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Company tears down wrong tornado damaged home
By David Goins
Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter stand outside their Rowlett duplex that was mistakenly demolished on Tuesday March 22, 2016. (Photo: David Goins/WFAA)
ROWLETT, TX — Both owners of a duplex in Rowlett said they are shocked that a demolition company mistakenly tore down their homes on Tuesday.
Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter own both sides of the duplex, and were waiting on insurance and a possible FEMA individual assistance declaration to decide on repairs at 7601 and 7603 Calypso Drive.
Diaz said she received a frantic call from Cutter’s wife on Tuesday afternoon saying the duplex was gone.
“I pull up, and — sure enough — it’s gone,” Diaz said. “There’s nothing left.”
The demolition company, Billy L. Nabors Demolition of Seagoville, was supposed to tear down a home one block away at 7601 Cousteau Drive.
A representative from Nabors Demolition told WFAA it had no comment, and that the situation was under investigation.
“How do you make a mistake like this?" Diaz asked. "I mean, this is just the worst."
She and her young son survived the December 26th tornado by taking cover in the bathtub. At first they lived in a hotel; more recently they have been staying in a rented home.
“We were geared towards getting the house ready; we were ready,” Diaz said.
A demolition company mistakenly tore down a duplex in Rowlett at 7601 Calypso Drive on Tuesday. But the address of the intended work was a block away at 7601 Cousteau Drive. (Photo: David Goins/WFAA)
The Nabors employee later texted photos from Google Maps that shows the arrow for 7601 Cousteau pointing at Diaz and Cutter’s duplex a block away.
No one from the demolition company would respond to repeated requests to clarify if the company demolished the wrong property on Tuesday.
Diaz and Cutter say it’s clear a mistake was made, right down to their foundation.
“That’s what their job is - to wreck it in demo, and they really wrecked my life,” Diaz said.
She said she filled out an information report with Rowlett police to make sure the incident is properly documented. As of Tuesday evening, Diaz said no one from the company had apologized for the mistake.
Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter stand outside their Rowlett duplex that was mistakenly demolished on Tuesday March 22, 2016. (Photo: David Goins/WFAA)
ROWLETT, TX — Both owners of a duplex in Rowlett said they are shocked that a demolition company mistakenly tore down their homes on Tuesday.
Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter own both sides of the duplex, and were waiting on insurance and a possible FEMA individual assistance declaration to decide on repairs at 7601 and 7603 Calypso Drive.
Diaz said she received a frantic call from Cutter’s wife on Tuesday afternoon saying the duplex was gone.
“I pull up, and — sure enough — it’s gone,” Diaz said. “There’s nothing left.”
The demolition company, Billy L. Nabors Demolition of Seagoville, was supposed to tear down a home one block away at 7601 Cousteau Drive.
A representative from Nabors Demolition told WFAA it had no comment, and that the situation was under investigation.
“How do you make a mistake like this?" Diaz asked. "I mean, this is just the worst."
She and her young son survived the December 26th tornado by taking cover in the bathtub. At first they lived in a hotel; more recently they have been staying in a rented home.
“We were geared towards getting the house ready; we were ready,” Diaz said.
A demolition company mistakenly tore down a duplex in Rowlett at 7601 Calypso Drive on Tuesday. But the address of the intended work was a block away at 7601 Cousteau Drive. (Photo: David Goins/WFAA)
The Nabors employee later texted photos from Google Maps that shows the arrow for 7601 Cousteau pointing at Diaz and Cutter’s duplex a block away.
No one from the demolition company would respond to repeated requests to clarify if the company demolished the wrong property on Tuesday.
Diaz and Cutter say it’s clear a mistake was made, right down to their foundation.
“That’s what their job is - to wreck it in demo, and they really wrecked my life,” Diaz said.
She said she filled out an information report with Rowlett police to make sure the incident is properly documented. As of Tuesday evening, Diaz said no one from the company had apologized for the mistake.
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