So. The last couple of weeks have been a blur. I've been super busy and having some strange health issues. Pretty much when I'm not working, I'm sleeping. It's weird. But pretty awesome at the same time. I do love me some sleep.
Anyway. My trip home was amazing. I was able to relax, hang out, and spend time with my family. Being stuck out here in NC with no family and very few friends makes Hometown that much more special. Dad's birthday went well. We just took him to lunch and gave him his gift... The Rusty Wallace Experience at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. He'll get to go to "race class" and then drive a race car for 10 laps around the track. I'm pretty sure he'll enjoy it when he actually finds time to come to Charlotte!
We're moving forward on the house front... both of them. We're having wood floors installed in our current house on Monday. Last week, we went and picked out all the stuff for the new house. If that wasn't 8 hours of hell, I don't know what is. OMG. It was brutal. Horrible. Ridiculous. Not that Bob and I argued that much, just the lady helping us was utterly unprepared for our appointment. But we got through it. And our house is designed. They should start the building process in the next few weeks, then it'll take 10 weeks to build. Woo hoo! I'm pretty pumped.
Anyway. Now we're caught up. It'll probably be another two weeks, especially if I continue my current sleeping patterns.
Showing posts with label house from hell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house from hell. Show all posts
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Holy shit. Literally.
There are no words strong enough or harsh enough to describe my level of anger right now.
So our kitchen sink stopped draining tonight as I was washing dishes. It eventually started working and we didn't think much of it, besides the fact that I would get a bottle of draino tomorrow. Then I started the washing machine. As soon as it hit the cycle where the water drains out, we had a gushing, spewing geyser/water fountain in the downstairs bathroom, shooting out of the toilet. We shut off the water valve to the toilet, but water kept gushing out.
Turns out, (after a $200 visit from Roto Rooter) our sewer pipe is busted in front of the house from tree roots, it backed up, and raw sewage came bursting into our house, via the toilet. It flooded the bathroom, the hallway, seeped through the walls, into the laundry room, the kitchen, and the living room, killing the carpet and the hardwood in the bathroom... all this in a span of 3 minutes as Bob ran out to grab the shop vac and I turned off the washing machine.
Soooooo. Bottom line- I hate this house. At this point, after the broken/leaking ac, the kitchen mold, and now the backed up sewer, we are talking about selling this piece of crap, taking a loss, and getting the hell out as soon as our new house in complete. Hell, maybe even before it's complete. I'd live in a half competed house if it meant I could get out of this hell hole sooner.
According to the plumber, the city isn't responsible because this land was purchased by an independent contractor and all the pipes were done by them during construction. We've been in touch with our HOA tonight and will get back in touch first thing in the morning, along with our insurance agent and possibly a lawyer. The fact that I had RAW SEWAGE IN MY HOUSE TONIGHT, does NOT sit well with me. I'm angry. These peeps better be happy to be dealing with (red-headed) Bob instead of me. I don't have my Mama's red hair, but I got the by-product of it... a temper when needed. And by God, I need it now.
Please think happy, restraining thoughts on behalf of the people we have to deal with in the upcoming days. They have no idea the level of fury that may unleashed on them, especially once Bob leaves for work on Thursday and I have to deal with all this LITERAL SHIT by myself.
So our kitchen sink stopped draining tonight as I was washing dishes. It eventually started working and we didn't think much of it, besides the fact that I would get a bottle of draino tomorrow. Then I started the washing machine. As soon as it hit the cycle where the water drains out, we had a gushing, spewing geyser/water fountain in the downstairs bathroom, shooting out of the toilet. We shut off the water valve to the toilet, but water kept gushing out.
Turns out, (after a $200 visit from Roto Rooter) our sewer pipe is busted in front of the house from tree roots, it backed up, and raw sewage came bursting into our house, via the toilet. It flooded the bathroom, the hallway, seeped through the walls, into the laundry room, the kitchen, and the living room, killing the carpet and the hardwood in the bathroom... all this in a span of 3 minutes as Bob ran out to grab the shop vac and I turned off the washing machine.
Soooooo. Bottom line- I hate this house. At this point, after the broken/leaking ac, the kitchen mold, and now the backed up sewer, we are talking about selling this piece of crap, taking a loss, and getting the hell out as soon as our new house in complete. Hell, maybe even before it's complete. I'd live in a half competed house if it meant I could get out of this hell hole sooner.
According to the plumber, the city isn't responsible because this land was purchased by an independent contractor and all the pipes were done by them during construction. We've been in touch with our HOA tonight and will get back in touch first thing in the morning, along with our insurance agent and possibly a lawyer. The fact that I had RAW SEWAGE IN MY HOUSE TONIGHT, does NOT sit well with me. I'm angry. These peeps better be happy to be dealing with (red-headed) Bob instead of me. I don't have my Mama's red hair, but I got the by-product of it... a temper when needed. And by God, I need it now.
Please think happy, restraining thoughts on behalf of the people we have to deal with in the upcoming days. They have no idea the level of fury that may unleashed on them, especially once Bob leaves for work on Thursday and I have to deal with all this LITERAL SHIT by myself.
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