That first picture has just GOT to be a Photoshop hoax. On the tiny chance that it’s not, the builder should get some sort of solid third party verification and feature it in a surefire competition-eliminating ad campaign.
There is a builder on my street who bilds like that - I watched him put up a couple of houses, and learned one heck of a lot.
He does things like overlap the plywood between floors, instead of building stacked boxes.
Remarkable stuff. My house is shoddy, compared to the stuff he builds.
I’ve seen that many times in coast towns hit by a hurricane and/or tornado. The house may fall completely down with the first breeze but sometimes houses are surrounded just right where everything around them takes the brunt of the punishment and they remain standing. Sometimes they’re just built for hurricanes.
I don't think it's a Photoshop hoax, GovernmentShrinker. If you take a look at this photo that jeffers posted (of a satellite image of what's left of the island) in #2710 you will see that house. Click on that image to zoom it way up; the house is near the left of the image, on the gulf-side, by the wide area of erosion (landmark for that "cut" is the light streak going down the water to the bottom of the image). It is the house. In-freaking-credible!