Apartment Burned Down

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An apartment I used to live in burned down This place really helped me.

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We had an apartment catch fire below ours, it was a concrete building so it stayed in that one apartment, but, we lost all our stuff to water and smoke damage, it was very frighting waking up at 3am to the alarm going off and the place filled with smoke.

In my twenties, I rented a cute little house from an Aunt and Uncle, who cut me a great deal on the rent, being family. I actually moved out of state for a year and when I came back they offered to lease it to me again, because every other tenant they'd rented to were deadbeats who trashed the place. Anyhow, I spent about seven of the most functional years of my life there - I actually had friends, did some socializing, excelled at my job - good times. Finally, I married and had a family, and the little one bedroom house just wasn't big enough, so I moved out and got a nice little FMHA home in a bedroom community a few miles away.

After I moved out, they rented it out to some sleazy trash, one of whom set a lighted candle on top of their television set and passed out drunk. Candle dripped into the TV, television catches fire, ignites the curtains, cute little house burns to the ground, trashy tenants escape with their lives.

I loved that house, had a lot of great memories there. Now that I'm single again, I really wish it was still there. If I could go back to that house, I'd never leave it again. Well, on grocery day, but other than that...

I knew a woman who's lost everything that she owned, in an apartment fire. She was a much stronger person, because of it.

two words for those that rent. Renters Insurance

its less then $10 a month commonly

That's why I never want to live in an apartment. One person makes a mistake, everyone suffers. Some people don't understand my aversion to apartment living. A duplex with people I know is about the limit, even though it's still somewhat of a gamble.

ZachL,

I am sorry this happened to you. Losing a place like that, knowing you can never go back is hard. Take what you learned, and maybe you can volunteer to help them rebuild and get a group of people together to help them rebuild. That would be a great way to show how much you care and help them continue to help others. I suggest talking to them about habitat for humanity...they may have some resources to help rebuild as well. Becides once you are done rebuilding, you can add construction experience to your resume'.

best wishes, I hope they will rebuild,

Jojo