Posted on 09/09/2012 5:03:09 AM PDT by Altariel
Alvin and Pat Tjosaas, a retired couple in Woodland Hills, Calif., had the bad luck of having their home mistaken for a neighboring foreclosed home and being cleared by contractors hired by Wells Fargo -- not once but twice.
The Tjosaas' home before contractors mistakenly cleared it. (Courtesy Pat Tjosaas)
A retired bricklayer, Alvin Tjosaas, 77, was the caretaker of his late parents' two-bedroom home in Twentynine Palms, about 200 miles east of his home in Woodland Hills, north of Los Angeles. He is a part owner of the home with his sisters.
Alvin Tjosaas visited the home every four to five months, he said, for maintenance and to work on hobbies in the garage.
"He just loves it up there," Pat Tjosaas, 75, said. "He was in the process of getting ready to re-plumb the house, so he had lots of his tools up there – just a garage full of tools that any man would die for."
But on June 1, a neighbor in Twentynine Palms called the Tjosaas family, asking if they had authorized people to clear out their home.
"We assumed it was a break-in and, really, it was a break-in," Tjosaas said. "They weren't legally supposed to be there."
Tom Goyda, vice president of corporate communications for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, told ABC News the company had foreclosed appropriately on another property near the Tjosaas house and the error was made when a contractor mistakenly went to the Tjosaas house instead of the correct house.
The Tjosaas home had actually never had a mortgage or lien on it because it was paid for in cash as it was being built about 50 years ago.
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How far is 10 acres? How many gallons is that?
You expect reporters to be bright enough to understand the difference between complex geometrical concepts like distance and area? How silly of you!!
Finally, the sheriff came and escorted the workers to the intended location, 10 acres away, she said.
How far is 10 acres? How many gallons is that?
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It’s three stories, five football fields, and and Olympic-size swimming pool. Don’t you know anything?
Don’t forget two tomahawk throws.
This mistake is not a GPS mistake. GPS does not mandate that you enter a home to foreclose on it.
Let’s not make excuses for criminal behavior.
Acres are a measure of area not distance so it depends upon the shape of the plot of land. A square containing 40 acres is 1/4 mile (1320 feet or 440 yards) on a side. Forty acres therefore contains 13202 square feet so a ten acre square is (13202/4).5 or 660 feet if you walked down the edge of the square, 933.38 feet if you walked the diagonal, corner to corner.
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GtG
That’s all well and good, but how far is that in gallons?
About 3 cubic mouthfulls, give or take a few...
Regards,
GtG
PS A "CMF" is also referred to as a "Herman" in the more rigorous scientific circles. On a historical note, "CMF" was originally used as the primary standard when specifying bra cup size (one is not enough, three is too many).
G
My experience with Wells Fargo has been absolutely horrible. Their people are all morons.
When we inherited some stock, Wells told us they wouldn't send the dividends to our bank because our account name was not exactly in my name (both my name and wife's name are on the account.)
It took a letter from our attorney to get them to see the light.
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