You want warm?

Goose · Jan 28, 2010

This is an old house our church owned next to our school property. It was deteriorated inside to a point where it wasn't rentable. We decided we had no use for it, and if the house was gone we could put the empty lot into our future plans.

We tried to sell the house to someone who would move it. Then we tried to give it away to someone who would move it. It would have cost more to move than to start from scratch, and I'm not sure it could have been moved without busting it up anyway.

So--we decided to let the local fire department have a practice burn.

Rickey H · Jan 28, 2010

That may be a bit too warm,,, Rickey

BlaineF · Jan 28, 2010

Too hot! too hot! It burns! Now thats hot .Wheres the marsh mellows and hot dogs?

Goose · Jan 28, 2010

We did give the town an evening's entertainment. Several dozen people carried lawn chairs across the street.

teddy52food · Jan 28, 2010

Around here they knock it down then let it come up again. That looks like they just watched it burn.

railhead · Jan 28, 2010

Looks like it was a splendid house at one time, in my opinion. What a shame someone did not keep it so and it came to this. Do you know how much it would cost to build a nice brick home like that??? SAD.

toolz · Jan 28, 2010

Why's that fireman in the last picture giving you the finger???? HaHa

Goose · Jan 28, 2010

I thought they might do that, too, but they were pretty busy hosing down and protecting an adjacent house and a portable classroom behind it.

As it was, it cost our insurance a couple thousand dollars to clean up smoke damage in the adjacent house. It surprised me our insurance paid, since we started it.

Also, we made a $1,000 donation to the fire department to cover their expenses, paid $175 for pizza for the firemen/women after it was over, and paid $6,800 for a contractor (my cousin, actually) to come in with a backhoe, clean up the debris, take out the basement walls and floor, backfill and sheepsfoot the lot, etc. All in all, it cost us roughly $10,000 to get rid of it.

But, the house had served its purpose. By today's standards, the rooms were small, single garage, the floor plan not desirable, and it was plain worn out inside. We estimated it would cost $50,000 to renovate it just to make it rentable.

And our church also has a Child Development Center a mile down the street that is running at capacity of 60 kids with no room for expansion. So one option is to build a new, larger CDC on this lot.

Goose · Jan 28, 2010

It does look like it. I never noticed it before.

JayinNY · Jan 28, 2010

Railhead, maybe the Amish will be building nice brick houses and selling them, cheap, soon. I can see it now Amish brick layers?? LOL J

Anonymous-0 · Jan 29, 2010

The old bricks are worth salvaging. People will pay good money for the old bricks, especially clinker bricks. Apparently the old bricks are better than new bricks. Dave

Anonymous-0 · Jan 29, 2010

Looks like a foolish move.Rents run 600 to 1000 bucks a month here.RENTAL INCOME could have been used to buy land.Burning near other buildings is stupid.New bricks cost a buck each now.

Ultradog MN · Jan 29, 2010

[i:654c4848f0]Rents run 600 to 1000 bucks a month here[/i:654c4848f0]

I wish!
There aint no money in rentals believe me.

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