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Effects of Flooding?
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:32 am
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:32 am
After Katrina, new construction boomed and prices went up.
Personally, I don't see that this time. We learned not to use Chinese Sheetrock, and once you get a house gutted, you can live in it.
Labor may be in short supply, but it can be brought in.
Dunno? Anybody see the effects of the flooding in the real estate market / construction / etc?
Personally, I don't see that this time. We learned not to use Chinese Sheetrock, and once you get a house gutted, you can live in it.
Labor may be in short supply, but it can be brought in.
Dunno? Anybody see the effects of the flooding in the real estate market / construction / etc?
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Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:34 am to Halftrack
More Hispanics in Baton Rouge and surrounding area
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:34 am to Halftrack
I just hope the value of my un-flooded house in STA skyrockets so I can sell it and build a batchelor pad in the middle of a cow pasture somewhere.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:35 am to Halftrack
FEMA
Find
Every
Mexican
Available
Hopefully my property values go up so we can GTFO.
Find
Every
Mexican
Available
Hopefully my property values go up so we can GTFO.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:36 am to Halftrack
We were looking to move anyway.
Our house has 6ft 10in. Of water and will more than likely be condemned.
I'm afraid we won't be able to find a house to buy.
:(
Our house has 6ft 10in. Of water and will more than likely be condemned.
I'm afraid we won't be able to find a house to buy.
:(
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:39 am to heypaul
There are plenty of homes for sale in non flooded areas of Baton Rouge
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:40 am to heypaul
Mine wasn't sandbagged, didn't get water in it, and will be on the market in a few weeks.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:40 am to heypaul
Wow, sorry to hear that. Hope you find one. Maybe come to EBR?
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:42 am to Halftrack
I think short term, all houses on the market that didn't flood will be sold within a month. Long term, I don't see how it could help the real estate market when most didn't have flood insurance.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 7:43 am to djangochained
quote:
Baton Rouge
My wife works for the LP school board and my 2 daughters and both of us want to stay out here.
The friends we are staying have a house by them that's high and dry that we looked at 2 weeks ago, but now we can't find a (trusted) realtor.
This post was edited on 8/20/16 at 8:19 am
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:17 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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on the market in a few weeks.
Are you within the golden triangle?
Watson Denham Walker?
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:20 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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batchelor pad
Probably invest some of that new found $$ in spelling classes.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:20 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
You're in STA and DIDNT flood??
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:38 am to poops_at_parties
I've seen houses in EBR being taken off the market. 
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:42 am to heypaul
Heypaul, time for you to move to the big BR. There are houses on my street for sale. Won't you be, my neighbor?
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:48 am to Halftrack
New construction boomed where? I live in BSL and it seems like a very small percentage of homes have rebuilt.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 8:57 am to Gaston
A lot of the new developments in LP and AP were built post-Katrina.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 9:01 am to heypaul
Our house was already for sale in Pville when this happened. We didn't flood so I expect it to sell pretty quick. I just don't know where we're going to go if we do sell. Plan on building on some land we already own(it didn't flood either) but it's going to be hard to find a place to stay in the meantime.
Plus construction schedules are going to be insane. We might have to take it off the market until early next year.
Plus construction schedules are going to be insane. We might have to take it off the market until early next year.
Posted on 8/20/16 at 9:14 am to Halftrack
The traffic has been horrible
Posted on 8/20/16 at 9:20 am to Halftrack
quote:
Labor may be in short supply, but it can be brought in.
There is plenty of mexican labor around. They will flock to baton rouge.
That is a good thing. They work hard and work at fair prices. Only downside I have seen is language barrier makes it hard to tell them exactly what you want. My fault, I should have paid more attention in spanish class.
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