I should have taken a picture while the house was still standing, but I never did, just another small two bedroom ranch style house build in the Valley in the late 50’s.
Six years ago some amateurs who had probably seen too many shows on flipping houses, bought this house and did some cosmetic work inside. They proceeded to rent it out to various tenants since no one wanted to buy it. Then it sold suddenly and someone moved in – which really surprised me. A few weeks ago they left and some strange markings showed up on the street. One day my internet went down, turns out the gas company came and cut off the gas supply to the house, they also cut our AT&T wire.
This is what I saw next.
A green fence went up and while I was out, half the house was gone. My grandson remarked – house broken, not working – nope – that is a non-working house.
I guess I’m a little boy at heart, I can watch heavy machinery for hours. To me this looks like a dinosaur gobbling on the house. It’s rather sad to see how flimsy our houses really are.
Wood and doors into a big pile.
Moving the wood into one bin after another. I talked to the workmen, they are a highly professional demolition team. They told me that all the wood will go north to a recycling plant that turns this wood into chips that will line the freeways. Glad to it’s not all going to the dump.
At this point the house is down, all that’s left is the chimney and the garage.
These bins were coming and going all day, at this point I think the debris is going to the landfill.
Love the juxtaposition of the cyclist and the heavy machinery.
All done! Five days of intense work and the lot is cleared and graded. I don’t know if the tree will remain or not. It’s interesting to get a wider view of the freeway sound wall.
It will also be interesting to see what they build here. Because of the freeway I’m thinking that a two story house is out of the question, but what do I know? Time will tell.
Leah