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Old 01-16-2018, 07:17 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by BandB View Post
I know insurance doesn't cover and they're not cheap, but the $1,000 per linear foot sounds like an opportunist trying to jump in. I just don't believe a 100' lot would cost $100,000 to repair or build a seawall.
Quite possible that you are correct, I got that info from my dad, who is elderly, and sometimes makes mistakes. It sounded really high to me as well, but I'm no expert on seawall construction.

On the other hand, this came from his next door neighbor who lost his seawall in Irma, they are very close and talk every day, so I doubt it is very far off. My dad has almost 200' of seawall at his home, the house I grew up in. The seawall there is 50 years old, and my dad is concerned that when he passes the house on to my brothers and me that he will be giving us a huge expense.

The $800 a foot for Cape Coral could apply to Ft. Myers as well, since they are in the same county and there just aren't that many places that do seawall work, it's kind of a specialized business.

Any way you look at it, it's a huge expense.
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