Posted on 06/14/2009 11:56:26 AM PDT by Chet 99
June 12, 2009—
A Georgia homeowner whose cherished family home was mistakenly demolished said he wants to know how a contracted demolition crew could make such an egregious error.
The modest, three-bedroom house at 11 Byrd Trail in Carrollton was built by Al Byrd's father in 1950. Now it's a mangled pile of debris.
"It was disbelief," Byrd said of the moment he saw the remains of the house where he and his nine siblings were raised. "It was like a mirage."
An Austin-based realty company, Forestar Group Inc., had contracted the demolition of a vacant one-story house at 3050 Highway 16 South, about 150 yards from Byrd's house and on the opposite side of the road.
But Byrd, 64, said he was told by Larry Watts of Marietta, Ga.-based Southern Environmental Services that the crew that actually did the demolition had picked Byrd's house to destroy based on GPS coordinates.
But Forestar Chief Financial Officer Chris Nines told ABCNews.com that his company gave Southern Environmental Services color photos and an address to work from and that he has no idea how they allegedly got GPS coordinates.
"Certainly, we're not happy about it and feel bad for Mr. Byrd," Nines said.
Watts did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment. Brandon Hannah of North Georgia Container, the company subcontracted with Southern Environmental Services for the actual demolition, confirmed he was at the site, but declined to comment further.
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The GPS slant is significant IMO.
OhmyGod!
Geez...do people have no common sense? Read the # on the mailbox and on the house, for starters.../duh
I think a Carroll County jury is gonna be quite generous in the end.
bttt
He probably used the public version of GPS and based it on the address and not the coordinates. Anyone that has gone beyond the beaten track knows its not all that accurate.
The demo company has a LOT of splainin to do.
I hope so. Someone should be accountable. There’s a price for stupidity.
Unreal that anyone would rely only on GPS for something like this without verifying the street address. Actually, it seems pretty stupid to even use GPS for locating a specific house to be dismantled. Numerous old fashioned ways to identify the correct house.
These people have to be the biggest bunch of idiots outside of the Democrat Underground.
I bet they vote Dem. ;-)
NO BET!
You would think that! They must not be the brightest bulbs... GPS is sometimes a block off!
Epic, epic fail.
I came home a couple of weeks ago and a large Black Locust tree in my front yard was...GONE.
The dumb ass company cut down the tree, when they were only supposed to prune it. Cut it to the ground.
Bastards.
And a knock on the door!!
And it seems it's not high enough, since so many can obviously afford it!
How could you mistake a lived-in home for one that's abandoned?
I wonder if the plaintiff’s lawyers are circling this guy’s house with contracts in hand?
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