OWNER OF HOUSE IN THE USA RETURNS TO FIND HOUSE HAS TOTALLY VANISHED.

DEMOLISHED HOUSE

GREEN GRASS FIELD

A resident of Long Island, Philip Williams, aged 69 years who travelled to Florida in December 2014 in fear of the winter cold and to have a knee surgery was shocked to the marrows when he returned to his West Hempstead home in August 2015 only to see that in his extended absence his home and all his possessions had all disappeared and all that was left was an empty plot covered with grass.

He expressed outrage at the thought of travelling for surgery only to return to emptiness. He stated that he did not believe the town’s authorities to carry out the demolition but rather solve the issue in an alternative manner. He said the action was unjust and a disservice to him. He reported that he was suing the town’s authorities.

The town officials say they sent him notice letters in October and November 2015 informing him of their decision to demolish the home in May 2015 following numerous complaints from neighbors that the old house in question, built in 1920, was in a precarious state and constituted a danger to residents. Mr. Williams, however, claims that he never received any of the letters.

The town’s spokeswoman, Susan Trenkle-Pokalsky says Hempstead town followed all proper procedures with regard to property owner notification relating to proceedings. She states that the structure posed a danger to members of the public and was taken down in accordance with the law.

Mr. Williams’s lawyer, however, disagrees. He says the town’s authorities went too far and too fast to demolish the building even when there were signs to show that there was someone living in the building.