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    Default What Recourse Do You Have if the County Demolishes Your House

    A property owner in Lee County, Florida, received a notice that her home was unsafe and would be demolished if not repaired. The notice listed a time table of thirty days to appeal the notice, sixty days to pull permits for repairs, and 120 days for the completion of repairs. The homeowner contacted somebody at the county and told them that she would be repairing the home. She then found a contractor and was all-but-ready to get permits for the repairs when she received a bill for the demolition of the home. The home had been demolished just past the sixty day deadline for getting the permits. Does she have any recourse?

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    Default Re: What Recourse Do You Have if the County Demolishes Your House

    She can certainly have the notice reviewed by a real estate lawyer to make sure that it was in proper form, and that proper process was followed for its issuance. But absent a procedural error, with the homeowner having failed to obtain the permits in a timely manner, she would appear to be the author of her own misery.

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