[MBZ] Tear Downs was Re: Tire Purchase

[R A Bennell]

Recent Fine Homebuilding magazine says the McMansions will be the future teardowns because no one will want them.
Too big and expensive to maintain, heat etc.

Randy B

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[mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]On Behalf Of Rick Knoble
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:45 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Tear Downs was Re: Tire Purchase



From: "Curt
 >  I've been seeing the throwaway mentality even during my house search. We
looked at several >houses I was interested in that the realtors said "Oh
you'd be better to just tear this down and build a >new one.

This is EXCEEDINGLY common in the Chicagoland suburbs. An older home will be
purchased on an average lot (1/4 -1/2 acre) for say, 400K or so. They
auction off what they can of the house, tear down the rest and put up a
McMansion that fills the lot. These things must be mortgaged to the hilt. ON
suburb (Evanston I think) passed an ordinance to stop the practice because
some of the architects of the community were students of Frank Lloyd Wright
and these homes were slated for tear down .

Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT

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