A realtor was stunned after realizing that her entire driveway had vanished.
Paige Batten from Tennessee purchased a house in 2024 with plans to quickly sell it for a profit.
Initially, everything seemed to be progressing well, as a prospective buyer visited the property in November of this year.
However, Paige received an unexpected phone call from the interested buyer that left her bewildered and questioning what had occurred.
The incident caught the attention of Local 3 News, who interviewed Paige and neighbors after she discovered what had happened to her property. Now, Paige might have to spend thousands of dollars to address the issue.
Paige recounted that the buyer contacted her after viewing the property, asking about the completion of the driveway.
Confused, Paige hadn’t planned any immediate work on the driveway, as there were no pressing issues.
“I had a call on Saturday morning…and she was like, Hey, we’re thinking about putting in an offer,” Paige shared. “When are you going to finish up the driveway?”
She added: “And I’m like, well, the driveway had a couple of cracks in it, but we’re not planning on redoing the driveway.”
Initially, they suspected a possible misunderstanding, with Paige suggesting: “She’s like, well, maybe we’re at the wrong house.”
However, it was indeed the correct house, and Paige discovered that someone had removed the entire driveway on November 14.
Neighbors informed Local 3 News that they observed three trucks at the location, removing the stones, assuming the work was planned.
The vehicles included a trailer, a dump truck towing a backhoe, and another truck carrying equipment.
Paige is now left trying to understand how such an event could occur.
She is uncertain whether the paving slabs were stolen for resale or if a crew mistakenly performed the removal at the wrong address.
She expressed: “The biggest thing is just trying to, you know, find out who did this, not trying to accuse anybody or anything, but just hopefully somebody will come forward and go, Hey, we made a mistake.
“And, you know, own up to it, and hopefully we’ll get a driveway, porch without us paying out all the money.”