TAMPA - The story of Shawn Hill's battle for his Tampa house starts with a knock on the door.
"He said, 'I'm here to serve you a notice of foreclosure,'" Hill recounted.
Hill remembers that day in 2008 like it was yesterday.
"You know, you have the wind knocked out of you," he said.
Fortunately, Hill was able to negotiate with his bank. He says they canceled the sale and approved loan modification.
Then, eleven days ago, he answered another knock at the door.
"He says, I'm an investor and I wanted to take a look at the property. The property is up for foreclosure this morning at the Hillsborough County Courthouse,'"Hill explained.
Hill thought he and his bank had reached an agreement. He says he was making payments and believed he was on track to save his home.
Hill's not sure what went wrong with the bank, but he thinks he knows what went wrong with the court.
He says he received no notice his house faced foreclosure again because the address his bank supplied to the court was incorrect, and so his mail was sent to the wrong homeowner.
"They may have discarded them or thrown them away, but I've never received a notice," Hill said.
Hill's address is 202. The address on record in the Hillsborough County Courthouse is 2020.
"He had no knowledge whatsoever that his home was being sold out from underneath him," Hill's attorney, Matthew Weidner said.
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