Eshele Williams always believed she’d eventually own the home she rented in Altadena’s historic Janes Village neighborhood.
The 1920s cottage was where she brought her son Brayden home from the hospital and where she held backyard parties for birthdays or whatever anniversary family and friends wanted to celebrate. Her mom lived a block away; her three sisters weren’t much further.
When the Eaton fire destroyed the house she called home for nearly 17 years, she received a proposal from the landlord. Williams said she was told she could have the burned lot if she could pay $565,000, all cash, and close within 15 days.
