Walk Through a $22,000,000 Naples Florida Tear Down

Walking Through a House Tear Down In a Very Exclusive Part of Naples Florida. Gulf of Mexico and and the opening from the bay is just behind this house. We are preparing to remove all the valuable items form this house just before tear down. Stay tuned we will video the tear down and we are going to video 3 or 4 guys trashing with sledge hammers what's left of this house just prior to the tear down.
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[@shesprettytasty]

John Glenn Sample- was the land owner of 2 square miles of the Naples area and developed over 600 home plots around this house. dredged the area and made all those peninsulas.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

He sure hit the nail on the head. Amazing development world class location. Never fails to shock and amaze me.

[@neenalouise2633]

Wow! So that was his own actual home?? I bet it was all the rage back in the day! Sad that those photos & papers were left behind & forgotten. Maybe the new honor would like to keep them as a tribute of some sort?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

@@neenalouise2633 Gave them back to the owner.

[@emildeaton2434]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@neenalouise2633 I don’t believe this was his personal home if it was an 80s home glen sample passed away in 1971 very interesting story about him and how he was the one that started Port Royal

[@missesmia2]

This home was his son Joe's summer house

[@fredrobinson6990]

I’m glad you’re repurposing things from the house. So many that tear down houses and they don’t try to resale anything.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

www.ReuseItPros.com I can't throw good things in the dumpster "I have issues". Yes it takes more planning more structure but its worth it.

[@Unfluencer]

lol! that stuff is garbage. $400 for 40 year old oven!!!

[@cgschow1971]

​@@Unfluencer40 yo oven will last forever. How many years do you expect the new stuff to last?

[@brimanco]

Glenn Sample, a pioneer in radio advertising from Chicago, acquired two square miles of marshland at the southern tip of what was Naples Florida. Stretching from 21st Avenue South to Gordon pass, bound on the west by the Gulf of Mexico and on the east by Naples Bay makes for one of the best locations to enjoy all that Naples has to offer. Boating, fishing, kayaking, walking the beautiful sand beaches, catching the grand views of the Gulf of Mexico and its famous sunsets. Starting in the late 1940’s with a vision Glenn Sample said “My ambition is to make Port Royal the finest place in the world to live”. In the early 50’s Glenn Sample brought in to the town of Naples heavy earth moving and dredging equipment and began dredging and filling the marsh lands to create numerous man made peninsulas into deep water access residential building lots overlooking the waterways, coves and Napes Bay. At its time this was quite an engineering undertaking. Over many years and investing 3.5 million into his ambitious dream Sample developed 600 single family estate lots with deep water access to Gordon Pass and estate lots looking over the Gulf of Mexico.

[@brimanco]

The completed lots, one half acre and up, began selling for $7500 to $12,000 and the spec homes that Sample developed sold for $22,000 to $25,000. A good sum of money back in those days. Today a vacant lot may be had for around $4,000,000 and completed homes valued as high as $30,000,000 on the Gulf of Mexico. So this was the guy that built the whole neighborhood! Awesome story

[@kevokevo]

I'm guessing that Glenn Sample was John Glenn Sample's son, based on the dates of naval service. Just after WW2 was when John Glenn Sample was selling his firm to develop Port Royal (while Glenn Sample was being discharged from the Navy). @@brimanco

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thank you for the story......how interesting.

[@fredsalfa]

Wow incredible thanks for researching that

[@deahelkcunklaer2180]

@@brimanco Homes on the Gulf in Port Royal have sold for well over $30,000,000 ($60,000,000+) and been promptly torn down. You can't find a vacant lot in Royal Harbor (the cheap side of Naples Bay) for $4,000,000

[@kathleenschaubhut4174]

Glad you walk through and preserve what may be useful to someone else. Love the older homes.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

[@1pelicanmarsh]

was an extremely interesting video (especially to me). My parents lived there part time since the early 80's....and when we renovated family home in indiana (built 74-75) we had EXACTLY same bathtub w/ gold handles. was extremely weird to see that/some of the old kitchen appliances as it was part of my past. thanks for the share

[@removeitprosdemolition]

You are welcome.

[@pugdaddi]

for a doorknob to be an antique it would have to be from the 1880’s , not 1980. Antiques are defined by being 100+ years old. your 1980 knob would be considered vintage.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I agree, sometimes I don't think as fast as I talk.

[@terrytate6006]

Just because the house is 1980 doesn't mean it's not an antique doorknob that was pulled from an antique house

[@TheIcool76]

Theyre a copy knobs

[@michelescola3840]

@@TheIcool76 Most Americans can't tell the difference.

[@jeffreymartin6369]

It’s still a good piece

[@tomrogers9467]

You pointed put a couple of banyan trees in the yard. I remember touring the Edison Home and gardens in Ft. Meyers back in ‘78. There’s a banyan tree there that must take up a quarter acre! Interesting place, well worth a visit if you like tech history.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes. You are right! It's a huge one at that property. Great place to visit. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@themrfabio2459]

I loved the old service photos at the end. Please make sure they are not discarded improperly. Those are very cool.

[@Kelly-kg6rm]

I agree....as hot as genealogy is now, there's going to be someone (or an archive) who will really appreciate that memorabilia.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Not sure what to do with them any ideas?

[@John-wl9jf]

Take them to the local fleet comand

[@mackhopper]

@@removeitprosdemolition If local contacts prove unfruitful, you might also reach out to the World War II museum in New Orleans. Not the same thing, but I came across an old Army vehicle slated to be crushed by a salvage yard in Texas. The WWII Museum found someone to purchase and restore this vehicle. Apparently, there is a group that restores WWII vehicles. Whew!

[@user-uo4rf4ez8c]

drop of at the VFW @@removeitprosdemolition

[@edwardgonfindini7295]

As a craftsman I have seen this before; People with more money than taste or skill gobble up and destroy the artwork of others to erect a flakeboard McMansion.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

It all out of my price range...

[@CL-lo3xr]

It cracks me up when people put real wood furniture out to the curb and replace it with particle board furniture.

[@denisesorchidparadise1411]

Breaks my heart they will pull out the gorgeous Palm trees in the front!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Me too!!!

[@KC-603]

I like that you repurpose what you salvage! I hope that trend continues!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We are doing another condo complex tomorrow......tons to Repurpose!!! Do you Repurpose?

[@Padoinky]

Port Royal is major major moola… we go to the Naples Ritz Carlton resort @ Vanderbilt Beach a few times/year and the fact that the Port Royal homes are many times just homes #4/5/6 of some fabulously wealthy families, is just the way they live their lives… most of these homes aren’t occupied but for a few days/ year, yet they are managed and maintained by professional caretakers and estate managers…

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes I see and Experience it everyday!!

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

Port Royal IS the richest COMMUNITY in America, having the greatest concentration of billionaire owners in the country!! As it is not considered a city, town or village, it cannot compete on that level with the likes of Palm Beach, FL, Greenwich, CT and Beverly Hills, CA. YEP, these homes within Port Royal are often the 4th, 5th or even 6th home owned by each resident,

[@alvinwhitlock4306]

Great video loved the wood inside can’t wait to the tear down starts

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We finished removing the resale items today. Including the front door. Broke all windows to get the aluminum scrap stay tuned for the next video.

[@milehighkit4725]

Interesting video. I really enjoyed the walk-through and seeing the things that can be salvaged. I lived in the Miami area in the 80s for one year. Living in Colorado my entire life it was a little rough to deal with the humidity. Can't imagine there being any historical value in a home from that era. I am going to subscribe and follow you!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thanks for subscribing!!!

[@patrickprendergast9589]

i cant deal with snow

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Me either my wife even more.@@patrickprendergast9589

[@milehighkit4725]

Yeah, I'm definitely getting tired of that. 🙂@@patrickprendergast9589

[@michaelkilman5506]

Wow Crazy! So my company is building the new Queen Creek bridge and also we were the ones that built the new Pinto Bridge. I worked on the Pinto Bridge project. Love the history lesson. I’m definitely going to walk the old Highway now.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thanks!!!

[@aptvictoria]

Wow, this guy knows his stuff! I like his style. I'm subscribing!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thank you!!

[@snokabin1166]

The door knobs, back in the day, 80's-90's, were called "melon" knobs from Baldwin. They came in many finishes. They were an artful "elite" version for decorators. I still have some that I purchased from a hardware company that I worked for a long time ago. That "melon line" has been discontinued by Baldwin but certain websites still have old clean stock. Many cheaper look-a-likes are available but none have the Baldwin quality and heaviness to them.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Wow. Interesting. What kind of business do you do? Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@maryblackburn4929]

I love that kitchen. I love the red.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I thought it was cood too!!

[@rchurch2769]

I just came across your videos, enjoyable. As far as cabinet matching or any type of wood trim goes, myself, and many others with the proper equipment and tools can reproduce pretty much any design at any size. Being able to point someone in the direction of a carpentry expert might help with selling a set of reclaimed cabinets. I'm sure there is someone in the area with the capabilities. I personally hate to see anything that can be reclaimed end up in a landfill.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We sell 1200 plus sets a year. And yes we keep all the trim to help retrofit them back without a perfect fit.

[@mackhopper]

All of that wood in the main room is magnificent! This house also has amazing, solid screen doors - all around. I hope you salvaged all of them. Those ARE beautiful plants, David. A nice score with the job, no doubt!!! The most difficult part of viewing these demos is knowing and watching the removal of some beautiful foliage, but I understand this goes with the territory. AND, a landscape architect will be able to work his or her magic with the next home build. I really appreciate what you do and love your videos!!!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Angie loved them.

[@mackhopper]

@@removeitprosdemolition And that is all that matters! Have a Happy 2024!!! I look forward to more of your content.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thanks for the encouragement!!@@mackhopper

[@nicolaxoxo1]

Why couldn’t you salvage the wet bar?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

No market for something like that unfortunately. I have trey selling stuff like that in the past with no luck. @@nicolaxoxo1

[@nighthiker8872]

Well, and done helpful!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

If you have any questions or want to see something in a video feel free to ask. Thanks for then comment and thanks for watching!

[@GoldenPlumbingNaples]

We see you guys all the time, from Ft Myers Beach to Naples. We see a lot of bidets too 😂 Great video 🤙

[@removeitprosdemolition]

So do you see bidets being put in?

[@GoldenPlumbingNaples]

@@removeitprosdemolition Nope. It’s been at least 20 years since I’ve installed one. However, we recently removed one on a reno at La Mer and installed a wall hung Toto with a washlet. Is that close enough?

[@JoeKyser]

I had to paint the original farm house on a golf course years and years ago. It had copper gutters and he was replacing them. He said I will pay you in gutters to take them down. Lol what a deal I got.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

How much did you make?

[@JoeKyser]

@removeitprosdemolition it turned out to be over a thousand dollars. I took it all down myself on a Sunday before we started so I didnt have to pay anyone. It took about a half day. I maximized the value. The gutters were copper but painted so that was scrapped for number 2. The downspouts and all the parts to attach them I saved. I sold those to another customer that wanted the patina already on the downspouts because they wanted to replace what they had. Those I received over a hundred per and that place had quite a few.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Wow your my kinda guy!!!@@JoeKyser

[@r7boatguy]

One guy owned most of that area in the 70s, bought it for next to nothing when it was pretty much swamp land. His daughter still has a house there.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Barron Collier or Glenn Sample?

[@r7boatguy]

@@removeitprosdemolitionTempel Smith. Chicago steel magnate.

[@david_king_music]

There's a Naples "Sunset Cruise" that goes down the Gordon Bay onto the Gulf from Tin City... part of its appeal is it tours a few inlets of Port Royal. Wild that the tourguide includes so many pretty well-informed anecdotes about the homes and they always went by this house on the route...and never included that it was Glen Sample's, the founder/developer of Port Royal

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I heard that this guy did develop a lot of Port Royal. Are you a local to the area? Thanks for the comment.

[@david_king_music]

@@removeitprosdemolition I've come down from MD 2x/yr since I was a kid and I'm 40 now. Grandparents and Aunt live here. Always have been fascinated by port Royal and I keep an informal history of some of the houses. My grandparents' best friend was the caretaker on 2200 Gordon which is currently being sold at 200 million in 3 parcels :) Ian seems to have sparked a massive tear down/renovation cycle

[@scottmeredith8409]

John glenn sample......very interesting read.......one of the original developers of naples from what I read.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

That's what I have come to understand.

[@rosewhite---]

gorgeous parquet floors! $22 million but looks like a Levittown prefab from some aspects!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes they were in very good shape. Levitown Prefab please elaborate?

[@rosewhite---]

@@removeitprosdemolition I'm in UK ansd practically all houses are brick with solid tile or slate roofs. So many US houses are wood frame and the tarpaper roofs like the massive Levittown prefabbed ones.

[@RSDX99]

Probably sold for 1M in 1980

[@removeitprosdemolition]

@@RSDX99 I wonder what it sold for back then? I am curious.

[@justjoeitable]

Levitt made Levittown in Long Island New York years ago all pre fab homes. It's weird, the oil burner was in the kitchen behind some wood. They were built on cement, no basement..​@@removeitprosdemolition

[@joegilly1523]

I love The woodwork

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Me too!!

[@Kaaaaammmm]

They do run plumbing in the floor in north and Central Florida, recently they have started running it through the ceiling due to a series of bad piping problems. I know, since I had to do it at my house due to three foundation leaks.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thats good to know.

[@getonlygotonly]

some interesting stories from port royal. after working in port royal for years I met quite a few homeowners. I remember one man who owned house on the beach explains to me that at least half his neighbors dont actually own anything and its all a big game of show and tell. the bank owns it all. and quite a few of the homes are only visited by the owners for several weeks a year. I remember the house owned by Anderson of Anderson windows it was a $4million home but the yacht behind it was easily worth $7million, 80's dollars, or the man I met who also owned one of the homes on the beach told me he doesn't get here very often and told me story how his wife bought him a new ferarrii for a birthday present and he lost it for over 6 years eventually finding it in one of his airplane hangers out in Nevada. surely an interesting place. with some very interesting people

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Wow. Yes. Very interesting. It's amazing how many of the people who own these big houses are not in them for most of the year. Are you still in the area? Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@kb9ndb]

thats such a nice house cant beleive just gonna tear it down

[@removeitprosdemolition]

It's gone

[@CR-xv8wm]

The plants outside are called Bougainvilleas. They are beautiful, only other place I’ve seen them was in France. They are all over the French Riviera and grow wild there. John Glenn Sample (presume that was the owner based on the pictures in the garage) was the original developer of that entire area.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Thanks for telling me that!

[@Cheezclown]

The 80s wet bar 😅 love it

[@removeitprosdemolition]

😀

[@michaelcheli5842]

That house is about as historic as an 80's movie; but the neighbor gave it a good college try. I just love how people don't want to buy something, so that it's theirs to do with what they wish; but they sure want to tell others what to do with their property. "Hey neighbor; don't let the wrecking ball hit you on the way out!" 😮

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yep......I say stick you nose in your own business.

[@Larry_M6790]

Neighbors are probably complaining because they don't want some large, tall mansion next to them and blocking their views.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Mansions on both sides of this house.

[@snokabin1166]

I saw those bathroom brass lamp/lights in a You Tube video from the UK. They are miners' torches.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Interesting. What was the videos about? Thanks for watching!

[@bbrcummins1984]

I lived on Marco Island in the late sixties, and we used to ride dirt bikes on the beach and Tommy Barfield drive 😅 Times sure have changed

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I have local Friends that live here and I hear stories, wild west stuff!!

[@patrickprendergast9589]

tell me more

[@DannyWalker247]

Things become old and obsolete fast in Florida. Especially waterfront homes. It is amazing. It looks like the person who owned that house had a distinguished career and was a Commander in the US Navy. Sad that his history is just laying out in the garage of that abandoned house but that is the way life is. My father's historical papers are in a sterilite storage box in the spare bedroom closet.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yep see it all the time.

[@jerryware1970]

I hope he boxes those pictures up for the owner.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We did and the contractor we worked for got them to the owner, along with some really cool historical stuff.

[@rccalhoun]

i tore down an italian restaurant with numerous accessory building and secret tunnels were discoved everywhere...including 5 options to get to different streets (if raided). it was crazy.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

That's a good story....wow

[@jennnyandjeffs]

Mob-related sounds like.

[@tomrogers9467]

@@jennnyandjeffs. If it was in the US could have also been a prohibition era bootleg op! 🍻🍻🍻

[@someguy9778]

Where was the restaurant located?

[@steveharkins279]

You can get rid of dented up boxes along with the scrap steel, then get a new box for the next job.the box it’self turns into scrape “scale” LB in steel. And. Just move the magnet signs to the next box.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

😇

[@derekvandyke5132]

Your alot nicer than me we were doing a clean up job at a house and the neighbor complained that we were throwing away valuable stuff and said we couldnt be there and threatened calling the cops. I told her i was contracted by the owner and i had every right to be there and said ima keep doing what im doing and said if she doesnt like it she can go back to her house. She never came back out

[@removeitprosdemolition]

It wears me out....people should mind their own business right!!

[@edwardduarte7393]

My friend was raised there but lived in LA for a while and I was visiting him for an afternoon. I shoot /photograph like $20-$40 million dollar homes in LA/La Jolla/Laguna, Napa... I loved how these old school Mansions are right on the water and the climate and water felt like the North Shore of Hawaii. Lots of Fox News in the coffee shops. There were even dolphins in the water.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I love it here, Naples is pristine, amazing ultra rich, in some parts by the ocean.

[@patrickprendergast9589]

yup me 2 i live here@@removeitprosdemolition

[@mattp4079]

15:44, In upstate NY, we have preservation boards; comprised of retired professors, lawyers and angry bored window-peepers who file injunctions anytime anything old is marked for demo. They blocked the demo of 100 yr old crumbling grain silos which were being demoed for waterfront development.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Ouch....this one is almost complete.

[@chuckt7636]

And then you have the developers that don't care a Rat's ass about truly historic old buildings they are only looking to make a fast buck on shiny new buildings with no architectural detail at all . We have a thing here called demo by neglect where developers purchase perfectly sound buildings and let it go to ruin just so they can tear it down. There are two sides to every story. Unfortunately this home had run its course and the lot was worth more than the home that sat on it.

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

@@chuckt7636 Here is Naples, if you are outside the very tiny "historic district," all old/original homes/buildings are fair game to the wrecking ball! Our original charming downtown is destroyed, and OVER BUILT, with new crap consuming every square inch of overpriced real estate! I'm totally disgusted and I've been here only 19 years! I know many who were born here and I do not understand how they aren't completely devastated by what's happened to this once sleepy, pristine and beautiful downtown of OLD NAPLES! It's an absolute disgrace!! Watching original 90-year old cottages being torn down prompted me to buy two, combined onto one property, restore them and keep them from the wrecking ball and money-hungry developers. Hurricane Ian nearly took them down, flooding them with storm, sea and sewerage water. I watched from the east coast of FL as one could be seen on the evening news in the viral video of the Naples Fire and Rescue Squad. Thankfully, I had an overwhelming urge to sell them before the hurricane hit!

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

@@chuckt7636 Well, I had a good comment to add and it seems to have disappeared. Basically, I was responding in agreement to your comment and added a personal story of two cottages I saved from the ravages of the Naples' building craze.

[@Items-and-stuff]

Was that cooktop trashed? Those still go for $500+ for me. You can even just grab the knobs and grates if you don’t want to deal with it

[@removeitprosdemolition]

its on ebay now

[@bettermost]

This house is early 70s at best The Genie garage door opener on the first door is a very early 70s model. I would put the house at around 1971.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Not sure the website showing the 22 Million Dollar sale showed 1980.

[@timtalkstrucks7854]

Early 70's based on the plumbing, fixtures, Moen "legend" faucets and stainless steel rim/ring sinks.@@removeitprosdemolition

[@wmpercival]

Glenn Sample was the developer of Port Royal, or as you referred to it, that Hootie Snootie place.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Glenn From Chicago? Nice Place!!

[@chadsimmons6347]

About the K-Sink cabinets? A decent cabinet shop can replicate anything that's missing, my antique stuff? Well all but 1-section, but looks legit

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Are you in the industry? Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.

[@leewomack3498]

Not everyone has the resources to buy new.... That storage/workshop in the garage, I bet someone would have loved to buy that second hand from one of those places that sell wares to people that are changing or adding to their current house............😊

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes. People have a use for everything. Just have to find the right buyer. Thanks for the comment.

[@virginiahobby3726]

My Son always says , not my circus , not my monkeys.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Wisdom!!!!

[@steveharkins279]

For every 74 yard box delivered on the ground, the same truck picks up a 74 yard box full. That will get rid a boat ton of maintenance costs.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

😇

[@bailey1000100]

It looks to me that the1x6 wood walls and trim is not pine ,as you said, but Cypress. It would be more suitable for this south Florida climate.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

You are probably right.

[@CarterBlumeyer]

That man built all of the Pirate area you talked about.. all of port royal

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I heard the same thing.

[@brettk9316]

22 mil for that ridiculous 2 to 3 tops! It's insane what people charge today!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Its the location, very unique and rare location.....

[@ralphedelbach]

Equally ridiculous what people are willing to pay for things. Takes 2 to tango as they say.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Its out of my league I say good for them!!! @@ralphedelbach

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

One property/home on five acres on the Gulf in Port Royal on Gordon Drive was on the market several years ago for $72 million, then the most expensive property for sale in all of Florida, I believe. It finally sold after being on the market for at least four years for $38 million. It was an absolutely beautiful home, with an allee of royal palms lining a long dive up to the house. Nearly ever bit of landscaping, and, of course, the house, were ripped out and a new monstrosity planned. The property taxes were already nearly $500,000 per year!

[@travelingdude33914]

The banyan trees found in the U.S. and specifically in Florida are invasive species. They are not protected, BUT it's Naples, and they may have some city ordnance. Big Banyan trees are so beautiful I would save them too

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Didn't know that good information.

[@Encourageable]

For $22M you gotta have more dollars than sense. I’ve been right in that area in a boat - it’s nice but crazy prices. Saw the Best Buy guys house. These folks have boats that cost more than my house.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes, some of these boats are just ridiculous.

[@xXtybobradXx]

You sure do love that solid wood hehe

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes I do!

[@xXtybobradXx]

@@removeitprosdemolition 🤣

[@fisherman5845]

You might find a hiden treasure a square grouper in the attic the house is historic escabar and the boys use to party there in the eighties

[@removeitprosdemolition]

For real??

[@johnb5231]

Just curious, ballpark, what does a tear down & haul off like this cost? Thanks.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

$40,000 ish with discount to scrap out.

[@nicolausranker8521]

It's sad to me that people just tear down stuff like this. I would have used that house the way it is with some repairs and upgrades. As someone who bought my house in 2009 and the furnace was already in it, I would take that 2010 furnace for a few hundred bucks all day long.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

On each sides of this house are decent sized mansions. This is like a Beverly Hills location as I am told. This house was a good house for sure. At another price point and location I would have rehabbed it.

[@heavyduty2280]

the camera mans like... woooOOOoooOOOooo

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Camera man enjoys every second. Lol

[@scrapperjackmac]

is it easy getting the cabinets, vanities etc... out without damaging them?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Takes about two hour most kitchens. You just take the screws out one by one and pry off the trim. Its worth it. Most kitchens we sell for $1500 to $6500 depends on age and style. We sell about 1200 Sets a year from our warehouse www.reuseitpros.com. In Bonita Springs Florida

[@scrapperjackmac]

I really apeciate the content! + the time you take to respond to your audience. Currently have a similar operation up in north east pa (much smaller started in 2022) plus we do weekly trash pick up. But I get a lot of valuable info from the videos. @@removeitprosdemolition

[@scrapperjackmac]

do you use google lens? or Ebay lens? you can scan things right then & there with your iPhone!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I do, its the time my girls at the shop who do it all the time, have the extra time to fine tune and get the right asking price value to start with.

[@michaelcheli5842]

If I had a salvage company; I would include one more step in my process. 1st, I would remove all the things I think I could sell like in this video. But before I started the main demolition; I would let a recycling / repurpise company come inband remove things like the garage cabinwtes, that weren't good enough for me, but that someone could get use out of.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I am not away of a company like that here we are a small market. I would be open to it....

[@dirtrider383]

Glenn sample is one of the original developers of port royal

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I heard the same...

[@MaryMunger]

I knew Mr. Sample and dated his grandson. Glen Sample was the original developer of the Port Royal community. Did you save the memorabilia? I probably could get in contact with his grandson.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

WE gave it back to contractor they were giving it to the owner.

[@moleisrich1]

Man I haven’t been to Naples since early 1990. Place was crazy then. What in the world is up with florida. I guess I can never afford to move back. I’m in wv now and have a 6000 sq ft house on 4 acres. I thought I was good to go moving back to Fla one day, Nope. Besides I’m really use to wide open space. Hmmm but I have to get back to the water. Too many boats not to.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I love it here.....hurricanes or no hurricanes.

[@andyleo8418]

Homeowners never updated anything in that house. Multi-million dollar home with linoleum floors 😢

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yep

[@Rock-Bottem1982]

Nice phone call, even tho we all know it's fake

[@removeitprosdemolition]

A reenactment:), the neighbor did call just not at that time.....

[@cbdaug]

What about those Hunter ceiling fans? They retail for $600 and can last forever.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

The fans are hit or miss for us. www.Reuseitpros.com

[@andrewdiamond2697]

Seems like a so-so 1980s construction with some nice features. I agree with the new owner, remove anything of value and remove this house from the property. for that view, the rear windows are way insufficient. This house, were it further inland, would be worth maybe $600-800k. The house drags down the value of the site it's on.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

True words!!

[@mbeaux5693]

It's historical. Desoto stayed there when he landed in Florida.😂

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Desoto??

[@joshmartin1938]

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Have fun

[@tywebb140]

How on earth did it survive the last hurricane 😮

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Good question

[@jewell1243]

I find it hard to believe this guy has the contract to demolish this house and has no access I would call the police!!!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We finished removing the resale items today. Including the front door. Broke all windows to get the aluminum scrap stay tuned for the next video.

[@nicholastrawinski]

its a 22 million dollar construction site with a house in the way. Noone involved in the sale / ownership / design / construction has the time to wrangle up keys from an owner that probably lives out of state. Most of the people involved probably don't even live within 100 miles of the place. Why would anyone spend more then 10 minutes to deliver keys? they are just going to be the first thing thrown in the dumpster when demo starts. 24h after this video was filmed the building didn't even have doors anymore.

[@zero1fifty8]

So the owner is ok with you taking and keeping whatever proceeds you get from the salvaged items?? Sounds like a great deal

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We give a better price to be able to scrap out the house.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

www.ReUseItPros.com our resale shop.

[@user-rc2pm3zk8e]

I’m guessing your caller lives across the way and elevating the house will impact the view v

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Either that or it is a nosey neighbor that lives next door. We deal with this all the time. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@michaell6580]

Looks like OG home of Dean Witter or very near by

[@removeitprosdemolition]

OG ??

[@magiccarvettrides]

You should always donate historic photos and such to the local library and/or historical society.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

These went back to the owner.

[@user-eb6tj4wo9r]

They are saving the wood and copper pipe

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Copper yes

[@scottwarner2827]

Neighbors do not want to listen to a new house being built which will take a few years to complete, thus the call?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Good point!!

[@lisafinch3006]

Rich and Shameless

[@removeitprosdemolition]

The amount of money some of these people have is mind blowing.

[@maryfrump7937]

My Sister in law has a home there. She rents it out

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Sanibel?

[@mackieent3100]

weird that the pictures were left but everything else was taken?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes I thought that too!!

[@74ashton74]

22 million and you have neighbours 😂😂😂😂 you could buy an entire island for that in many places around the world

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Yes I bet you could.

[@christienelson1437]

People are afraid of what will take its place is why they cause trouble. Yet it becoming a house full of crime would be worse.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

It's in an extremely wealthy area with retired and nosy people. Sometimes people have nothing better to do other than worry about the next person. Nothing we are not used to. Thanks for the comment!

[@kayjay3898]

Dude, that was the most hilarious fake call ever. They called me it happened but not at the time you’re recording. 😂😂😂😂🤦‍♀️ Do you need more acting classes?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I have got a lot of issues and that might be one of them.

[@someguy9778]

😆 🤣 😂 I'm sure he was reenacting a real call.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

@@someguy9778 You got it and I do need acting classes because I am the real deal what you see is what you get, couldn't ask the guy to call back could I? Did my best to share what happened in an entertaining way.

[@CMcKinnon1013]

😢😢😢 so sad, I understand what your saying, but someone like me, who had always wanted a house, I could build a house with all that, that's not good enough.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I wish there was a way to save all the building materials but there just isn't. Unfortunately it all has to go to the dump. What do you think we should try? Thanks for the comment.

[@cynthiacowan9744]

Please tell me you removed the military paraphernalia

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Returned to owner.

[@truthray2885]

As Bette Davis said, "Whattah Dump."

[@removeitprosdemolition]

YuuuuPPP

[@christopherwenner7786]

What a waste to destroy a beautiful home I can’t believe it.very sad to see such a well made home destroyed on purpose.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We just do what we are told!!! I hate tearing down anything, this one in another location would have been a rehab.

[@armchairobserver4747]

I would never give some random caller ANY info over the phone!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

We have to deal with people of all sorts everyday. Thanks for watching!

[@rsporter]

It was fake.

[@JayKayKay7]

Whatever happened to the guy who wanted to stop your demolition?

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Didn't here from him again.

[@kevinsandells9933]

What is the strangest thing that you have found in an attic.

[@removeitprosdemolition]

A box of weird sex toys.......

[@joeybagadonuts5774]

Roughly, what would it cost a property owner for a demolition of this size? Just a ball bark if you could. Cool video!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

$40,000

[@jeffreymartin6369]

That house is not a historic home. Not even close. That plant is a Bouganvillia

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Either way...It's coming down!

[@fredmclaughlin8234]

The local Historical Society would be a place to donate the photos

[@removeitprosdemolition]

I gave them back to the owners

[@fredmclaughlin8234]

Even better!

[@SuperBotanica]

Bougainvillea is the plants name in the pots

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Noted

[@JulianaBlewett]

Lifestyles of the rich and tasteless

[@removeitprosdemolition]

YUUUPPPP!!!

[@brianflannigans5874]

strip it tp the studs and do complete remodel

[@removeitprosdemolition]

The houses here are crazy expensive. I would rehab that house in most locations, I understand it here.

[@JoyceB-qv9xq]

Antiques are items that are at least 100 years old!

[@removeitprosdemolition]

Not many antiques here I don't see them often. Thanks for the education.