Share May 20, 2021, 11:31 PM HGTV home rehabber Nicole Curtis has won a dispute over a dilapidated house the Detroit Land Bank Authority tried to repossess even as it repeatedly claimed its foremost goal is to ensure properties are restored to productive use. The East Grand Boulevard house at the center of the dispute (Photo: N A judge on Thursday sided with Curtis, whose LLC bought the 2,600 square foot house in Islandview for $17,000 in 2017. Wayne Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Kenny noted in a ruling issued Thursday that the land bank was awarded the house in a nuisance abatement proceeding in 2016, yet it didn t record the title for more than a year after Curtis renovation firm recorded its deed.
The star of HGTV's "Rehab Addict Rescue" has won a yearslong dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home.
Nicole Curtis said she has spent at least $60,000 to start fixing up the home at 451 E. Grand Blvd. after buying it from a couple for $17,000. But the Detroit Land Bank Authority…
Share May 20, 2021, 11:31 PM HGTV home rehabber Nicole Curtis has won a dispute over a dilapidated house the Detroit Land Bank Authority tried to repossess even as it repeatedly claimed its foremost goal is to ensure properties are restored to productive use.
The East Grand Boulevard house
(Photo: Nancy Derringer) A judge sided with Curtis, whose business bought the 2,600-square-foot house in Islandview for $17,000 in 2017. Wayne Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Kenny noted in a ruling issued Thursday that the land bank was awarded the house in a nuisance abatement proceeding in 2016, yet it didn t record the title for more than a year after Curtis renovation firm recorded its deed.
HGTV s Nicole Curtis wins dispute over Detroit home project
May 21, 2021
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FILE - In this March 8, 2021 file photo, a house, in need of repair, sits along East Grand Boulevard, in Detroit. Nicole Curtis, the star of HGTV s Rehab Addict Rescue, has won a dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home. Curtis said she has spent at least $60,000 to start fixing up the home after buying it from a couple for $17,000. But the Detroit Land Bank Authority stepped forward and said it was the actual legal owner. Wayne County Judge Tim Kenny ruled in Curtis favor, saying her renovation group had recorded a title to the property before the Land Bank did, The Detroit News reported Friday. (John Greilick/Detroit News via AP)John Greilick/AP
Judge rules in favor of Nicole Curtis in suit against Detroit Land Bank
Posted at 10:35 AM, May 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-21 10:35:38-04
HGTV star Nicole Curtis has won her fight against the Detroit Land Bank. A judge ruled this week that Curtis would be awarded the property after she sued the city for how it handled a property she purchased back in 2017.
Curtis originally purchased the home at 451 E. Grand Blvd from Jerome and Joyce Cauley for $17,000.
âWe did a title search and there were liens for back taxes and water, all the normal things,â says Curtis. She says the title company did not find any other claims to ownership at that time.