Empty and not lived in evidently per the story.... And it was bought from granny’s estate. Was their house but not moved into yet. Urbanflage per se....:o)
You really haven’t a clue ,do you?
I’ve seen some quite ordinary looking homes and even some expensive homes in good condition demolished to make way for a road,a mall, or the new property owner wants to build a McMansion on combined lots,etc.I watched a fellow working for two years to renovate an old stately brick home ,and then suddenly one weekend it was turned into a pile of rubble with the giant loader left parked on the pile. Why?
One of my distant neighbors twice waited until a weekend and then completely demolished two historical structures(historical to the community but apparently not “protected”).Another fellow did the same thing with his building in town.Now there the then mayor and preservation board viciously hounded the man for not getting permission , until he died of a heart attack.
Demolishing the wrong house or other building ,just like police SWAT teams raiding the wrong house are the work of SLOPPY,LAZY,DUMASSES who don’t bother to check and doublecheck before taking an irreversible action.
Nor are buildings salvaged as a matter of routine;instead ,once the electric,gas,and water are shut off curbside, a tracked loader typically smashes the building and loads the debris into large dump trucks.
Sometimes the house slated for demolition looks good but has irreparable foundation problems.
I remember looking out my window one morning and remarking to my husband about what a coincidence it was that our neighbours were getting their siding removed the same day ours was scheduled for replacement.
Whoops....