The Home Front

Man Mistakenly Boarded into Foreclosed Home

By Luke Mullins

Posted: June 9, 2009

Here's a new one: A Minneapolis man was accidentally boarded into a foreclosed home--in which he had lived for his entire life--after the property was believed to be vacant, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. (Via The Real Estate Bloggers):

Monica Castrejon, a representative of the contractor, Castrejon Inc., said her company was directed to board the front and back doors.

"We do the job," she said. "We don't make the decisions."

It's the city's job to ensure the place is empty when the boards go on, she said.

Velde said the contractor typically yells into the house before the boards go on. It isn't standard practice to walk through, she said, because it's sometimes unsafe.

"There was a truck that left," she said. "The officer believed all of the occupants were out of the property at that point."

man boarded up in house

TYNK, IF YOU LOST YOUR JOB AND HAD NOWHERE TO GO YOU WOULD BE IN YOUR HOUSE TOO, THEN YOU WOULD GET UPSET IF SOMEONE CALLED YOU A COMMON CRIMINAL

CAROL of KS @ Jun 15, 2009 20:49:23 PM

man boarded up in house

Oh for Pete's sake....didn't the thing have any windows?

Marie of CO @ Jun 12, 2009 16:22:37 PM

Hard to believe

Hold the compaNy liable for WHAT? Another persons stupidity or decision to tresspass...........too bad he did not die in there as it seems he wsa just another leech on society. Just because he wa born or raised there does not give him any special rights if he was made to get out. Nothing but a common criminal.

TYNK7 at aol dot com of IL @ Jun 12, 2009 13:13:25 PM

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