When dreams go up in flames

On May 12,  I blogged about the houses across the street that I was interested in buying, word on the street was that they were considering selling....well would you believe that while I was away, one of the houses when up in flames...fortunately no-one was hurt, but by looking at the house from the outside, I would guess it will be a very long time before that house will go up for sale - and when it does, I'm guessing it will be a brand new house.   So, now we just have to hope the other one stays in one piece before they put it up for sale :)

Here is the "after" photo....