This guy must have been REALLY pissed at his bank!

This guy must have been REALLY pissed at his bank!

Investor · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 465 votes

Now, I have seen my share of destruction from angry home owners who wanted to stick it to the banks who foreclosed on them.

Broken windows, smashed tiles, cracked bathtubs and toilets, sprayed painted kitchen cabinets, ruptured copper pipes, poured concrete down toilets and bathtub drains. Seen them all.

This one tops them all. This is a swimming pool.

Yeah, that's a refrigerator!

Now, aside from the dirty water, and the trash down there, this guy decided to really destroy the pool.

This is South Florida, so we have a very high water table, and in the summer when it rains a lot, the water table is so high, that if you drain all the water from the pool, the hydrostatic pressure of the water in the surrounding ground will actually push the concrete pool's shell out of the ground.

That's why you see the entire pool is now completely broken off and raised off the deck.

I thought some of you might find that amusing, or not amusing.

You can imagine what the inside of the house look like.

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Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
12y

Satisfaction is priceless, and paid for through deficiency judgments. :)

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  • Real Estate Agent · Milwaukee County, WI · Member since 2009 · 3k+ posts · 525 votes
    12y

    Wow

    How much damage do you estimate ?

  • Real Estate Professional · West Palm Beach, FL · Member since 2012 · 23k+ posts · 13k+ votes
    12y

    Actually people do that accidentally all the time. It almost happened on one of my rehabs. The pump runs about 8 hours a day....no one was at the house for a few days, the PVC pipe broke at a joint just past the pump on the pressure/return side, the suction was set to just the main drain on the bottom, so the pump actually drained the pool to about 1' deep, and discharged all the water into the lawn. Thank God this was one of the higher areas/lower water tables in WPB, and the water table didn't pop the pool out of the ground.

  • Investor · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 465 votes
    12y

    Jenkins,

    I didn't do my numbers, this one is bad on the inside as well, too much work for me to take on right now.

    Wayne,

    True, but this one doesn't look accidental to me.

  • Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
    12y

    Satisfaction is priceless, and paid for through deficiency judgments. :)

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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    12y

    I never understood why they are mad at the banks. They took the loans out, if they can no longer afford them, it is certainly not the bank's fault. Though I am not a fan of banks, I am certainly not a fan of those who do this type of stuff, with the small exception of when I end up getting that home for a huge discount!!!

    That looks like some really bad vandalism and I would estimate that the entire pool needs to be replaced, so the cost is for demo and a new pool! May be a great find for a rehabber.

  • Addison, TX · Member since 2013 · 99 posts · 7 votes
    12y

    Hey at least they helped in caving in the pool.

    I have seen a pool that is a solid 3 feet above of where it should of been. The pool had been empty for good amount of time and it popped up. I was suprised to see that.

  • Denver, CO · Member since 2013 · 409 posts · 105 votes
    12y

    If one fills the pool with water, will it settle back down as the ground water recedes during a dry spell?

  • Investor · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 465 votes
    12y
    Originally posted by John Rooster:

    If one fills the pool with water, will it settle back down as the ground water recedes during a dry spell?

    No, the rebars are pulled out and the concrete shell is usually cracked. It's done with.

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