Irene has certainly taken her toll on Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo (also known as the tri-villages). After 40 days and 40 nights of incredible efforts and a new 600ft. bridge span by the NC Department of Transportation, the Civil Corp of Engineers and Dare County it looks like we will be able to get to see the progress, first hand, on our beach cottage by mid October!
Irene hit the tri-villages on August 27th cutting 3 new inlets and preventing the residents, merchants and seasonal renters access. By Labor Day weekend Pogie (our builder) was busy making arrangements to get his contractors there by boat and finding them housing since getting to and from by car was not possible. Miraculously, by the 3rd week of September work on the Sack of Crabs had begun again after inspections required by the county. She now has all her cedar shake siding on, insulation complete and dry wall is going up. We are waiting for an estimated close date, however, I suspect even with Irene, we will be in our new beach house before Christmas thanks to the work ethics and tenacity of Pogie and his crew!! I have included some pics of the home below.
If you are interested in seeing the aftermath of Irene and the progression of the recovery efforts, the NC Department of Transportation has done an incredible job covering the efforts and keeping the residents, property owners and business owners up to date. Here is the link - it is
truly worth checking out:
http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/nc12recovery/
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| She held up well during Irene - missing some wrap paper and a few shingles but all and all pretty good! |
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| The Porta-potty was no match for Irene :-) |
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| Re-wrapping and putting on the remaining cedar shakes |
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| Cedar shakes almost complete! |
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| Living room and Dining room insulation is up |
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| Kitchen is insulated! |
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| Working on the stairwell/landing |
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| The Sack of Crabs is coming to life! |
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| Dry wall is going up - one of the bedrooms on the 1st floor |
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| Upstairs master bathroom |
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| Dining Room |
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| Stairwell/half-bath/landing |
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| East side of her. Jet out is the half-bath on the stair landing |
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| Back wall of Living Room and then kitchen is on the left. Behind living room is the upstair master bedroom and bath. |
We hope to get down to see her the last weekend of October. We want to give the local residents/merchants some time to spend on their homes and businesses before we head down.
Until then - SEA YA!!
xoxox
Kim & Ron
