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Leins Family House Fire

  • In with the New

      30 March 2023

    Since our last update, much progress has been made. The biggest job was to sort through all our smoke damaged possessions with much cleaning, storing, or disposing of items. this having not been done over decades was an arduous task, but in some ways, therapeutic to finally have a sort out. We are so grateful to family and friends who have put the hours in sorting, cleaning and carrying boxes and furniture, as well as tip runs.

    The house was then professionally cleaned to remove all traces of harmful and carcinogenic smoke residue. Being concrete block construction, this then requires a re-paint, which has been started with help from friends and family.

    Electrical repairs have been completed, thanks to Arnie Electrical, Cooks Beach.

    Because of the generosity of your donations, we have been eligible to loan the balance to get the house finished - as bathroom renovations were started before the fire. A new kitchen will go in -the first upgrade from the 1970's!

    In some ways, a good outcome has arisen from this disaster as it has given us the nudge to refresh our iconic family home.

    We are so grateful for everyone's support, financial , emotional and practical is all important to us.

    Finn, Ford and family

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  • Progress Report

      3 February 2023

    UPDATE MESSAGE FROM THE FAMILY

    Ford and Finn are gratefully overwhelmed at the level of support from friends, family, workmates and the local community for help, both financially and practically.

    The biggest task we have first is to clean and pack household items before cleaning. With all the family history and possessions, we have from 3 generations before us, we are overwhelmed with this task, however we have made a start, and are very grateful to offers of storage for furniture and items that we have salvaged, and offers of help with trailers to remove damaged items.

    Next step is the reinstatement of electrical wiring and circuitry, and are extremely grateful to Arnie Electrical, Cooks Beach for his commitment to help with this project.

    The biggest costs we face now is professional cleaning of the entire home over 3 levels. The process we need to go through to remove smoke damage for this ensures that the home will be safe and healthy to live in. This cost will be over $20,000, so the money raised so far will help enormously We are in the process of obtaining loans for the balance.

    The more we help we get now helps not only initially, but in the long term. We cannot thank you all enough.

    Ford and Finn Leins.

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