{"id":220,"date":"2025-08-29T17:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:04:19","slug":"us-man-accidentally-buys-entire-street-for-5000-after-thinking-he-was-purchasing-vacant-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"US man accidentally buys entire street for $5,000 after thinking he was purchasing vacant lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days you’re usually lucky if you get get on the housing ladder with years of savings under your belt – but one man has shown that just a few months of hard work could land you with enough money to buy an entire street lined with houses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, admittedly a few mistakes have to be made in order for this to happen, but still, it can be done!<\/p>\n

Jason Fauntleroy, from Ohio, learned that first hand when he attempted to buy a plot of land in Trenton, just north of Cincinnati, in order to build himself a home.<\/p>\n

Fauntleroy saw a plot come up at a Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Office auction in 2021, and so put in\u00a0$5,000<\/a>\u00a0to buy the land.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, however, Fauntleroy hadn’t just bought one plot, but also an entire road called Bloomfield Court, which served five other occupied homes.<\/p>\n

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WCPO, Trenton City Manager Marcos Nichols said he wasn’t entirely certain on how the mistake took place, saying: \u201cI\u2019m not sure how that occurs other than it was a private drive that was created through a homeowner\u2019s association.<\/p>\n

“The homeowner\u2019s association was responsible for maintaining that property and upkeeping it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fauntleroy did not purchase the other five homes on the road, but because the road maintenance was previously taken care of by the homeowner’s association, that left Fauntleroy responsible for maintaining the road for its other users.<\/p>\n

Three years after the mistake took place, the city of Trenton began the process of reclaiming the land through eminent domain.<\/p>\n

However, Fauntleroy argued he wasn’t being offered what he deserved for the land, claiming that only the lot he’d bought was appraised, rather than the rest of the street.<\/p>\n

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Jason described the ordeal as a ‘nightmare’ (WCPO 9)<\/cite><\/div>\n

He claimed his attempts to contact the city had been a ‘nightmare’, saying: “They shut me out. They blocked my calls. It\u2019s hard to even get through anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nichols told WCPO he could ‘not speak to the appraised value’, but said the city wanted to obtain the road so it could convert it into a public roadway, meaning the city would be responsible for maintaining it.<\/p>\n

But Fauntleroy argued he should still have been given a better offer, saying: “Treat people fair; do honest work. Don\u2019t just take advantage of someone because they don\u2019t have the means of getting an attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNILAD has reached out to the City of Trenton for an update on the matter.<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit: Google Maps<\/cite><\/p>\n

A Massachusetts house came on the market for under $400,000 but there was one major catch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After spotting a beachfront house in Eastham,\u00a0Cape Cod<\/a>\u00a0on the market for just $395,000 David Moot couldn’t believe his luck.<\/p>\n

The property had originally been placed on the market in 2022 at the price of a whopping\u00a0$1.195 million<\/a>, however it was reduced by 67 percent in just two years. But why?<\/p>\n

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Well, when the house is described as beachfront, it really means beachfront, with the Eastham abode sitting just 25 feet (7.6 meters) away from the shoreline, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n

What could possibly be wrong with such an up close and personal view of the sea? I hear you cry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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