The mold is being taken care of .Side note: water issues have started and are continually being addressed: gutter work, regrading of soil around building, etc.

This town was hit hard with Sandy.

But just PM me if you want my soil scientist out of Smithfield or my septic installer/consultant out of Oxford.

I feel so bad for all the people in this terrible natural disaster. i hope for nothing but the best from all the people going through this, i cannot imagine how hard it is.There will be some major ripple effects from this storm, effects that might finally be taken more seriously, as Katrina and Sandy were other warning signs. 

I suspect there will be a lot of distressed real estate.1. lots of flooded houses with no flood insurance/ owner does not have funds to fix2. tenants have to move out/ land lord does not have enough reserves so start to hemorrhage paying on vacant non rentable houses.3. foundations going all haywire because of flooding and soil movement4. people deciding they no longer want to live in a flood prone area and just abandon ship and move somewhere else.what will be interesting to see is if the Feds create a GOZONE type tax play like they did for Katrina that really stimulated the ecnomy and brought in investors from all over the US.

Good Morning Sandy,I would be happy to help with your search of multifamily houses in those area.  

New system installs for a 3-6 bedroom house with good soils has been running me $20k.I cant speak to your market, but in the Ellsworth Me market (and surrounding area) I've been seeing rents rise.

I am at the end of a new construction build and was wondering if it is better to take care of all the landscaping (top soil, grading, sod, paver walkway etc) and AFTER this rip out the existing driveway and lay down new asphalt?

But fundamentally I know these costs for land development always exist, in all markets at all times:LandUnderground utilities, wet and dryMass gradingRoads, sidewalks, curb and gutter, signageDrainage, i.e. the building of detention/retention basin, spillways, and/or underground drainage structures (usually under the street).Development impact fees related to land (does not include the fees that you'll pay to build each houseFees:Park feesTraffic feesDrainage basin/district feesWater basin/district feesANY AND ALL OTHER FEES THAT EXIST (see below, ask and ask and ask) WHATEVER THEY MAY BESoft costsDesign and engineering costsPlan check fees for your final plat map and engineering plansPlanning application fees if processing a zone change or general plan amendmentEnvironmental studies, investigate endangered animals and plansPhase I, II, and III environmental studies, i.e. toxic and environmentally impact soils conditionsThe most important thing to remember, is that this is and must be a flexible list, not fixed and objective.

Soil Mechanics Lateral earth pressure Soil consolidation Effective and total stresses Bearing capacity Foundation settlement Slope stabilityStructural Mechanics Dead, live, wind, seismic, snow, rain, ice, impact loadsearth pressure and surcharge loadload combination and tributary areasBending, Shear , Axial Forcestorsion, buckling, fatigue, progressive collapse, thermal deformationCombined stresses Deflection Types of System: trusses, braces, and frames and its DOF (degrees of freedom)Types of Foundation: retaining walls, footings, slabs, mats, piers, piles, caissons, drilled shafts.. etc.