge to provide a demolition permit. At this point, the group of workers realized they had come to the wrong address.
The homeowner said this was the house her family had lived in for the past 15 years, but when it was demolished, no one was home.
Mrs Hodgson filed a police report after the incident and spoke to lawyers. However, she said progress in resolving the issue has not yet come to an end. Even on October 21, the Atlanta-based company responsible for the demolition had not contacted her.
“It’s hard to believe that someone gives themselves the right to just come and destroy whatever they want and then leave without looking back, without even a proper apology or taking responsibility for this. It was an accident but they didn’t pay any attention to compensating me,” Ms. Hodgson was upset.
The company responsible for the incident later told Atlanta’s WAGA-TV that it was “investigating and working to resolve the incident.”