$750K sounds high; an ADU costs like $150-200K
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Can’t they just demolish and replace it with a prefab ADU or something?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @bedwardstiek
Ok. Say basic duplex costs 200k. Then the house had all sorts of code issues. So bump it to 250k and add another 100k for the rest of the house. So 350. Then carrying costs. Then receiver fees (some was waived, but it ain't free). For years. Yeah, 750 is possible.
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The receiver submitted an estimate for $180k to address all the code violations. That's their own assessment of the fixes needed. So how did it balloon to over $700k?
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Replying to @SchildtChris @about_dave and
Sorry, those were the estimates before the receiver was appointed.
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Replying to @SchildtChris @about_dave and
Most importantly, he's got the loans to get his home back. But the loans were delayed weeks due to fed shutdown, so cost went up $70k in fees and interest. Which is what the GoFundMe covers. Pls help Powell get back into his home, then we can unpack why this all happened.
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I'm personally not going to fund him, but I wish him the best of luck in regaining his home after the city was forced to repair it for him.
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Replying to @about_dave @SchildtChris and
Excuse me. Why should the city care about code violations in an owner occupied house?
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Replying to @woolie @SchildtChris and
1. Fire puts neighboring houses at risk. 2. Poor sanitation is a public health risk. 3. The illegally removed duplex unit is a public harm. 4. Code is meaningless without enforcement. etc.
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Replying to @about_dave @SchildtChris and
I think we’ll have to disagree here. It’s not the city’s business.
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Not managing fire risk puts entire neighborhoods in danger in many parts of California.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @woolie and
I'm really not defending the city here. I'm defending that code is probably necessary. And that renovations qr expensive. We don't have enough details to render judgement beyond that. Yet, many here are worked into hysteria just by the headline veteran loses home.
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Replying to @about_dave @kimmaicutler and
I don't think of this as hysteria, more like a 21st century barn raising, where the community is coming together to help a neighbor move back into his home. The judge has set a March 11 deadline to raise these last few thousand $, then we can debate the merits of code enforcement
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