Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished

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A woman has returned from her vacation to discover that her residence in southwest Atlanta has been mistakenly demolished by a company. Susan Hodgson expressed her outrage in an interview with The Big Big News, revealing that upon her return last month, she was met with a pile of rubble where her long-held family property once stood.

Hodgson conveyed her astonishment, stating, “I am furious.” She added, “I keep waking up thinking, ‘Is this all a joke or something?’ I’m just in shock.” According to her account, a neighbor had contacted her while she was away, inquiring about the possibility of someone being hired to demolish the vacant house.

“I said ‘no,’ and she said, ‘Well, there’s someone over here who just demolished the whole house and tore it all down,'” Hodgson recounted. When the neighbor confronted the workers, Hodgson claimed they responded rudely, telling her to mind her own business.

In an attempt to understand the situation, Hodgson sent a family member to the site, who requested to see a permit. To her astonishment, the person in charge admitted to being at the wrong address upon checking his permit.

Hodgson emphasized the care they had taken with the property, saying, “It’s been boarded up for about 15 years, and we’ve kept it maintained with boarded windows, trimmed grass, and a clean yard. The taxes are up to date.”

She indicated that she had filed a report with the police and consulted with lawyers but remained in a state of uncertainty regarding the next steps. “We’re still in the process of figuring out what to do,” she explained. “We keep exploring various avenues to see if a resolution can be reached.”

To date, the Atlanta-based company responsible for the demolition, “You Call It We Haul It,” has not made any contact with her. Hodgson expressed her bewilderment at the situation, questioning how someone could demolish a property and then simply drive away without taking responsibility for their actions. She lamented the lack of an apology or an offer to rectify the mistake, saying, “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 anything.”

The company has not responded to a telephone message left on Saturday. However, in a statement to WAGA-TV, the company expressed its commitment to investigating and resolving the incident.

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