Man uses "number switch" to save home from demolition (VIDEO)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 09/07/2013 06:02 AM
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A man in Michigan whose home was scheduled to be destroyed came up with a plan to save it from the wrecking ball; he changed the street number with his neighbor and watched the destruction commence.
The man who owned the house that was slated for demolition is accused of changing the address numbers with the house next door.
Mike--the man who owns the house that wasn't supposed to be torn down-- tells 7 Action News he was planning on renting it out on October 1 and he's wondering if the city of Pontiac owes him a new house.
But many in the neighborhood are happy the wrong house was torn down. They say it was an eyesore with broken windows. They also said squatters were living in the home.
"When I heard they tore down the house on accident I wanted to give them a twelve pack of beer," said neighbor Fred Sargent. "I was that happy."
"If anybody was going to rent that out, it had to be a crackhead," Sargent said.
The man who owned the house that was slated for demolition is accused of changing the address numbers with the house next door.
Mike--the man who owns the house that wasn't supposed to be torn down-- tells 7 Action News he was planning on renting it out on October 1 and he's wondering if the city of Pontiac owes him a new house.
But many in the neighborhood are happy the wrong house was torn down. They say it was an eyesore with broken windows. They also said squatters were living in the home.
"When I heard they tore down the house on accident I wanted to give them a twelve pack of beer," said neighbor Fred Sargent. "I was that happy."
"If anybody was going to rent that out, it had to be a crackhead," Sargent said.
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