30/10/2025
We’re excited to be kicking off this historic fire restoration project in the Heart of Lancaster City.
The fire occurred Christmas Eve 2024, in one of the basements and resulted in significant fire damage throughout the massive 5 bedroom 5 bathroom home. The property was condemned and gutted down to the framing.
After months working through the insurance logistics, planning, permitting, demolition & cleaning ReBuilderz Group started ‘swinging hammers’ this week beginning with significant structural repairs that include removing & replacing a large area of old timber floor joists which serve as the exposed ceiling in one of two finished basements. We expect the project to take five or six months assuming we don’t have any delays as a result of permitting, etc.
Interesting side story. You’ll notice one picture appears to be from 1979, when the home underwent major restoration & renovations by Butterfly Builders in loose collaboration with the Old City Project. We found a butterfly builders signature on an electric box exposed during demo back in July. My crew & I thought it was a pretty awesome touch, especially having admired their quality craftsmanship and well thought work.
Imagine my surprise to be chatting at my wife’s birthday party a few weeks back, & learn that Butterfly Builders was our 15 yr next door neighbor’s company; and she was stunned & happy to share pictures & stories having the full backstory & been in love w/ the property & project that her & her late husband had put so much heart & soul into. She still has the butterflies stained glass window in her house today. There seems to be a lot of interesting coincidences with this property, but that’s how I operate in life, and I’m thrilled to bring this property comes back to life
We felt honored & privileged to be on this project before we learned of the Butterfly Builder connection, but the coincidence adds an incredible & interesting layer to this project.
Stay tuned.
