A homeowner has been fighting the City of St. Petersburg since 2016 after learning his house was built in a city utility easement that wasn’t recorded on his deed and which contains two large water transmission lines.
“It’s worthless,” Hamid Salahutdin said of his 3,400 square foot home in 2023, even though Zillow estimated it was worth more than $900,000 at the time.
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Man fights city for 9 years over water mains passing within feet of his home
But Zillow didn’t consider a record-keeping mishap that happened 95 years ago that resulted in his house and pool being constructed just feet away from 36-inch and 48-inch water mains, which carry more than a million gallons of water an hour.
Since we first brought you Hamid’s story in August 2023, more than 4 million people have viewed it on YouTube…