Dueling Dozers: Robert's Story

Meet Robert Somerton- a volunteer firefighter in Lake County, California. He just received a notice from Bank of America that the foreclosure process on his home was to be “accelerated.” Robert decided that instead of giving Bank of America the satisfaction of dumping another home on the market, he would demolish it before the bank sends the sheriff to kick out his family.

Just tonight, Robert posted the entire contents of his $350,000 estate under “Free Stuff” on Craigslist. He intends to donate everything of value in his home before he films “Dueling Dozers” demolishing the house built by his father’s hands in 1990, all the way down to the concrete foundation. And he plans to post video footage to YouTube.

Some folks would suggest that Robert’s action is criminal property damage. But Robert would say the scheme he was lured into was a criminal act, and justice has to be served by the citizen if it won’t be served by the system.

Robert recently had to close his business, meaning that he wouldn’t be able to pay the mortgage at its current rate. BofA told him they had a program that could help him refinance, ironically called the “Hope” program. Its a sinister scheme that requires homeowners to be three months behind on payment and default on their loan before they can qualify for refinancing. The bank also keeps a close eye on your income. Robert remembers having to show them his pay stubs from work.

But once his income fell to a certain point, Robert was disqualified from any loan modification from Bank of America, who sent him mail saying they were accelerating the foreclosure process. Its a scheme that victimizes homeowners across the country, where banks work to dump as many homes onto the market as they can, all in the name of more profit.

So now, Robert is fighting back with bold, direct action. His Craiglist posting was taken down just minutes after it was posted, but here’s the full text-

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My wife and I recently received from Bank of America a “NOTICE OF INTENT TO ACCELERATE” and “Options to Avoid Foreclosure”.

We’ve been advised by our legal representative Danial B. Beck of Santa Rosa that we are out of legal options/remedies to Bank of America taking our beautiful hand built home of 15 years. Won’t go into great depth or detail here, suffice to say we’ve been through the Bank of America Hope/Harp/Hamp wringer and hung out to dry.

So unless some kind sole comes up with the 24k we are now behind on our mortgage payments, we will most certainly, within the next few months lose our home to the Banksters of America.

We have decided that when/if it comes to that we’ll offer our home (bank once appraised at $350k, zillow now shows at $133k!) and anything, anyone cares to remove from it, including some very nice expensive doors/windows, kitchen and bath fixtures, appliances and all it’s contents to anyone how can use them.

We’ve also decided that rather than allow BofA the satisfaction of taking our home intact, once everything of value is striped from it, with DUELING DOZERS we’ll take it down to the concrete slab my father built it on back in the early 1990s. Leaving nothing but a pile of debris in the driveway for BofA to foreclose on, like an episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition with no plan to rebuild!

Wish us luck, look for the full demolition video on YouTube under the heading ” CA homeowners response to Bank of America foreclosure”. We plan on shooting it from at least three fixed angles with additional cams mounted inside each DOZER for full effect.

A word to the wise, we are hostile to any “BofA representative” coming on our property as long as we still own it, violators will be dealt with accordingly.

Media outlets interested in covering the day of the demolition can contact me directly. Robert Somerton 707-245-7541

Anyone who’d like to drive by for a preview/meet the owners, view the home/contents, make an offer on the contents prior to the demolition, our address is.

11784 Gifford Springs Rd.

Cobb, CA 95426

This is NOT a short sale as we’ll not do Bank of America that favor!!!

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Good luck to you, Robert.

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In struggle,

CG

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