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They have been doing the old lady a great favor for years but they should have told her to try to save as much as possible in case something happened. In 66 years you need to do the roof at least 3 times for a normal roof. I hope she can stay or the gofundme can supplement a higher rent there.
Her best hope is a rich person buys the home and lets her stay until she dies. Someone call Bill Gates.
One thing the lawyer is forgetting is that she had an oral agreement with a person who died years ago! Her agreement was never with the current homeowner. Since when are real estate transactions allowed to be oral? This one is 66 years old! And how do we know that the original owner said she could live there forever? Even if she did, that agreement was with that owner not the current one.
The house is part of an estate.
The case is being decided in the court of public opinion... at least this is my take.
Apparently, there are Angel Investors ready to buy if they can strike a deal and will promise she can live the rest of her life there... statistics would indicate people do not live forever... although I'm surrounded by very old people... 104 across the street... 101 down the street and a new 100 year old one at the corner... all women and all have lived in their homes since the 1950's...
The property taxes for her house are $3807.40, the house was passed down from one family member to another so it probably went through probate at some point so property taxes increased (rather than being in a trust). http://www.sanmateocountytaxcollecto...il.jsp?list=AD
I looked up the house on google earth and I'm quite familiar with the location and have passed it easily hundreds of times. Some records have this address listed as multi-family 625 California Dr, Burlingame, CA 94010 | Trulia. The house next door appears to be identical except for the picket fence.
It's in a convenient location - walking distance to downtown Burlingame Avenue, across from Burlingame High School and Washington Park, and one block from Burlingame Aquatics pool.
'Where am I going to go?': Cancer sufferer, 97, is being evicted from the small home she has rented for 66 YEARS so landlord can cash in on booming million-dollar California property prices
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So, this is the owners choice. They should lose out due to charity?
Parent child transfers are often exempt from reassessment with property documentation... all depends how recent the chain of transfers.
"There are two homes on two lots that should sell for approximately $3,000,000. The plan is to demolish them and build a large mixed-use building on the property"
I can't image them getting $3 million for those lots.
'Where am I going to go?': Cancer sufferer, 97, is being evicted from the small home she has rented for 66 YEARS so landlord can cash in on booming million-dollar California property prices
The community of Burlingame, California is rallying around a 97-year-old cancer patient who faces eviction from the home she has lived in for nearly seven decades.
Marie Hatch, 97, says she first moved into her home 66 years ago when her friend Vivian Kruse owned the cozy cottage.
Hatch claims Kruse gave her a verbal promise that she could live in the home until she died - a promise that was guaranteed by Kruse's daughter and then granddaughter.
But after Kruse's granddaughter died in 2006, her husband took control of the home and now he is pushing to sell the property.
Hatch and her 85-year-old roommate Georgia Rothrock were served with eviction papers on February 11, giving them 60 days to vacate the property.
Yes this is a sad thing sure. But it is high time these two old ladies get some safety into a care center. The owner is within his rights - it's business. And not only that but the elderly are not able to maintain the property so who knows what shape the place is in.
This is nothing against elders, it is just common sense. Promises made 66 years ago cannot be expected to hold up.
"There are two homes on two lots that should sell for approximately $3,000,000. The plan is to demolish them and build a large mixed-use building on the property"
I can't image them getting $3 million for those lots.
Sounds incredible... yet if the lots are in the right place with the right zoning and large enough... maybe?
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