“And they changed everything.”įaced with much more stringent coastal building codes, including raising the beach house to prevent damage by future storms, Specht and his clients decided to ditch their original house plans and start from scratch. “Everything was put on hold for a couple of years while we waited for the new FEMA regulations,” Specht adds.
“The lot was a pile of rubble when Sandy hit,” recalls Specht, relieved and thankful that building work hadn’t started before the storm.Īs with many other waterfront homes at the time, the project stalled. The Lofgrens were among the fortunate few their vacant property suffered minimal damage. With that task done, the next step was to start building the new beach house.Īnd then, the unthinkable: in late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast with a deadly force, leaving a $75 billion trail of destruction and devastation in its wake from Florida to Maine. Five years ago, Manhattan residents Craig and Stephanie Lofgren owned a compact but ideal beachfront lot on the Jersey Shore, where they dreamed of creating a relaxed weekend retreat for their family of five.Īrchitect Scott Specht, AIA, had completed the design process, secured the required approvals and hired a contractor to demolish the existing home. Everything, it seemed, was going according to plan.
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