WBIR.COM - Gatlinburg cabin crashes to the ground

WBIR.COM - Gatlinburg cabin crashes to the ground

Gatlinburg cabin crashes to the ground
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A Gatlinburg cabin is torn down, because city inspectors say it is unsafe. The owners are suing the builder and developer.



The developer blames the builder for the home sliding off its foundation. Preserve Real Estate is suing Thomas Homes and the former property owners. Builder Thomas Homes had no comment.



Debby and Anthony LaRocco were hoping to retire to Gatlinburg in about two years. Now that their home is gone, the future is uncertain.



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It seems like another cabin goes up in the Smoky Mountains everyday, but this week one of them came tumbling down.

A couple says they were forced to demolish their brand new log home, after the City of Gatlinburg declared it unsafe and experts decided it would cost too much to save it.

The house has already cost the Pennsylvania couple who owns it thousands of dollars more than they ever imagined.

Their Smoky Mountain dream crashing down Thursday, as demolition crews leveled the home.

By Friday when Debby and Anthony LaRocco show up, their rental property and future retirement reward was just a painful, costly memory.

"It's been hard, really hard," Debby explains.

The LaRoccos came to collect what's left of the Gatlinburg cabin they bought new a year ago.



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