It took eight years for Carol and Jim Ferraioli to finally get back to their place in Port Monmouth. Their home off Compton Creek, less than a mile from Sandy Hook Bay, was left badly damaged during Sandy. They had qualified for a state reconstruction grant to fix and raise the house. But after embarking on what was expected to be a massive restoration effort, their contractor — who was later charged with fraud — walked off the job, leaving the place balanced precariously on temporary pilings, where it remained for years in danger of collapse. Tony Caira spent nearly a decade living in his dam…