Upon completion of the lengthy regulatory process that allows for inner-city demolition, we ordered the safety fencing and started with the demolition of the awful old house that was slowly rotting on site. By the time we took ownership of the property, it had already been vacant for a year, but was in significant disrepair for many years previous. In fact, we later discovered after chatting with a long time neighbour that the water had been cut off during the last owners' occupancy, and he had been using the 'honey bucket' system, with customized system of disposal of the waste (stockpiled in the basement). Even after two years of composting in the cellar, it made a nasty mess when being demolished and some of the sticky material found its way into the cat-tracks of Jason's loader, giving him ample justification to complain about the odour. Otherwise the demo proceeded nicely in almost summer like weather of early March.
The neighbours we met seemed pleased to see the house go, including an original occupant across the street who has lived there since the 50's, and purchased her house for $12,000 (oddly enough the cost of doing the demolition in 2015 equals the cost of purchasing a new house in 1950 in Calgary).
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| The hideous bathroom - kitchen was possibly worse |
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