Sorry to hear this Tony! Its pretty bad on the Coast especially around Port A and Rockport/Fulton.We had just bought our retirement house on August 20 in Rockport, Tx. To take possession on September 1. Harvey hit on August 25.
Have not been able to see the damage inside yet.
Thanks. We have not been able to get in because we gave the sellers more time to get out, since they evacuated early. Maybe next week.......That is some terrible news. Rockport was a total disaster from what I've read.We had just bought our retirement house on August 20 in Rockport, Tx. To take possession on September 1. Harvey hit on August 25.
Have not been able to see the damage inside yet.
My brother tells me that Rockport, PortA, and Aransas Pass look like war zones. There was no insurance in place, as we had not taken possession yet. Drone pics of the house show missing shingles, the back porch roof blown off, the carport has disappeared, all the trees stripped of leaves, etc. We do not know yet about water damage inside or storm surge damage in the crawl space. :unsure:Sorry to hear this Tony! Its pretty bad on the Coast especially around Port A and Rockport/Fulton.We had just bought our retirement house on August 20 in Rockport, Tx. To take possession on September 1. Harvey hit on August 25.
Have not been able to see the damage inside yet.
Hopefully y'all had good insurance or good luck, some did!
I would think you could not take possession since the house is no longer in the condition it was in when you signed the intent to buy contract?My brother tells me that Rockport, PortA, and Aransas Pass look like war zones. There was no insurance in place, as we had not taken possession yet. Drone pics of the house show missing shingles, the back porch roof blown off, the carport has disappeared, all the trees stripped of leaves, etc. We do not know yet about water damage inside or storm surge damage in the crawl space. :unsure:Sorry to hear this Tony! Its pretty bad on the Coast especially around Port A and Rockport/Fulton.We had just bought our retirement house on August 20 in Rockport, Tx. To take possession on September 1. Harvey hit on August 25.
Have not been able to see the damage inside yet.
Hopefully y'all had good insurance or good luck, some did!
No. We already closed. Anyway, if the damage is not too bad, we want the house anyway.I would think you could not take possession since the house is no longer in the condition it was in when you signed the intent to buy contract?My brother tells me that Rockport, PortA, and Aransas Pass look like war zones. There was no insurance in place, as we had not taken possession yet. Drone pics of the house show missing shingles, the back porch roof blown off, the carport has disappeared, all the trees stripped of leaves, etc. We do not know yet about water damage inside or storm surge damage in the crawl space. :unsure:Sorry to hear this Tony! Its pretty bad on the Coast especially around Port A and Rockport/Fulton.We had just bought our retirement house on August 20 in Rockport, Tx. To take possession on September 1. Harvey hit on August 25.
Have not been able to see the damage inside yet.
Hopefully y'all had good insurance or good luck, some did!
His best option at this point is to apply for FEMA assistance even without flood insurance. A few weeks ago the federal government was gearing up to slash FEMA's funding. Then in the wake of two extremely well timed hurricanes they've since reversed course on a dime and increased funding instead, at least temporarily. Might as well take advantage of it before they change their mind and return to defunding FEMA instead.
Fema is assisting those who lost their residences. Mine is a future retirement house. We are high and dry here in DFW. My brother's house in Rockport id not too damaged, it is new and built like a war bunker, with steel plates in the walls and steel beams down to rock. He had slight wind damage and some water damage, all told, not too bad.
Ah, good point. My information was secondhand based on what I was hearing from folks in Houston, but you seem to be on top of it. Sounds like you're in a bit of a bind financially, but at least none of your important stuff was there yet, including yourself.
I saw on FB where garbage trucks from other areas were helping Houston get rid of the excess garbage
I saw on FB where garbage trucks from other areas were helping Houston get rid of the excess garbage
I'm surprised that area between San Antonio and Houston doesn't have at least 1-2 stops, between both cities. Like say, the stops would be at Columbus and Seguin. Or maybe Schulenburg? Though Flatonia is close enough to Schulenburg, lol. Congrats to Flatonia, and good to hear their attempt to add an Amtrak station was approved by Union Pacific!
Seguin did NOT tear down its SP depot.
Flatonia saw its chance and grabbed it, ahead of Schulenberg or Luling or Seguin (which is probably too close to SAS anyway). Luling would have better served the Austin market, but props to Flatonia for pulling this off.
Maybe but, as you're probably aware, Texans have a completely different idea of what constitutes a "Sunday drive" than most of the rest of the US.
This! There are now more non-native Texans in the Lone Star State than we born and bred Texans.
