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Original Barn Demolition. <br />The barn was no longer present when we purchased the <br />home. When we first heard that the home was for sale, <br />we looked on Google Maps and saw the barn structure. <br />We were excited to consider that it could be a wedding <br />barn, but when we finally saw the property, we saw that <br />the barn was no longer present. <br />The description of the former barn area and its <br />• remains at the time of purchase are as follows: <br />an uneven pit in the former barn site <br />• a covered, open side of the garage barn that <br />butted against the previous barn <br />• a pile of decaying barn wood in the space <br />between where the barn previously stood, and <br />the back pasture <br />• a neatly stacked section of barn wood along the <br />north fence line of the property. <br />• a stack of boulders that had been part of the <br />foundation of the previous barn <br />Kowoover Farm (undated aerial photo) <br />What we understood at the time of purchase Darn image from Trulia website 2013 <br />The barn was apparently decrepit, fraught with leaks <br />and ridden with carpenter ants. The estimates for restoration exceeded $100,000. The decision of the <br />previous owner was to have the barn professionally and safely dismantled. We learned that the barn <br />was dismantled in late 2014, about 8 months prior to our purchase. The Sokol's had not yet completed <br />the restoration of the east side of the garage barn that had butted up to the original barn, so it was <br />exposed to the elements. <br />There was discontinuity between information we received <br />from the previous owner and the information on file with <br />the HPC. Images in the home's HPC file shows more <br />barn wood than what was present when we first owned, <br />and the written reports in the file differ from the <br />testimony of the Sokol's. The main difference being that <br />the written report on file indicates it was dismantled in a <br />manner that it could be reassembled, however, the <br />pictures clearly show that it couldn't have been, and <br />shows no evidence of labeling. It also became known to <br />us that the barn was dismantled without a permit, too. <br />Site of the former barn (Google 3D) <br />
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