Finding value in rubble

This old house.  I can't wait to post the video of the demolition!

Cara had an interesting idea after we found this property.  "We can see if a non-profit group I know would want to come in and salvage some of the stuff from this house."

A couple of months later, Life Cycle Building Center came in -- just before Thanksgiving -- and with a crew of volunteers they broke down the house.  Essentially they grabbed the kitchen appliances and cabinetry (from IKEA) as well as some doors and storage systems.  They keep stuff out of the landfills and sell the materials at a pretty low price.  So it's essentially a way to reduce the waste involved in tearing down homes to build new ones.

At any rate, you can see all of the pictures of the teardown via this flickr link.  They claim to have saved >1000lbs of material from the landfill that weekend.  We got a small tax write-off for the donation of materials, and everyone wins.