Heavy Rain Damages Lauderhill Condo, Residents Scramble to Save Belongings

Article Courtesy of  Local-10.com

Yvonne Nava, Local 10 

Published June 2, 2006

 

It was pouring outside and inside the International Village Condominiums in Lauderhill Thursday morning.  

 

There was rain in the hallways and a soggy mess in Richard and Sophia Kurtz's home.

Kurtz feverishly tried to salvage her shoes and clothes. The Kurtzes say it started with a leak above the stove around 2 am. As each hour passed, more and more rain made its way inside.

The building they live in, the Heidelberg, is under roof repair from Hurricane Wilma. The roofing company is Pegasus Construction out of Deerfield Beach. Kurtz said the company is doing a poor job.

Condominium Flooded

By Heavy Rain

"What have they done? All they do is bang, bang, bang on the roof and they haven't fixed a thing. We are not the only ones who have water damage in our homes," he said.

Tom Derington, with Pegasus, said the company is doing the best they can. However, once they assessed the damage they realized the roof was in worse shape than they were told. He said the building is old and with permits and paperwork the job is tough.

Property Manager Hector Lopez with the Continental Group stands behind the company. He said they hired Continental two days after Hurricane Wilma and they have been working on the flat roofs ever since.

But the Kurtzes do not buy that story, saying they did not work fast enough. Their furniture is ruined and until the fire department says so, their electricity must stay shut off.

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