Hurricane Milton
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 8:47 am
Hello,
I live in Florida, my county was devastated by Hurricane Milton. My neighborhood was pretty much destroyed especially my street since we have a large retention pond next to us that flooded and flooded all the homes on my street with a little higher than ankle deep water. My daughter and I evacuated to another county during the storm thankfully and didn’t have to deal with the consequences but now we’re dealing with the aftermath. I am a renter, the owner and property manager are responding quickly. The water restoration company is doing the demo on the downstairs on my condo right now and they already have a contractor coming over the weekend to do an estimate on the kitchen cabinets etc. Yesterday the flooring company came out to measure for the new floors. I’m very happy they are doing what they need to do to make it live able again. There is a tree on my roof so the second bedroom ceiling has water leaking. The HOA is responsible for the outside of the property and they are working as well to remove the trees but there are so many that were uprooted, it’s going to take a while possibly. My landlord is mostly concerned with the tree on the roof, he obviously doesn’t want to start work on the ceiling til it’s been removed. Point is, I’ve rented a hotel room for two weeks to let them do what they need to do. I’m hoping it’s enough time, I asked my landlord to keep me updated on the progress. He is willing to let me terminate my lease but I’d rather not. I applied for assistance through FEMA but my app is pending until an inspection can be done. How do things look for me? Should I cut my losses and go? Like I said a lot of the county was destroyed, I can’t imagine finding a new place will be easy.
I live in Florida, my county was devastated by Hurricane Milton. My neighborhood was pretty much destroyed especially my street since we have a large retention pond next to us that flooded and flooded all the homes on my street with a little higher than ankle deep water. My daughter and I evacuated to another county during the storm thankfully and didn’t have to deal with the consequences but now we’re dealing with the aftermath. I am a renter, the owner and property manager are responding quickly. The water restoration company is doing the demo on the downstairs on my condo right now and they already have a contractor coming over the weekend to do an estimate on the kitchen cabinets etc. Yesterday the flooring company came out to measure for the new floors. I’m very happy they are doing what they need to do to make it live able again. There is a tree on my roof so the second bedroom ceiling has water leaking. The HOA is responsible for the outside of the property and they are working as well to remove the trees but there are so many that were uprooted, it’s going to take a while possibly. My landlord is mostly concerned with the tree on the roof, he obviously doesn’t want to start work on the ceiling til it’s been removed. Point is, I’ve rented a hotel room for two weeks to let them do what they need to do. I’m hoping it’s enough time, I asked my landlord to keep me updated on the progress. He is willing to let me terminate my lease but I’d rather not. I applied for assistance through FEMA but my app is pending until an inspection can be done. How do things look for me? Should I cut my losses and go? Like I said a lot of the county was destroyed, I can’t imagine finding a new place will be easy.