UNION BEACH – Twelve years after their hollowed-out yellow house became a global symbol of superstorm Sandy’s devastation, Jon and Meridith Zois, along with their 8-year-old daughter Violet, are moving into a new house on the property, crossing the finish line at the end of an exhausting journey.
Since they evacuated to escape the storm surge in October 2012, the Zoises got married, had a daughter, acquired the property from their family, and navigated obstacles from financing to inspections before finally moving in.
“Between working a full-time job that requires a lot of mental energy and all of this, if I wasn’t already gray, I would be very gray,” said Jon Zois, 46, standing in the new kitchen the week before Thanksgiving…