Getting the backstory right about the LaLa
My Uncle John writes a correction to the LaLa backstory:
BTW, after reading your entry about your rellies coming by to see your
house…. you still missed it, that Hugh was a sailboat captain on Lake
Pontchartrain, going back and forth from N.O. to Mandeville, back in those
long-ago days….. but his ‘ghost’ is possibly still there on the bayou…
Okay, now here is the timeline for the LaLa:
The house was built in 1923, so it’s 84 years old.
Kathleen Kenny was the third generation Kenny living in the house.
She put it up for sale by owner on April 3, 2005 – that evening Nancy called me and told me she saw it.
The next day Nick walked me through the house via his cellphone and said, “you’ll get it, but Steve may not.” [Meaning Steve might not understand the house’s value.]
I Fedex’d a cashier’s check to Kathleen Kenny for $6,000 on April 5, 2005.
April 6, 2005 – Steve flew to New Orleans. (He got it.)
April 7, 2005 – Steve signed for us a Letter of Agreement to Purchase.
May 9, 2005 – we closed after sweating till last minute because one Kenny sibling, an ex postal worker, refused to sign.
May 10, 2005 – Bud Logan began demolition of the house.
August 29, 2005 – everyone evacuated due to Katrina bearing down on the city.
November 7, 2005 – Bud began the remodel again and worked on the house till the end of February, 2006.
November 8, 2005 – Steve and I separated.
March 12, 2006 – I hired Kim Saunee with Schilds Construction (Nick’s contractor).
May 6, 2006 – almost a year to the date, hired Trahan & Associates as the third contractor.
July 26, 2006 at 11:45 AM – Steve and my divorce was final.
December 21, 2006 – laid T&A off and took over as General Contractor.