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A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.
Susan Hodgson said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press that she found a pile of rubble in place of what used to be her longtime family property when she returned from vacation last month.
“I am furious,” Hodgson said. “I keep waking up thinking, ‘Is this all a joke or something?’ I’m just in shock.”
She said a neighbour called her while she was away and asked if someone had been hired to tear down the vacant house.
When the neighbour confronted them, Hodgson said, the workers got nasty.
“He told her to shut up and mind her own business,” Hodgson said.
She sent a family member over to see what was going on and who asked to see a permit. When a person in charge at the site checked his permit, Hodgson said he admitted he was at the wrong address.
When the neighbour confronted them, Hodgson said, the workers got nasty.
“He told her to shut up and mind her own business,” Hodgson said.
She sent a family member over to see what was going on and who asked to see a permit. When a person in charge at the site checked his permit, Hodgson said he admitted he was at the wrong address.
“It’s just hard to believe someone thinks they have the right to just come and tear something up and walk away from it and didn’t come back and say ‘I’m sorry. What do I need to do to fix this? It was an accident.’ They didn’t give me nothing.”
The company did not immediately return a telephone message left Saturday.
In a statement to WAGA-TV, the company said it is investigating and working to resolve the mishap.
AP
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