LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) – The only thing I could hear on Furnace Road Extension this April morning was the wind whipping the house wrap outside of Lisandra Flores’ unfinished home. The birds were soaking up the warmth of the morning sun and the wind helped clear the dew that had settled overnight.
The opening where the two-car garage door was supposed to go was a gaping opening, showing off the framing job inside. There wasn’t a single piece of drywall screwed to any of the wall studs.
The spot where the heat pump was supposed to go was marked with a copper line and a PVC pipe dangling from a hole drilled through the brick foundation.
There was no heat pump anywhere on the property.
The home looked abandoned, but a phone call weeks later revealed this building was a young family’s dream home. A family that, for the past three years, were packed into a relative’s home waiting for their house to be finished.