A home Forgotten...:( (Page 2): Great composition, sharp and beautiful colors and tone. Just wondering how that would look in Black and white.

willaim Loc: Sunny Southern California

Great composition, sharp and beautiful colors and tone. Just wondering how that would look in Black and white.

Dirtmama834 Loc: Hurricane, Utah

Great shot. The only thing that looks horrible is the over grown yard. The house doesn't look to be in bad shape.

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

What a shame! Makes you wonder what went wrong. Nice photo.

GWR100 Loc: England

What a paradise, surely someone will make a home there?

Geoff

James56 wrote:

Hi Folks, not all abandoned places are out in the ... (show quote)

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

Looks like it has lots of potential. Your beautiful shot could sell it.

As to story telling, this looks like there could be many versions.

missd Loc: Phoenix,AZ

Lovely capture, James. The sadness and beauty of most abandoned houses, cemeteries, and churches can be viewed in details on "pin it" along with the stories behind them. I know as I often spend hours viewing the pictures and reading the histories.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

Abandoned homesteads always peak my interest. There is always a back story or history. I find myself wondering how the homestead came about, what family lived there, and how they must have been proud to live there when new, why they abandoned it, etc.

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

Hi Folks, thanks for leaving your thoughts on this place. I haven't been able to find a thing about it yet. Sure is a mystery why such a nice place was just up and abandoned like this. I'll keep this place in mind as I travel around Nashville and see if anyone else has any ideas.

CathyAnn Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

Beautiful shot, James! It would be very interesting to learn what you can find out about it.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

whatdat wrote:

Abandoned homesteads always peak my interest. There is always a back story or history. I find myself wondering how the homestead came about, what family lived there, and how they must have been proud to live there when new, why they abandoned it, etc.

Property research is actually fairly easy. The city or county assessor's office has a record of the current ownership, which you can then use to search the title at the county registry of deeds. Based on my experience in tracing hundreds of abandoned houses and buildings, there's a high probability that a large national or multi-national bank controls the equity but has not completed foreclosure yet (at least if Tennessee is a judicial foreclosure state). There are thousands upon thousands of these properties, and the banks have little knowledge of what they own or control. It is a national tragedy.

One example - I am currently acting as the court-appointed receiver for a house in a pricey subdivision that was abandoned by a large bank in the middle of a a foreclosure process. This was TEN years ago - the foreclosure began way back in 2007. We have been appointed receiver and have recently completed work on the house (It took about $70K, and the house is worth around $400K - yet the bank has been sitting on it for a decade). During the receivership, of about one year's duration the bank's "winterization contractor" has "serviced" the house six times, breaking into it, removing our locks, and further damaging the house, despite posted notices of the receivership in all of the windows. Most recently they disconnected and drained the brand new heating system we had installed, improperly drained the water lines, and caused nearly $2,000 in damage. During the year, I have spoken to the Texas-based asset manager for the bank on several ocassions, who has promised that they would stop doing this and obey the court order. Three different asset managers during that year, and none of them had the vaguest idea of where the property was, or the condition it was in. The bank is now facing criminal prosecution by the Massachusetts Attorney General, and has spent several thousand dollars fixing damage that their people cause.

There are thousands and thousands of such homes all across the country. Their story needs to be told.

Andy

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

AndyH wrote:

Property research is actually fairly easy. The city or county assessor's office has a record of the current ownership, which you can then use to search the title at the county registry of deeds. Based on my experience in tracing hundreds of abandoned houses and buildings, there's a high probability that a large national or multi-national bank controls the equity but has not completed foreclosure yet (at least if Tennessee is a judicial foreclosure state). There are thousands upon thousands of these properties, and the banks have little knowledge of what they own or control. It is a national tragedy.

One example - I am currently acting as the court-appointed receiver for a house in a pricey subdivision that was abandoned by a large bank in the middle of a a foreclosure process. This was TEN years ago - the foreclosure began way back in 2007. We have been appointed receiver and have recently completed work on the house (It took about $70K, and the house is worth around $400K - yet the bank has been sitting on it for a decade). During the receivership, of about one year's duration the bank's "winterization contractor" has "serviced" the house six times, breaking into it, removing our locks, and further damaging the house, despite posted notices of the receivership in all of the windows. Most recently they disconnected and drained the brand new heating system we had installed, improperly drained the water lines, and caused nearly $2,000 in damage. During the year, I have spoken to the Texas-based asset manager for the bank on several ocassions, who has promised that they would stop doing this and obey the court order. Three different asset managers during that year, and none of them had the vaguest idea of where the property was, or the condition it was in. The bank is now facing criminal prosecution by the Massachusetts Attorney General, and has spent several thousand dollars fixing damage that their people cause.

There are thousands and thousands of such homes all across the country. Their story needs to be told.

Andy

Property research is actually fairly easy. The cit... (show quote)

Thanks for the info...one clue I found is a sign in front. It's been re-zoned to commercial if that means anything. Still no takers on the land. The property is at 3655 Murfreesboro Pike, Antioch TN for those wanting to investigate further.

lmTrying Loc: WV Northern Panhandle

Something no one has mentioned. Is the owner of the home in a nursing home? The usual practice here is that the property becomes equity of the nursing home. They can't act on the property until the owner dies. Then the nursing home assumes ownership an simply auctions of the property and it's contents. Or whatever is left of it.

merrytexan Loc: georgia

James56 wrote:

Hi Folks, not all abandoned places are out in the ... (show quote)

it would be interesting to know who abandoned it and why...love your beautiful shot of that pretty house, james.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

It must have an alternative address. The county assessor shows Murfreesboro Pike ending at #2743. An MLS search shows that a property described at this address was for sale at $200,000 about two years ago. I'm still guessing that it's bank owned.