We contacted 10 or so local architects which 7 of them told us they were to busy on the South Shore to take on new clients, which left 3 for us to interview. Rising assistance Program for Hurricane damage repair. It seems they decided to change the flood zone since Sandy and now we are in the (VE) zone, but the good news is we are eligible for the N.Y. The next month FEMA came by to notify me, we now have to lift the house 14+ feet. I decided to GC the work since I own a Property Maintenance Co. Since the South Shore on Long Island was hit so hard trying to fine a contracting Company to do the repairs was non existent. Once they were finished and certified the work I proceeded to rebuild. We completely gutted the first level and had to have Environmental Companie come in to kill the mould and mildew. Our insurance Company arrived then processed our claim and now it was time to rebuild. Our Flood Insurance inspectors took a few weeks to get here and by then black mould had started growing through out the first floor so I decided to demo the lower level and had to separate our personal items for Insurance purposes and everything else went into the 40 yd dumpster. Several of our vehicles were complete under water during the storm. When it was over had 10 foot of debris piled up the length of the 70 foot driveway and we had 4+ foot of water in the first floor, all of our boarding was gone, we found our generator across the street in the marsh along with decking, parts of the house with others. The waves were close to 18-20 foot at times and that's very rare for Long Island Sound. Our deck off the house is on the beach and you step right on to the sand off it, after Sandy we had a 20 foot drop. We were not prepared for the immense power and flooding this storm had and damage we received. So when Sandy hit to us is was just another board up lower floors, plenty of gas for the generator, food, water etc. We have been on the water for the last 30 years and never evacuated the property. My story is mainly to tell you to be cautious of storm damage repair Companies and architectural Companies that you could be scammed with. But its all worth it until Sandy came along. Living on the water is not as glorified as you hear, constant maintenance, repairs and updates not to mention Northeastern Hurricanes.
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