I sat and watched through a German flood update (from the Pfalz/NRW region). So they had this renovations expert that was brought to analyze and provide insight.
He gets to this one key point....if you had a house where the entire first floor was flooded out, then you cleared the whole floor of contents (everything went to the trash).....you had this one single issue remaining.
He said....on average....you needed one to two years for the first floor/basement....to dry out.
This was taking into consideration....a fan or two continually blowing air in and out of the house.
ONLY after it was completely dry....would he go and start floor, woodwork and wall renovation.
I sat there. You'd basically be asking some German family to hunker down in some RV or trailer for a two-year period....waiting.
Later in the evening, they went to some clinic operation that had been flooded out, and they were disposing of all of the equipment (probably half-a-million in assets in just one single exam room by itself), and they had the intent to have the clinic back up and operational in four months. At least they hinted that in their chatter.
There's going to be a lot of stress and frustration coming out of this flood period....going on for several years. Even for a stoic German, you are asking an awful lot of patience.
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