The Short Version: The house was built in 2007 about 80 yards from the cliff. A year ago, a crack was discovered in the land, and the cliff has eroded all the way to under the back porch. The back of the house is now over the cliff. http://news.yahoo.com/video/video-luxury-home-dangles-off-114354051.html A 4,000-square-foot luxury home valued at more than $700,000 is sliding over a cliff near Lake Whitney, Texas. Much of the ground underneath the home, reportedly built in 2007, has tumbled into the lake. Large portions of the home are now dangling over a cliff, KHOU reports. Debris and soil have reportedly been spotted falling into the lake, roughly 75 feet below. Additionally, large and ominous cracks are creeping up the walls of the home, which is currently unoccupied. Neighbors Connie Ash and Jackie McNamara told WFAA that they heard some sort of crash on Tuesday evening. "I immediately thought it was an earthquake or blasting; it was loud, really loud," Ash explained. "And then I saw smoke, dust, water ... I don't know, it was a huge cloud of stuff." The two neighbors called 911. Authorities, aware of the home's precarious situation, placed a sign in front of the house reading "EXTREME DANGER, STAY OFF PREMISES," according to KHOU. A crack in the land under the home was discovered about a year ago, CBS-DFW reports. Authorities have no plans to intervene to try to save the home and will instead allow the residence to tumble into the lake below, according to CBS-DFW. Mark Wilson, chief deputy with the Hill County Sheriff's Office told CBS-DFW that he estimated the home was originally 60 to 80 yards from the lake. “Yes, there’s a lot of erosion,” he said.
check out this photo - you can see a crack running directly across the land - looks like a huge chunk of the cliff is about to fall into the lake and endanger the house next to it as well. full gallery here: http://www.wfaa.com/news/slideshows...52071.html?gallery=y&c=y&ref=/&img=17&c=y&c=y
it looks like they only lost their porch / patio not sure what the big deal is, they still have most of the house left
Exactly. If they've appraised that house at $700,000, then that means there's still about $500,000 left on the cliff. They should sell while the market is still hot.
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Wow I just looked up the address to the house (1235 Overlook Ct, Whitney, TX 76692) and it was built a good distance from the cliff. https://www.google.com/maps/place/1...2!3m1!1s0x864fb61656401955:0xd738d8f3027764f7
