to enjoy ourselves because we worked so hard to buy this place. she had all the ideas, and i'm the contractor. it was going to be special. >> reporter: that dream has been more like a nightmare. two weeks after closing, hurricane matthew hit knocking out the seawall and flooding the place. it took 11 months to get plans drawn up by engineers to rebuild. then irma. >> when we heard it was coming, we thought oh, no, please not again. >> reporter: you two have had a couple of hours to process what you've seen here. what has that been like? >> it's been tough. because we didn't know what we were walking into. >> i got angry and he got upset. >> this used to be our kitchen. you can see the tide's kind of high now and it's washing up underneath our kitchen. >> how far did this extend? >> about 25 feet. it was a kitchen and then we had a big dining room as well out there.
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