The excavators began to tear the house ashore in Welflati, known as Blesch House on Monday morning, but who was responsible for the demolition was not immediately clear.
A GFM Excavating excavator, even closer to the house, a Gradall motorcker, a portable toilet and pickups, were parked around the house on Friday when Wellfleet resident Jeff Budo came out on the big island. He posted photos on the Facebook page of the Wellfleet Community. Boudro is not the only one to follow the house that holds the edge of the collapse. More than 90 people commented.
People wanted to know who was destroying the house and more importantly – who pays for it.
“He who pays for this is not us,” said board chairman John Wolf in a phone call on Monday.
The destruction of the home at the end of Chequessett Neck Road in Wellfleet was underway on Monday morning. The home landed on a bluff overlooking the Cape Code Bay. Over the years, erosion has been feeding on a bluff. Photo taken on February 24, 2025
In January, two lawyers of the current owner, New York’s lawyer John Bonomi, Jr., said their client would not spend more money on the house.
“John Bonomi and CQN Salvage do not spend $ 1 million plus to destroy this house,” said Thomas Moore, a lawyer who claims to be Bonomi and CQN Salvage, “Wellfleet’s conservation committee told January 15th.
A controversial house on the edge of the WELLFLEET beach scale
The selection Council held an executive session before its regular session on February 18 to discuss the house, Wolf said. He could not share information about the session, but admitted that board members knew that Cape Associates was potentially engaged. He said the board did not know that a permit was withdrawn to demolish the house.
The dispute follows the house since its construction. Past and current owners of already 5150 square feet house overlooking the Cape Code Bay and the WELLFLEET harbor tried to save it from the water and wind that imposed the thin sand on which it sits. Parts of the house are removed as erosion eats in a land close to the foundation.
Several excavator operators work in the destruction of the home at the end of Chequessett Neck Road. The destruction of the home at the end of Chequessett Neck Road in Wellfleet was underway on Monday morning. The home landed on a bluff overlooking the Cape Code Bay. Over the years, erosion has been feeding on a bluff. Photo taken on February 24, 2025
Mark and Barbara Blash were built in 2010. Over the years, sand was thrown out on the beach in front of the house for protection. They tried and failed to get the city protection committee to approve the construction of a rock lining. The appeal of Blaschs was rejected. Family Trust Family Trust’s lawyers filed a lawsuit at the Superior Court Barnstable.
In 2021, New York’s lawyer John Bonomi, Jr., bought the house for $ 5.5 million. The blasch trial was still in anticipation.
Bonomi and the city have been in contradiction. At this meeting of the Committee on January 15, Bonomi’s lawyer James Galaher said Bonomi “passed from the House” and would not spend more money on it.
It is a matter of time before the house falls into the sea, unless drastic measures have been taken to save it.
The excavator operator removes a steel beam from the home and sets it aside. The destruction of the home at the end of Chequessett Neck Road in Wellfleet began on Monday morning. The home landed on a bluff overlooking the Cape Code Bay. Over the years, erosion has been feeding on a bluff. Photo taken on February 24, 2025
City authorities were concerned that if the house falls into the sea, the currents would take toxic materials at the WELLFLEET port and spoil the oyster beds there.
“No matter who takes him down, I’m just glad he won’t find himself in the ocean,” Budo said.
Calls to the city administrator Thomas Gerrino, environmental agent Lessia McKena and Cape’s associates were not returned immediately on Monday.
Denise Kofi writes about business, tourism and questions affecting residents and visitors to Cape. Contact her in dcoffy@capecodonline.com S
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This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Who destroyed Blasch House in Wellfleet? No one wants a loan.