• Mansion sitting dangerously at the edge of a cliff is burned down
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[QUOTE=wewt!;45149626]this is one of the most overplayed articles I've ever seen, first of all, the fire was intentional secondly We got what we could? [I]What we could.[/I] It's a controlled demolition, what do you mean by that you fucking spanner? That you are too dumb to check a fucking calendar and forgot? That you only had a "few" weeks to get your shit out of your house that you knew beforehand was going to be demolished? Also, "we got what we could oh and the entirety of our fucking furniture" sound like you might be trying to make it sound a bit more dramatic than it really was don't you think? And finally, they could afford this house in 2012, back when the economy was looking pretty fucking shit, if anyone remembers. [B]So it's obvious they're not particularly fucked when it comes to money.[/B] It wasn't their fault the ground was shit, so they are in a good legal position too. The news headline should've been "Couple was sold shit property, now they have to rent for a couple of months, isn't that a pooper" or "Gosh we got so attached to this shit house after two years how sad that we set it on fire" rather than the dramatic title given here or in the original article. Bleh. I'm angrier at the news than the actual family. Looking through the photos it seems there was a noticeable amount of land around it prior to these photos being taken, I wonder how much ground actually gave way prior to them having to scrap it?[/QUOTE] They could have gathered up money over a long time like many people who buy a house, or just been middle/upper middle class where they can afford it but it's still a big blow.
Why didn't they just bring a demolition crane and swipe the house off the cliff? Would have been epic. Except the cleaning up process.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;45157969]Why didn't they just bring a demolition crane and swipe the house off the cliff? Would have been epic. Except the cleaning up process.[/QUOTE] They are fiscally responsible for cleaning up the remains of the house, being the owners. Burning the house down and recovering most of the remains on top of the cliff with a bulldozer is very much cheaper than recovering the house from the bottom of a lake.
[QUOTE=Cheshire_cat;45153531] Secondly, when they say 'we got what we could', they may have meant in financial compensation. [/QUOTE] I think when they got what you could, they didnt go into the section of the house hanging over the cliff, since it would be too dangerous to retrieve the items there.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;45157969]Why didn't they just bring a demolition crane and swipe the house off the cliff? Would have been epic. Except the cleaning up process.[/QUOTE] literally because they would have been faced with more cleanup cost and potential heavy fines for getting house everywhere
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