Does Draper city bear any responsibility for allowing development on top of sand?

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Apr 23, 2023
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A house in Draper fell down the mountain.

scootsy goon to a goblin?

4/22/23 8:21am

Any deaths/injuries?

reppintheY14

4/22/23 8:23am

And so it begins…this happened in 1983 as well. I feel bad for those owners.

specsauce

4/22/23 8:23am

Unfortunately, one of the risks of building a house on the side of a mountain.

Flippy

4/22/23 8:23am

A mountain of sand no less...

BYUtka

4/22/23 8:48am

Stop being cheap, hire a geotechnical Engineer before construction

Samuel Hall Society

4/22/23 12:27pm

Did they not do that?

fredetteaboutit13

4/23/23 11:21am

Seems they may have paid someone to tell them what they wanted to hear.

BYUtka

4/23/23 11:29am

When the builder is a super crummy builder. Apparently builder isn’t covering

conetah

4/23/23 12:01pm

It seems like a lot of geotechnical engineering firms are going to be sued

BYU'01

4/22/23 8:23am

That’s why they have E&O insurance. And if everything was designed to code for

WDaddy

4/22/23 9:31am

When I was at BYU years ago, geology professor told us a lot of the ritzier

Gustav

4/22/23 8:24am

The only thing I remember from my geology for engineers class at Byu was to

tyler durden

4/22/23 10:56am

That was my takeaway from the class too.

OverratedHumor

4/22/23 12:51pm

Ksl featured this house a while ago I belive and it was already condemned.

Kauai

4/22/23 8:25am

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Buffalo

4/22/23 8:29am

I’m frankly shocked that this doesn’t happen more

ballen

4/22/23 8:25am

This looks like the Edge home development

wildlandfireguy

4/22/23 8:26am

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Buffalo

4/22/23 8:29am

It is. Edge fought the city decision to condemn the house

YIsForBrigham

4/22/23 10:48am

Something something something about a house upon the sand

JimmyZ

4/22/23 8:31am

If only they had paid attention in Primary...

John Doe

4/22/23 9:24am

I feel like we are going to see the same with the tavaci development above the

NarfUte

4/22/23 8:32am

Yikes this isn’t far from me. Our neighborhood has also been having major

Chefcurry

4/22/23 8:36am

How could there not be lawsuits? Engineering firms should be sued too

BYU'01

4/22/23 8:41am

Sell and move now, before the whole area is condemned.

BYUtka

4/22/23 8:50am

But what if I want my house to slide so I can sue and move to San Clemente on

Chefcurry

4/22/23 9:23am

The developers will fold the company to avoid the debts and then open a new

BYUtka

4/22/23 1:01pm

Update: that is actually one and a half houses. Two were destroyed by the sliding.

scootsy

4/22/23 8:40am

Build stupid homes win stupid prizes

WhirleyPop

4/22/23 8:43am

Video of it falling

scootsy

4/22/23 8:45am

That guy has a great view now! Lucky.

Superkid

4/22/23 8:46am

"When the HOA says one story only..."

Florwood

4/22/23 10:48am

I was going to say it became a rambler but it really became a facade of a house

Superkid

4/22/23 10:51am

Welp, that’s definitely something you don’t see every day. 🙁

BleedCougarBlue2

4/22/23 12:10pm

From December

maxpowers

4/22/23 8:45am

The entire wasatch front is unstable with earthquake or sand problems. Never

Idacoug

4/22/23 8:52am

Developers knew they would be long gone before it was a major issue. That's how

BYUtka

4/22/23 8:59am

This is so true. I am as conservative as they come, but we have been taken over

Pine

4/22/23 9:37am

RE: A house in Draper fell down the mountain.

No touching

4/22/23 8:53am

When your house on top of the mountain is suddenly in the valley...

John Doe

4/22/23 9:31am

I subscribe to the 3 little pigs school of engineering. Some don’t. Obviously.

Stalwartbob

4/22/23 9:07am

Look at some of the houses on the eroding hill just before you enter AF Canyon.

KCFan85

4/22/23 9:23am

are the neighbors at risk?

ColonelMustard

4/22/23 9:35am

Yeah one of the houses next to is has started slipping as well.

scootsy

4/22/23 11:48am

Edge is a criminal org. Chinese owned too.

Mjolnir

4/22/23 9:56am

that would explain why they build such crappy houses

maxpowers

4/22/23 10:01am

I thought Japanese private equity but started by Steve Maddox

Turnpike Lane

4/22/23 10:01am

Remarkable those houses get approved in the first place

BYU '80

4/22/23 10:05am

The President of Edge Homes, Gordy Jones, probably wishes he hadn't said this...

bigjohn

4/22/23 10:32am

They should just offer to build them an equivalent house in another area

I'mBatman

4/22/23 10:46am

I live a few minutes away from there. No matter what engineers or builders say,

Roko's Basilisk

4/22/23 10:37am

Seems predictable. I’m worried about some of the homes above the Bountiful cliff

DC15

4/22/23 10:52am

Any insurance protection for this, or just fight with the developer?

Florwood

4/22/23 11:06am

I remember multiple builders/contractors i know calling this in the early 2000's

indocoug

4/22/23 11:38am

This is why every house on the bench needs to hire a Geotechnical Engineer

Samuel Hall Society

4/22/23 12:26pm

I cant believe that im saying this… my mother informed me something i could not

Kylester

4/23/23 9:40am

Does Draper city bear any responsibility for allowing development on top of sand?

Spiff

4/23/23 11:36am

Climate change?

jamalccc

4/23/23 5:06pm

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