September 2005

September 2005- After two months of negotiations with the insurance company, Ray is allowed to demolish the burned out beach house, and tear out the fire damaged foundation. This is a big coup for us--if the insurance had not paid for the foundation to be removed it would have been a huge expense to be paid out of the insurance money. While Ray is in there with the heavy equipment, excavating out the old foundation, he feels that he should continue and dig out for our new foundation, --However the city has not given the final OK on the permit for the new beach house and Ray is required to fill back in the bluff where the old beach house stood. Needless to say- we are flabbergasted that the city would stop our rebuilding progress. It makes absolutely no sense that the new foundation can't be dug out at the same time the old foundation is removed---but the city of Parksville is calling the shots---and we are shot down!