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To: combjelly who wrote (249916)	9/6/2005 6:07:46 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574509

"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

To: combjelly who wrote (249916)	9/6/2005 6:14:47 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1574509

>>>> 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. cj This is correct and was the point I was making. New Orleans will be a different city, one which is much smaller and newer. A lot of the areas that have been destroyed are extremely run down anyway.

To: combjelly who wrote (249916)	9/6/2005 6:27:21 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1574509

combjelly, 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. Yup. If you add all the costs of making these homes habitable again, (a lot of them were in a poor shape even before the hurricane and flood) you end up with a low quality houses after all the money is spent. It may be more cost effective to demolish them and start from scratch, and you end up with much better quality housing for not much more. Even better, they should build new houses only on higher elevations. Joe