A family trying to recover from Christmas weekend tornadoes got some startling news Tuesday.
Lindsay Diaz owns a duplex in Rowlett. 四虎影院 has been following her in the series-
Diaz had just applied for a builders permit to repair her home. As Courtney Collins explains, later that day, it was demolished-- by mistake.
has dealt with a lot since the December 26th tornadoes. She rode out the storm in her bathtub with her 8-month-old baby. She鈥檚 been squirreling away money to cover a shortfall in her homeowner鈥檚 insurance.
A Costly Mistake
Just last week she made the decision to repair instead of completely rebuild her half of the duplex鈥攕he was feeling good. The feeling didn鈥檛 last.
鈥淚 was driving home from work and I get a call from my neighbor," Diaz says. "She鈥檚 very frantic, crying and I asked her 鈥榳hat鈥檚 going on?鈥� She said, 鈥榓 company came and demolished the house by mistake.'鈥�
Diaz rushed over to see for herself and found a concrete slab where her duplex used to be.
鈥淲hen a structural engineer came out to see my home, he wrote a report stating that the home was structurally sound. One of the walls needed to be replaced, some of the rafters on the roof needed to be replaced, but the home was structurally sound and did not need to come down," she says.
Starting Over-- Again
The company responsible, Billy L Nabors Demolition, told Diaz the demo workers checked the address before they started. They had the right house number, but the wrong street.
Now, Diaz has to start over.
鈥淲e would have been in the house by the end of the summer. And then all of the sudden it鈥檚 like the tornado came through again, took everything," she says,
Another frustrating hurdle for a young mom trying to rebuild her life.
Billy Nabors Demolition hasn鈥檛 returned 四虎影院鈥檚 calls.
