The wrong house was demolish accidentally in Fort Worth, Texas. The city is now investigating how demolition crews could have made such a mistake.
The three bedroom, ranch-style family home near Lake Worth reservoir was taken down by city crews on Friday, but it wasn't supposed to be, MyFoxDFW.com reports.
The home, which was vacant, belonged to David Underwood. He noticed that the home was no longer there as he recently drove by the empty lot with his wife.
"We looked up there and sure enough, it's gone," Underwood said.
The home, valued at $82,000, has been in Underwood's family for decades. Despite the home being vacant, it contained many personal items, including irreplaceable antiques. He planned to fix it up and move into it.
"As we left, I saw two city marshals on patrol and I said, 'Hey, what happened? Somebody tore down our house' and he goes 'That was your house? Oops,'" Underwood said, according to the Daily News.
A neighbor told the station that a home nearby was supposed to be demolished since January. The neighbor claimed that they tried to alert city officials that the crew was tearing down the wrong house, but the demolition wasn't stopped.
The city confirmed the incident and released a statement to Fox on Monday:
"On July 12, 2013, contractors demolished the wrong property on Watercress Drive. The property to be demolished should have been 9708 Watercress Dr. The property that was demolished was a vacant structure located at 9716 Watercress Drive," read the statement from the city's code compliance office.
Underwood says he is willing to forgive the city of the mistake.
"I see so much around here, people that need help and have less that, it's an accident, let's do what's right and move on," he said.
This isn't the first time the wrong house was demolished. In 2011, a man had returned from vacation to find that the city had torn down his home in Pittsburg.
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