I'll bet insurance doesn't cover it, either

Several homeowners along a busy road in suburban Minneapolis sold to a developer who wanted to demolish their houses and put in a strip mall. He told them they could take any fixtures, so they took apart their homes, ripping out everything from lighting fixtures to central air conditioning to landscaping. Then the developer pulled out of the deal, leaving the flabbergasted residents with uninhabitable heaps. Said one dispossed housewife: "We are simple people."