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After a major flood, the questions come fast. Who pays for this? Is FEMA coming? Do I call my insurance company, the county, or a contractor first? And how am I supposed to figure any of that out while my basement is still wet? When disaster hits Northern Colorado or...
The rain finally stops. The sirens fade. And now you're standing at the top of your basement stairs looking at water where your family room used to be. If you're reading this in the middle of a flood, take a breath. You're not the first Colorado family to go through...
If you own rental property in Fort Collins, water damage is a different problem for you than it is for the average homeowner. Not because the water behaves differently — because you're not the one standing in the room when it happens. Renters occupy about 48% of...
On the night of July 28, 1997, up to 14.5 inches of rain fell on Fort Collins in 31 hours. Spring Creek left its channel. Five people died, roughly 200 homes were destroyed and about 1,500 homes and businesses were damaged. A railroad embankment overtopped and...
Old Town is the reason a lot of people move to Fort Collins. Brick and stone, real porches, mature trees, houses built when craftsmen expected their work to outlive them. A significant share of the housing stock west and north of College predates 1940. We love these...
A finished basement is usually the best value in a Northern Colorado house. It's also, by a wide margin, the most expensive room to dry out. Two identical Loveland homes take on the same two inches of water. The one with an unfinished basement is a three-day drying...