2009 Iberville Demo Work

This is about 4 days into the demo.  Walls have been gutted and and most of the interior is completely cleaned out.  It is going well and within 5 days it was complete.  The next big project will be the roof on 2009 Iberville. 

Tuesday October 9, 2012 I have a inspector looking roof and what it will take to repair FEMA is also coming out to look over property.  I have another company coming out to look at what it will take to raise and level the church.  I do have a swagger to the building which is cute but I want everything straight even though it is acceptable to have at least a 6 inch drop in your floor in New Orleans.  People consider it level if it is even 6 inches off!!!! 

2009 Iberville Renovations

While I bought the church I purchased the property next door as well. I want to renovate it as well as the church so I had the demo started on both properties of the parts of the property which no longer will be needed. Above is the roof area between the two buildings being dismantled. It took about 3 hours but was needed because of the damage from Katrina.

 

 

The building on the right side with the red brick front is 2009 Iberville.  I am completely gutting it so all that will be left is the roof, exterior walls and flooring.  It is 2418 square feet and I will be turning it into a 3 bedroom 3 bath home which I will most likely sell after I complete it to concentrate on my church renovation.

 

This is the front entrance and day 1 of demo.

Damage from Isaac

The storm did not bring the storm that was to be the storm to match Katrina but what it did bring is a lot of rain and wind.  The Hurricane was nothing to laugh at but wind and rain do bring problems as well.  I seemed to have lost most of the top caps which are clay and added to the edges and tops of roofs in the south to protect the tops from wind damage due to storms.  They are very old and they did not hold up very well.

While I was packing to leave to move over to Baton Rouge to wait out the storm I did get a call from the Nation  Register of Historical Places and my building was eligible to be on the register and so without too much paperwork or sweat I am now on the NRHP.  It is one step further along on my journey to finish this renovation.