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Old 11-07-2023, 07:39 AM
 
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as long as they maintain it....Miami Beach has always been like that

like this > https://communitynewspapers.com/wp-c...in-635x491.jpg
That wide beach didn't help in the Surfside collapse! That condo was across the street from the beach too!

This building has already been wet, no way would I trust that damage wasn't done.
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Old 11-07-2023, 11:09 AM
 
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LMAO 875k for this little thing and basically gutted. Each major hurricane from the Gulf will gut it. Also, built in 1969!

https://www.greaterftmyers.com/prope...each-fl-33931/
Once the seawall goes up and they upgrade the inside, they'll flip them for millions to unsuspecting Northerners. It's the Floridian way.
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Old 11-07-2023, 12:20 PM
 
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That wide beach didn't help in the Surfside collapse! That condo was across the street from the beach too!

This building has already been wet, no way would I trust that damage wasn't done.
Yea, This has surfside written all over it! That foundation is compromised!

Making the beach wider won't help! It used to be 250 to 300ft wide in the past already! Overtime erosion, shifting sands, and nature naturally reshape the coast. In a few years it will shift once again.

Needs to be laws in place! Something this stupid shouldn't even be insured. Hurts us all when a big storm comes and an old POS like this washes away or has a catastrophic structural failure. Hurts everyone else with the losses when rates increase.

I don't see how I would want to live like that on the water in a structure that could go at any time.
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Old 11-07-2023, 03:36 PM
 
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Gotta agree. Total morons!


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Once the seawall goes up and they upgrade the inside, they'll flip them for millions to unsuspecting Northerners. It's the Floridian way.
Yeah probably. I'm sure it's the owner who will pay the price meanwhile the developers are long gone with their millions.
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Old 11-13-2023, 09:12 PM
 
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Gotta agree. Total morons!


Yeah probably. I'm sure it's the owner who will pay the price meanwhile the developers are long gone with their millions.
Sands naturally shift. It's stupid to build this close to the beach.

Next hurricane season looks to be very active.

It's amazing from the late 1960s until 2004 The west coast of FL was mostly void of any hurricanes. Probably would be different today had there been some majors from the Gulf in the 1980s.
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Old 11-14-2023, 06:57 AM
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That wide beach didn't help in the Surfside collapse! That condo was across the street from the beach too!

This building has already been wet, no way would I trust that damage wasn't done.
Really? According to Google Maps the Surfside collapse was on the beach side but there was a buffer of sand/dune. Seems like the water table is high mixed with the salt air and deferred maintenance and you have a recipe for disaster.

This building they'll fix it and 5 years from now someone will be so happy to get such a great price with this kind of location....
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Old 11-14-2023, 09:19 AM
 
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the pool deck collapsed into the parking garage.....breaking the columns supporting the building

the pool deck wasn't built to code....had the wrong slope for drainage.....and chlorine is very corrosive
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Old 11-14-2023, 09:50 AM
 
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the pool deck collapsed into the parking garage.....breaking the columns supporting the building

the pool deck wasn't built to code....had the wrong slope for drainage.....and chlorine is very corrosive
I think king tides played a factor too. Salt water got into the foundation.
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Old 11-14-2023, 10:05 AM
 
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the elevation is a tad over 8 ft.....the columns that broke, broke above ground level
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Old 12-18-2023, 07:53 PM
 
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"Hurricane Ian ate away at the foundation and a Engerineering study done show's it's not structurally sound."

That sews it up. If it isn't structurally sound it isn't structurally sound. No amount of beach refurbishment or seawall construction will fix that. The real problem lies beneath the condo, not what is in sight.

We had an eroding shoreline in a condo we were renting in Hawaii, and an engineering study on that building said the same thing. It wouldn't work. And that was on solid lava, not sand. So yes, they should tear it down. It's unfortunate for the owners, but w/ that engineering study, I don't see how they could sell it anyway w/o accepting liability for what is going to occur. If they don't tear it down, then the owners can just live in it, like they decided to do in the Hawaii building.
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