Welp, I'm out of business...

[flyboy]

Dude, I saw the pictures of your walk-in and wanted to cry. Good luck on the rebuild. Keep us up to date on how it's going.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

I am really glad that you have insurance, it will be quite some time and cost to suck all the mud and moisture out of your house. Best of luck and I hope you were able to save everything.

 

[yeoldebrewer]

Bummer! But glad to hear you have flood insurance.

 

[John Beere]

I got this photo today from the newspaper's photographer. He was in a boat floating in my backyard. This wasn't the high water mark, but close- it rose another 6" or so later that day...

 

[slimer]

Do you get a new roof with the insurance as well?

How's the rebuild coming along?

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I got this photo today from the newspaper's photographer. He was in a boat floating in my backyard. This wasn't the high water mark, but close- it rose another 6" or so later that day...

Brings new meaing to "Deep Six" brewing!

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

Brings new meaing to "Deep Six" brewing!

Ouch. I mean I "thought it", but to say it out loud

I can't say for sure, but this looks like a complete disaster. Was there a ex nearby ?

 

[John Beere]

Nah- I've been talking about it since this happened... Deep Six just became the most appropriate name ever.

Looks like the government is finally coming through...
FEMA: Federal Aid Programs For Georgia Disaster Recovery

This is going to help out a lot as I feel as if I'm really being low-balled by my insurance adjuster... I got the total from them last night- they want to settle for only $85k in damages.

 

[eriktlupus]

is this a gut and refit or a complete teardown?

 

[Saccharomyces]

This is going to help out a lot as I feel as if I'm really being low-balled by my insurance adjuster... I got the total from them last night- they want to settle for only $85k in damages.

That sucks. I guess they call them adjusters for a reason... they try to adjust your rectum. I suggest trying to adjust theirs instead.

In a situation like this I would think it would be worth $$ to hire an attorney to deal with the insurance company. They seem to expect most people to take less than they should just to get it over with. For those guys every $ in claims is a $ in profit they can't report, so they have no financial interest in making you happy.

 

[John Beere]

The house has been gutted to the ceiling and will be rebuilt as is. Now if it ever happens again...

I am waiting on my builder to come back and tell me his price to rebuild it exactly as is. Then I'll take that back to the Insurance company.

Once I get this all settled, I am completely redoing the floorplan- have already started working with an architect on opening up the kitchen and living areas and adding a 4th bedroom while we are at it...

 

[McKBrew]

I hadn't been keeping up on this thread. Sorry about the loss of you home. Take care and let us know how things on the rebuild are coming along.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Once I get this all settled, I am completely redoing the floorplan- have already started working with an architect on opening up the kitchen and living areas and adding a 4th bedroom while we are at it...

Now you can plumb beer and glycol lines through out the house!

 

[david_42]

Any chance of adding a TALL basement?

 

[paintb22]

I'm really sorry for your loss. I just moved to Valdosta a few months ago. If you need a hand with anything let me know I would be more than happy to help.

Where abouts in Valdosta are you located? I am currently in Remerton but will be moving to a new apartment shortly.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

Once again sorry for your loss and I hope you get what you need from the insurance company. Best of luck in the rebuild and look at it as an opportunity to fix all the things you did not like about the house. A small consolation for all the hassle and loss.

 

[david_42]

Getting flooded out is a tough way to remodel, but my business partner did her's after a large tree clipped the house.

 

[Bopper]

Nah- I've been talking about it since this happened... Deep Six just became the most appropriate name ever.

Looks like the government is finally coming through...
FEMA: Federal Aid Programs For Georgia Disaster Recovery

This is going to help out a lot as I feel as if I'm really being low-balled by my insurance adjuster... I got the total from them last night- they want to settle for only $85k in damages.

John, I unfortunately have some experience in this area. We lost a home to a burst pipe where the water ran for three weeks. The house ended up being a complete knock down and rebuild.

We hired someone from the archetect firm that we used for the rebuild to negotiate with the insurance adjuster on our behalf as he had substantial experience with water damange and rebuild costs as well as insurance negotiation. The insurance adjuster will always try to get out of it as cheaply as possible but there is definitely room for negotiation, especially if you can find an archetect or builder that has experience in this area. They'll have more clout with the adjuster than you will, generally. IMHO, it may be worth it to pay someone to do this work on your behalf (unless you have substantial construction experience and have a very good understanding of costs for the rebuild including very specific details on labor and material costs). We were able to get the insurance adjuster to come up about 25% higher than his initial figure. Unfortunately, the insurance adjuster never did agree that the home was a knock down. We chose to do this as the house really needed a lot of updates anyway prior to the burst pipe.

Best of luck to you in the rebuild. I know how difficult this. I really admire your positive attitude about it.

 

[John Beere]

Welp- 40+ days in and we've still not started rebuilding... I think I finally have my financing straight and should at least get the builder started later this week. Ugh...

I still don't know what I'm going to do for a brewery. I'm thinking about just going ahead and building a brewshed out back...

 

[olllllo]

How about a shed on a pontoon boat?

 

[John Beere]

How about a shed on a pontoon boat?

It will be built on stilts... I promise you that!

 

[ODP]

Any news on the rebuild? I know it's been awhile since this disaster happened- as I'm new to the board I just read this all for the first time. Things going okay?

 

[kappclark]

Just discovered this thread - sorry for your troubles.

Let's see that Brewshed !

 

[John Beere]

The house just reached the 50% mark yesterday when the sheet rock got hung... its hard to believe that its not further along, but we did end up doing a FULL remodel- there isn't a single room in the house that is laid out the same as it was before the flood.

I'm going to have to wait until a little later in the project to see how much money is left over to build the brewery, but it will happen- one way or the other, it will happen!

 

[Yambor44]

Gabe,

Sorry to hear about this! I was reading thru your walk-in-cooler thread when I came upon the link to this. Any updates? Are you finished up?

 

[John Beere]

We (my boys and I) are currently living in our travel trailer in the backyard but are slowly moving back in. All thats left is to get the sod and landscaping redone.. BUT, and it is a big *but*, is that we've gone over budget and I'm out of money.. so, as of right now, we haven't even started on an outbuilding for storage and the brewery.

If all goes well, the house will be valued considerably more than pre-flood and I'll be able to borrow a little more to build the brewery in the backyard (on stilts).. but I won't know for sure for a few more weeks.

 

[John Beere]

Trailer, sweet trailer.

 

[mmb]

Trailer, sweet trailer.

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When the house is finished, looks like you have HBT's first full hookup campsite for brew gatherings.

Or a great base for your brewshack.

 

[John Beere]

Oh yeah.. it has all hookups except for sewage but I have a special pump for that which feeds it to my home sewer.

FYI, we have moved back into the house- but only barely. I'll have to post some new photos soon. Right now I still don't know what I'm going to do for a brewery but plan to solve that problem as soon as I get all my refinancing done..

 

[metaltim]

just wanna bring this back up.. how's the house? started on your brewery on stilts yet?