KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The owner of an unoccupied house in one of Knoxville‘s most expensive neighborhoods has reached an agreement to complete construction and make improvements to the property.
The 6,000-square-foot home, built in 1970, was once a showcase on Cherokee Boulevard in Knoxville’s upscale Sequoyah Hills community, but plans to remodel the home by owner John Schubert stopped years ago. Now something is being done.
The compromise was reached last week, just days before a trial was set to begin in the lawsuit filed by Turner Howard, who asked the court to make Schubert fix up the place and follow city codes and ordinances. Now, Schubert has been given 30 months to comply with the court order…