Five Cases Of Dumb Homeowner Decisions

Here are some questions that these guys should have asked themselves before making dumb decisions with their homes:

1. Will this be a foreclosed growing operation?

According to reports by the San Bernardino County Sun, a man from Fontana California was arrested after the bank employee responsible for managing his foreclosed properties discovered roughly 4 and a half million dollars worth of drugs. It seems that although he was skilled enough at business acquire this fortune, he did not understand that failing to pay the mortgage bills would resulting in people knocking on his door.

2. Ever think about cleaning your garage using fire?

In 2006 Inman news reported a peculiar insurance case. It all began with man was inside of his garage. One day he noticed an odd looking wet spot on the floor of his garage.

Did he:

a) use some rags to clean it up?
b) smell it in an attempt to discover what it was?
c) do some research in an attempt to recognize the substance?
d) see if it would burn by lighting a fire?

And the answer was … d). And burn it did, because that wet spot on his garage floor was actually gasoline. As a matter of fact, it burned so furiously that significant damage to both his home and its contents was caused. The claim was promptly denied by his insurance company, and a judge upheld the decision. In the end, it seems that this homeowner was simply too dumb to own a home, and I don’t think anyone would be jumping at the chance to rent him an apartment either.

3. Do you desire having a wild animal as a pet for your home?

In Miller’s Creek NC, a family is mourning the loss of their son because he came too close to a cage holding his aunt’s tiger while shoveling snow outside his aunt’s house. According to the reports, the tiger was able to reach through an opening in the fence and pull the helpless boy under it. Note to homeowners: if you are planning to get a pet lion, tiger or bear for the kids, then you’re clear too dumb to own a home. Since when did traditional pets like Golden Retrievers go out of style?

4. Do you support the use of strange pest removal methods?

A man from Brushy Fork, West Virginia discovered that he had an infestation of termites in his home. He figured that, since natural gas was hazardous to human health, it would be equally hazardous (if not more so) to the termites. To get right to the point, when he opened the front door the next morning, the latch on the door created a spark causing the gas to ignite. On the bright side, at least his termite problem was solved.

5. Are you positive that you don’t need a professional renovator’s assistance?

A couple from Granite Falls, WA became homeless after a trying to perform a basic renovation. Together they installed a wooden stove and chimney for ventilation, but the contraption did not work and resulted in their home being burned down. But what was the reason that their house was burned down? They had forgotten to construct the opening on the rooftop, so all of the heat, cinders and sparks were getting trapped inside of the attic which eventually caught fire.