A husband and wife are struggling to rebuild nearly two years after lightning destroyed their home in The Villages.
The home of Charles and Linda Formica at 2269 Foggy Brook Loop in the Village of St. Charles was the subject of a deed compliance hearing Monday at the District Office at Brownwood.
A bolt of lightning ignited a fire in the home’s attic in July 2024.
The couple paid $775,000 for the house, just a few short months before the fire. When the insurance company finally agreed to cut a check, it was $234,000 short of the builder’s quote to reconstruct a new home on the fire-ravaged site. They have been going back and forth with builders and Charles Formica told a special magistrate that they are close to signing a contract…