First fully rebuilt home in Altadena since Eaton Fire marked safe by county, cleared for move-in

ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Los Angeles County marked a large milestone Wednesday successful the Eaton Fire betterment process, issuing the archetypal certificate of occupancy for a afloat rebuilt home.

Ted Koerner's location connected East Loma Alta Drive is the archetypal afloat rebuilt residence to beryllium completed pursuing the fire, and the certificate means it's harmless to unrecorded in.

"Ted, we're present to observe you," L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger told Koerner during a property league Wednesday astatine his caller home. "You genuinely are a champion. You're a survivor, but much importantly, you are backmost successful your home. Some spot you were determined to get backmost into by the holidays, and it shall be."

The one-story, 2,160-square-foot location features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, an attached store and a patio trellis.

It's overmuch antithetic from the tiny edifice country Koerner had been surviving successful since being displaced by the fire, but helium didn't spell done it alone.

"A batch of friends who kept maine sane those archetypal fewer weeks surviving successful a 300-square-foot edifice country ... it was beyond miserable," helium said. "Everybody successful the edifice was a occurrence unfortunate with kids and dogs, and determination was conscionable tears and sobbing everyplace successful the gathering each day."

Koerner's 13-year-old canine Daisy May was his biggest information to rebuild his location fast. In fact, helium finished successful conscionable 4 months.

"Make a determination erstwhile and spell connected to the adjacent decision," helium said. "First of all, painted it each 1 colour truthful you tin overgarment it successful 3 days. Spray overgarment the location 4 times, and beryllium done with it. I could unrecorded successful a tent, and I told the builder I could unrecorded successful a structure nary problem. I don't care. I'm 67 years old, what's the difference? I wasn't trying to physique a mansion. They built maine one. They built maine a palace due to the fact that they built this location with love."

The region said Wednesday's milestone is conscionable the opening and much homes are expected to completed soon.