tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post1915974001710346003..comments2024-02-23T18:33:14.869+10:00Comments on Delightfully Ludicrous: Maybe they should have specified "undemolished" in the contract...Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-70441552312321186162013-01-18T12:55:47.023+10:002013-01-18T12:55:47.023+10:00It is ironic that the one house that might actuall...It is ironic that the one house that might actually have been fixed up to a decent standard was the one they knocked down!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-39811333960292873102013-01-18T12:54:07.534+10:002013-01-18T12:54:07.534+10:00Thanks for having me! It was lots of fun!Thanks for having me! It was lots of fun!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-1461060583881294232013-01-18T12:53:45.614+10:002013-01-18T12:53:45.614+10:00I know I would be! Hell I'd make sure everyon...I know I would be! Hell I'd make sure everyone in a ten mile radius knew just how pissed off I was!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-86567755193995933422013-01-18T12:53:05.064+10:002013-01-18T12:53:05.064+10:00Incompetence and miscommunication ... a diabolical...Incompetence and miscommunication ... a diabolical combination.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-67136318968210156292013-01-18T12:35:47.555+10:002013-01-18T12:35:47.555+10:00For $500 bucks, I can't imagine they were offe...For $500 bucks, I can't imagine they were offered the pick of the litter.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-41822066120949694022013-01-18T12:34:08.371+10:002013-01-18T12:34:08.371+10:00I think I might have enough for a couple of them! ...I think I might have enough for a couple of them! Maybe I should become a slum lord, buy up some ridiculously cheap places in Detroit and rent them out to disreputable sorts!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-25553428591064179032013-01-18T12:33:02.241+10:002013-01-18T12:33:02.241+10:00LOL! Good point. I suppose it's better than ...LOL! Good point. I suppose it's better than a wrecking ball through the kitchen while you're having breakfast!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-83377841011896584712013-01-18T12:30:55.060+10:002013-01-18T12:30:55.060+10:00I've never heard of anything like it before, b...I've never heard of anything like it before, but I suppose I can see how the mistake was made.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-36750394946879636862013-01-18T12:30:00.330+10:002013-01-18T12:30:00.330+10:00Welcome!Welcome!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-86980441473013253752013-01-17T13:06:19.846+10:002013-01-17T13:06:19.846+10:00That is insane!!! how does that even happen?!That is insane!!! how does that even happen?!Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621256072548060300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-89644627301376704802013-01-17T12:36:04.051+10:002013-01-17T12:36:04.051+10:00I feel so sorry for that couple - can't imagin...I feel so sorry for that couple - can't imagine how disappointed and pissed off they were.Jane https://www.blogger.com/profile/05368686874403775974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-35586059346884421092013-01-17T10:41:11.425+10:002013-01-17T10:41:11.425+10:00You're probably right. Renovations never cost...You're probably right. Renovations never cost what they tell you at the start. But even if it doubled, it's still $16K for a house.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-82334512399606872592013-01-17T10:40:29.300+10:002013-01-17T10:40:29.300+10:00So close, but yet so far. Poor buggers.So close, but yet so far. Poor buggers.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-73819974579533752932013-01-17T10:38:39.956+10:002013-01-17T10:38:39.956+10:00No doubt. I know I'd lose sleep over it.No doubt. I know I'd lose sleep over it.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-45719308858319880242013-01-17T10:38:15.647+10:002013-01-17T10:38:15.647+10:00I expect someone lost their job over it.I expect someone lost their job over it.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-72791305060520029392013-01-17T10:37:14.327+10:002013-01-17T10:37:14.327+10:00It must be heartbreaking for them. They're al...It must be heartbreaking for them. They're always going to remember the house that got away.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-51489622677715406422013-01-17T10:35:54.352+10:002013-01-17T10:35:54.352+10:00Oh wow! Now that's like winning the lottery o...Oh wow! Now that's like winning the lottery or something! Did he get to keep the pool?Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-82993914811189012302013-01-17T10:35:26.393+10:002013-01-17T10:35:26.393+10:00I'm not sure, but I'd bet dollars to donut...I'm not sure, but I'd bet dollars to donuts he doesn't work there anymore.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-27194601947621764762013-01-17T10:34:58.950+10:002013-01-17T10:34:58.950+10:00LOL! I hadn't thought of that! Maybe it was ...LOL! I hadn't thought of that! Maybe it was all a big cover up!Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-42010580874546425462013-01-17T10:34:24.328+10:002013-01-17T10:34:24.328+10:00That is a good deal! Houses here were going for t...That is a good deal! Houses here were going for that back in the 90's, but now days you can't get one in my town under about $300K. Perahps an apartment for $250K, but that's about it.Kellie @ Delightfully Ludicroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226603919012169939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-91837398866194609262013-01-16T22:29:52.251+10:002013-01-16T22:29:52.251+10:00Great story but I would never have that kind of lu...Great story but I would never have that kind of luck. I was really surprised to read it didn't happen in my town since they've appointed a Litter Control Authority who can drive by a structure and for any reason they wish, slap a condemned sticker on a door and once the sticker is there it has to be torn down. I'm a couple days late, but wanted to say thanks for dropping by my blog toGossip_Grlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603645371306284338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-15144536555811238782013-01-16T18:46:33.465+10:002013-01-16T18:46:33.465+10:00Such a sad story. However I have to agree with i...Such a sad story. However I have to agree with in the coop. As one who lives in Detroit, I 've heard mucho horror stories about homes being cleaned out. I'm talking stealing the furnace, stairways, sinks, bathroom fixtures. If it's not nailed down, the thieves just might, and very often do steal it. The irony is that one if the concerns in the city is the number of abandoned, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109381581460753824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-89360257349962703342013-01-16T12:41:40.448+10:002013-01-16T12:41:40.448+10:00Demolished!?! That's horri...Wait, $500? The i...Demolished!?! That's horri...Wait, $500? The insurance should triple that, no? The curious part is that they turned down the offer. How much worse could those other houses have been?Pickleopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772003052474877906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-1996267100645301412013-01-16T10:38:43.117+10:002013-01-16T10:38:43.117+10:00I... Like... Almost have enough saved to buy a hou...I... Like... Almost have enough saved to buy a house in Detroit!! Score?<br /><br />Hugs!<br /><br />ValerieValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15463173488099670688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565799188684517115.post-90051763990974162552013-01-16T07:15:07.132+10:002013-01-16T07:15:07.132+10:00They should just consider themselves lucky that it...They should just consider themselves lucky that it didn't get demolished after they moved in.Christian at Point Counter-Point Point Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447821094473597560noreply@blogger.com