ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Homeowners are listing their storm-damaged properties before renovating, avoiding a painful rebuild but losing hundreds of thousands in value.

lived in Ken Sulewski Redington Beach Over the course of 27 years and during Helene, he has seen more than a foot of storms hit his home. Now he sells them gutted.

“We’ve never had flooding before, but we don’t want this to happen again. I don’t want to go through the expense of building it myself, so I thought let’s go out and start fresh and fresh,” Sulewski said. .

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He said he listed his home for “$375,000 less” than it was worth before the storm. Despite the work needed now, he hopes they will find a buyer who will love the place and upgrade it.

“I think the view is a selling point for the house,” Sulewski said, pointing to his overwater pool.

His neighbor is also selling his flooded house “as is”; no repairs.

“I’m alone and I’m 80 (years old) and it’s a hard road to go down with insurance, contractors, who’s legal, who’s not legal and now it’s FEMA and everyone’s telling us what we can’t do and it’s going to take years to do it,” he said in Redington Beach Charlotte Martin from.

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He said he was leaving Florida after suffering damage from hurricanes.

“I’m leaving Florida. I don’t want to do it because I don’t like winters, but you can’t have it all. I’ve had 50 good years of sunshine and beaches, but I’m sick of the flooding.” said Martin.

A real estate agent in Redington Beach has seen dozens of homes listed this way and is trying to help her clients still get what they’re worth.

“People are worried about the value of their property, but believe it or not, land values ​​are worth a lot of money, so take that into consideration before you sell it quickly… the property is very valuable and so is the structure. It’s also worth the money,” said real estate agent Connie redman Coastal Real Estate GroupThe person who sold Ken Sulewski’s house.

He recommended people find a licensed real estate agent so that what was once someone’s slice of heaven can be transformed into another person’s dream home and location.

“I love all the people in sales, they are all great, but everyone has to do what they have to do,” Redman said.

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