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TROYER CONSTRUCTION 11544 WOKINGHAM DR. MISHAWAKA, IN 46545 (219) 679-0181 PREPARED FOR: Julia C. DesLauriers 701 Riverside Dr. South Bend, IN 46601 DATE: October 25, 1999 PRESENTED TO: Historic Preservation Commission REGARDING: Demolition of existing garage After careful examination of the existing structure (GARAGE) located at 701 Riverside Drive I feel it would be in the best interest of the HPC and the owner to demolish the existing structure and build a new garage at this location. I have extensive experience in remodeling and preservation work in this area. I have taken into consideration existing conditions of the structure along with associated costs of rebuilding the existing garage along with the feasibility of the work to be done at the existing location. I have done several other projects along this same street and in many cases felt that it was appropriate to remodel the existing structure, but do not feel in this case that it is the best interest of the owner to rebuild. The reasons for this decision are as follows: 1. The roof shingles are well beyond their useful life. 2. The roof decking is cracked and warped with extensive dryrot along entire perimeter. 3. Rafters are under sized (2X4) and show extensive rotting on almost all the tails from the upper wall plate to the exposed roof edge. 4. The perimeter walls & support columns are completely rotted and pose a possible unsafe condition. 5. The south east corner (between garage door & service door has shifted completely off the block foundation. 6. The floor plate is completely deteriorated. 7. The remaining east wall (facing house) is shifted substantially off block with entire wall bowed out approximately 4 inches. 8. The south wall (sliding door side) center column is completely loose with no foundation support. 9. The overhead door headers are undersized and show significant bowing. 10.The north wall (adjacent to adjoining garage) has a large outward bow and is so close to the other garage that any repair work would be extremely timely and costly to owner.