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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (249916)9/6/2005 6:07:46 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1575998
 
"then the house structurally should be okay."

Even if true, there are going to be serious toxic mold problems. If for no other reason, those houses will be demolished because of this risk.

There was mold in every house in NO before the hurricane. You can't avoid mold in a wet climate. We have the same problem here. After they open the walls up, they can spray for the mold before closing the walls back up. One of the last houses I did was a 6K sq ft house in a wealthy area of Pasadena, CA. It had sat vacate for 20 years with huge holes in the roof........small trees, plant life, mold and moss was growing all over inside the house. The house had two families of possums living in the house, untold number of mice and a raccoon........plus a million fleas. Every pipe and sewer line in the house had leaked for years and the house smelled of excrement even though it had been unoccupied for so long.

However, the structural integrity was intact even though it had gone through several major earthquakes in its history. The rehab took 6 months and I brought it in under budget. The house looked incredible and sold for $750K......it would have sold for more but it had a funky right-of-way easement that restricted the selling price.

Some housing 'experts' will tell you that everything is goner in NO but its not true. There are some 'experts' who don't like to deal with any property older than 20 years. Besides, we can't afford to tear everything down in NO and start all over. It would be cheaper to buy the land back and close the city down.

ted
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