Power Shutoff In BofA-Owned Foreclosed Condo Leads To Frozen, Burst Pipes; Elderly Couple With Downstairs Unit Left With Flooded Apartment

In Castle Rock, Colorado, KMGH-TV Channel 7 reports:

• An elderly couple thought the next chapter in their life had begun. Bill and Taloah Thorpe recently moved to an assisted living complex and were getting ready to rent their Castle Rock condo. On Dec. 10, everything changed.

• "There was water everywhere," said Terry Thorpe, the couple's son. According to a report by the Castle Rock Fire Department, a large amount of water was coming through the ceiling -- through fixtures and holes in the drywall. The report stated the water break was on the balcony in the closet in the unit above. To make matters worse, the condo where the pipe burst is in foreclosure.

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• Thorpe said he contacted the homeowners association but was told it was not their responsibility. He then contacted Bank of America who foreclosed on the condo above his parents. Neither he nor his insurance agent, Bob Lowry, have heard from the bank.

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• Thorpe said he is frustrated because he knows his family is not the only one having to deal with a situation like this as a result of a foreclosed property. "Just in my parents' condominium complex, there were five condos in foreclosure that all had pipes break in the same week," said Thorpe. Thorpe said the homeowners association told him it contacted the banks which foreclosed on units in the complex and asked them to keep the utilities turned on so this wouldn't happen and every bank refused.

For the story, see Foreclosed Condo Floods Unit Below (No One Taking Responsibility).

See also, KUSA-TV Channel 9: Condo owners left in the cold after neighbor's foreclosure.