House Hunter Is Looking for the One That Got Away

Brenda McGinnis of San Bernardino was busy house hunting today.

That’s because someone stole her house.

Fortunately, it’s not the one she lives in.

McGinnis had parked a house she was trying to sell on a trailer in a vacant lot in Irwindale, police said. A potential buyer went out to look at it Thursday and reported it missing.

“It could have been stolen,” said Irwindale Lt. Charles Crawford. “Or someone might have accidentally taken the wrong one. There were three or four other houses on the lot. We’ve got a ton of phone calls we’re checking out from people who saw houses being moved.”

McGinnis’ daughter, Tina, said her mother thinks the wayward house, valued at $11,000, may be farther west. “Someone gave her a lead that it might be in Pasadena,” the daughter said. “She’s out there looking for it today.”

Crawford said the house had been on the lot at Arrow Highway and Live Oak Avenue for nine months, along with several other homes moved there pending sale. “House movers undoubtedly picked it up and moved it . . . but whether they moved the wrong house, we don’t know.”

Tina McGinnis said her mother had bought the house at an auction from an area being demolished.

When last seen, the house was described as one story high with two bedrooms and covered with white stucco.