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I made a fortune demolishing my old high school
I graduated in 1965 and that was the last year students would attend this very old brick school building. It was built in 1925 and the population of students needed a newer bigger high school.
The county wanted to develop the property and my father's construction company was hired to tear it down.
I did everything in my power not to damage the bricks. The bricks were very high-quality Mason bricks and modern bricks lacked the style and look of the bricks I was salvaging.
I finally got the building razed and I cleaned the bricks and a housing authority gave me a fortune for them. My deal with the county was that I could have the bricks and they didn't have to give me anything else.
I do property damage claim clean-outs, and stuff is usually getting tossed or, good stuff taken by the owners after the fire, water, etc incident. Had a home where the owners took off for another state, permanently, and told me to coordinate getting rid of everything and "take what you want". Not a whole lot there worth taking, but, I did make off with a few things for myself.
Good friend of mine does all of her own remodeling and woodwork, so, I loaded up the wood shop, tools, etc, gave her what she wanted, and sold the rest. Same thing with some untouched, away from the fire, high-end salon items, a bag full of nail polish, and salon-quality handheld hair dryers. Those made me a nice amount of cash.
And the confession is....
Lovely story though. Glad you made money on the deal.
African clay bricks are awesome