The Teardown...

We saw the teardown... and boy is it a shame what some people will do to a property when they are crunched, financially.

This property, 922 Delmont Avenue in Wynnewood, PA was  purchased by a local homeowner for their parents.  Apparently they were relocating from Florida and needed a house nearby.  For some reason, approximately 2 years ago, they had to leave it and it is now in pre-foreclosure status.  Basically, this means that the owner and the mortgage company is trying to get as much money for the property that they can before they initiate the legal action of "foreclosure".   Once a property gets in this state, everyone lines up and starts taking what they can.  This could be contractors, township, or other providers that are owed money from the owner.

Anyway, apparently in this status, the owner just does not care anymore and gets pretty vindictive.  In this case, they ripped stuff out of the kitchen like the stove and shelving.  Not removed... ripped.  The living room has the metal sleeve for a in-wall air conditioner... with no unit.  So, if you have ever had one of these, it means that the room is open to the outside - for all intensive purposed.  The house smells of mold, radiators have burst and ruined the walls and ceilings.

Rather sad, actually.  But, truth is, we would be tearing the house down and starting again.  The lot is decently sized, and we would probably be able to re-use a lot of the basement.  It seems that the basement foundation is sound, no cracks, no visible leaks.  The attic has some very nice old wood boards and the roof seems watertight.  We may be able to re-use the wood boards up there for a floor.

The footprint of the house is relatively small, compared to the lot size, and I would think we could build pretty much whatever we wanted there.

The neighborhood / street is actually exactly what we would want.  It has some history, large trees, not a cut-through road so traffic would not be an issue.  The only issue is that this end of Wynnewood is a little "tired".  We would still have to drive a little to get to decent shopping, restaurants, or other shops.

Our architect, Tony Miksitz, got to see the outside and walked the lot with is.  It does have potential.



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