The aforementioned (and ill-fated) freelancer base would have been mine, thanks for trying to help by the way!
I admit I didn't really know what I was letting myself in for there, was a good experience though, I actually have an idea of what's involved for next time...
As far as the thread topic goes though, I agree, if someone can take the base down while the scaffolding is still on, well fair enough.
But it really would be nice to know who took it out, I'd suggest that a post should go up on the forums simply to state the intention, and as soon as it's up, fire away!
It would be nice to know if it got taken down for no reason, or for a reason, then I might have some sort of appropriate response, depending on who did it.