Comments on: Tiger Woods’ ex wife Elin tears down 12 million dollar home: wasteful or normal?

By: ceeli

ceeli — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:10:35 +0000

The house didn’t meet code standards to withstand hurricanes and was eaten up with subterranean termites. She let Habitat for Humanity come in and take anything they wanted to recycle. Tearing the house down created jobs, rebuilding created more jobs.

The children of Tiger Woods deserve to live just as well as Tiger Woods does. Of course, they’re going to live with their mother who provides a stable home life and doesn’t travel constantly. Elin can do whatever she sees fit with the settlement the courts gave her.

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By: Scorned

Scorned — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:17:44 +0000

If the truth be told, she is just a scorned woman. Tearing down the house want erase the memories. It may give her satisfaction in a long run, but just that’s it. She has children for the man. We are so quick to point fingers. Just suppose Jesus would have never forgiven us. Wow!! A house is just a house, but a home is filled with love. But these things are not meant to hurt, only to grown us.

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By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:34:36 +0000

Uhhhhh, if termites were really an issue, then they would have discovered them during the home inspection.
I agree this is a huge waste….BUT, did anyone notice how close this house is to the beach ?
We have seen a lot of erosion and it will take only a small hurricane to do some major damage on this low area.
Elin would have been much better off going south to Palm Beach or north the Jupiter where the houses are a few more feet above sea level.

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By: uncle bob

uncle bob — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:31:40 +0000

I am a realtor in an affluent beach area on the West Coast and we see homes being torn down and rebuilt all the time. Quite often municipal codes require that any renovation work being done on a home be brought up to the current building standards. Older homes in beach front area also have stricter structural standards for hurricane and tidal flooding. Insect damage is one of the most costly repairs as it can greatly affect the structural integrity of a home. Attempting to meet municipal codes, property insurance requirement, repair insect/mold damage, can double and triple the cost of initial renovations.

It almost always ends up being much cheaper to raze a property and rebuild, than to try to retrofit the internal structure of property in an attempt to meet both structural requirements and maintain the intregrity of the original home’s design.

There is nothing immoral or unethical about about being finacially smart. Also think about the jobs she will be providing in the reconstruction of her home.

As for the pundits out there who belive the NEWS and think the US economy is collapsing from within remember this:

Over 80% of Americans are employed in jobs that provide well for them financially.

Less than 10% of Americans are employed at a level that leaves them just above the poverty level and that is ALL of OUR (that means YOU AND ME) fault for allowing this to occur in the American economy.

We allow the media to tell us how we should feel because we’ve all become lazy asses and find it much easier to be victims than to stand up and say this is all crap made up to sell newspapers and advertising. TELL US THE TRUTH

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By: Konna

Konna — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:36:32 +0000

What an ignorant reply!! People are out of work and starving and this is how this dumb chick waste money! Shes the sob in this scenerio!!

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By: t grave

t grave — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:09:07 +0000

the oceanfront 1920s house was infested with termites and not compliant with hurricane building codes — and that she gave a local Habitat for Humanity group a month to salvage usable materials and fittings before the demolition.

judge much?

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By: Dirty Martini

Dirty Martini — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:40:33 +0000

Whats unethical is telling others how to spend what is theirs to spend…or how to “waste” what is theirs. I doubt she cares very much what you do with what is yours…why care what she does with what is hers?

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By: Onyx XV

Onyx XV — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:47:20 +0000

haha Petunia, that is so funny! You are not alone, either – I’ve thought the same thing about her. When it first came out about Tiger’s ho-ing around, I kinda thought…well, he’s probably not getting anything hot from that ice princess. (Not that that’s any excuse for his deplorable behavior!) But you’re right, she does look like she would just lie there. lol

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By: Onyx XV

Onyx XV — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:35:47 +0000

It was the old house that had the elevator, not her new one. And sometimes elderly or handicapped people might need an elevator in a 2-story house. You never know who lived there before.

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By: gg

gg — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:01:43 +0000

I wish women would stop wearing these hideous golf hat things. They look ridiculous and very unfeminine. Not to mention not at all practical. Not even enough brim to shade the sun. Useless.

Anyway, to Mairead – HAPPY NEW YEAR! Houses in America mostly tend to be built pretty crappily. I am in real estate law, and the houses are not built as soundly as in Europe, especially the roofing. Roofing lasts only 10-15 years here, whereas in the UK, roofs are made to last for over 50 years I’m told. I’ve also been made aware of “tropical” climates, i.e., New Orleans and southern coastal states have massive issues with termites, ants and other supersized bugs that if unchecked, literally eat a house to its ruin. But you’re absolutely correct, the fixtures and other things can be recycled.

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