Lawyer seeks variance to tear down 'Watcher' house and subdivide lot
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A lawyer asked a planning board in New Jersey on Monday to allow the owners of the so called “Watcher” house to subdivide the parcel so they can sell it for development.
Lawyer James Foerst said the $ 1.3 million home owned by Derek and Maria Broaddus is “stigmatized” and the house should be torn down to make way for two new houses, NJ.com reports.
The homebuyers refused to move into the home in Westfield, New Jersey, after receiving three letters from a person calling himself “the Watcher.”
The writer said the home had been watched by the writer, his father and his grandfather, and he was in charge of the house. The writer said he had asked for “young blood” and now he is waiting for the day when they “will be mine again.” He also asked if the owners had found what was in the walls.
The homeowners are seeking redevelopment because they have been unable to sell the home. The Westfield Planning Board did not decide on Monday whether to grant the request.
The homebuyers have sued the sellers of the home, who say they received only one strange letter and it wasn’t threatening.
