The Condo at Elkhart Lake was a 5 year experiment. In my mind the Condo was over-priced and the quality was really quite poor. The 64 units were built by Lee Construction and they were known to cut corners occassionally.
If you remember Grasshoppers, when you walked out the sliding doors on the ground floor by the pond, there was a huge gap between the Condo and the cement patio outside. I always figured it was a settling that took place over 30 years.
About a month ago, we drove through the grounds of all the Condos and noticed that the 4 units (including the one we once owned) had big steel beams pierced right through the basement just under the main floor. It looked like they were going to move all 4 units at one time. What the hell?
Then your mom talked to Katie who was staying at the Ullrich condo and she said that the 4 condos were now sitting on top of the road having been moved off their foundations.
It turns out the people that built the pond didn't properly prepare the composite materials and that the pond and the Condo's closest to the pond were all sinking. Yep! Slip sliding away.
So the whole pond and new foundations have to be built. I understand that the contractor and probably insurance companies will pay the tab. Just think, if we still owned the Condo, we would not be using it this summer. I can also promise you that every condo that has been moved will be difficult to restore to acceptable condition. There will be ceiling cracks, wall cracks and there will always be the fear of a re-occurance of the present sinking problem.
So you see Grasshoppers, timing is everything. We sold the condo several years before the existing clamity hit. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.
Love,
Dad