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Colorado homes to be bulldozed after developers built on top of retention pond - families forced to sell everything and move

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That's what happens when Democrats install homosexuals as their 
leadership.

Must be the lack of oxygen in Colorado.

When Holly Sturgon bought her forever home eleven years ago, she never 
imagined she'd be dismantling the home piece by piece.

Unfortunately, she now finds herself selling everything from toilets to 
garage doors to the pendant lighting in her kitchen, all because of a 
devastating flood that revealed the house was built on an old retention 
pond.

"People walking down through this neighborhood have got to look at this 
and just say, what in the world?... Up until a month ago, I probably cried 
almost every single day," she told 9News. "Going through this part of it, 
it tears at my heartstrings every day.”

The problem began in 2023 when a flood revealed that the land beneath four 
homes in the neighborhood — including Sturgon's — was originally a 
retention pond designed to protect the community from flooding. Builders 
filled in the pond and built homes on the land without notifying the 
buyers. After exploring all the options, the town of Johnstown has been 
forced to buy back the four homes, demolish them, and restore the 
retention ponds.

‘Lawyers told the family there was no recourse'
Initially, the family wanted to fight to keep their homes. They spoke with 
several lawyers, who all told them they would lose the fight. This is 
likely due to eminent domain laws, which allow the state government to 
take property for public use—in Sturgon's case, for a retention pond. Now, 
the family is coming to terms with leaving.

"I’m going to miss it," Sturgon said. "I look out here. I look at our 
neighbors. That’s the hard part."

Moving is never easy, but it's even more challenging when you have no 
choice and realize your home won't be welcoming a new family.

"When you sell a house, you clean it really good for the next person, and 
I’m purposely destroying the house. It’s pretty different," Sturgon said. 
"I hope nobody has to go through this because it’s not a comfortable 
feeling at all."

‘The family is being forced out of Colorado by high home prices’
Sturgon said the town repurchased the homes for a reasonable price, but 
it's still not enough for them to stay in Colorado. Rebuying another home 
in the city is out of their price range, where the median home price is 
$514,200.

Instead, the family has decided to relocate to Georgia, where the median 
home price is lower and they can be closer to family. As Sturgon sells off 
her home piece by piece, she hopes no one else will have to experience the 
pain of tearing down their forever home to protect others. The lesson here 
is a difficult one: without careful oversight and accountability, even 
your dream home can be taken away.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/what-in-the-world-colorado-
homes-to-be-bulldozed-after-developers-built-on-top-of-retention-pond-
families-forced-to-sell-everything-and-move/ar-AA1wmFC5

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Colorado homes to be bulldozed after developers built on top of retention pond - families forced to sell everything and move ralin <ralin@broke.com> - 2024-12-23 20:46 +0100
  Re: Colorado homes to be bulldozed after developers built on top of retention pond - families forced to sell everything and move Klaus  Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.Zwergent�ter.@gmail.com> - 2024-12-23 12:22 -0800
    Re: Colorado homes to be bulldozed after developers built on top of retention pond - families forced to sell everything and move danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2024-12-23 20:57 +0000
      Re: Colorado homes to be bulldozed after developers built on top of retention pond - families forced to sell everything and move Peter Fitzpatrick <peterfitzpatrick@gmail.com> - 2024-12-23 13:15 -0800

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