Update

So far, $2300 that insurance will not pay for so in the last six months we have spent $15K to get this house sold. A contractor is coming over this morning to give us a bid on the repairs. Also, the buyer is coming over to see the damages. She is also asking for some repairs so I will have to see if the insurance is willing to repair more than what they said they would repair yesterday.

When does it end?

Movin' ahead

The water mitigation team estimated that we had about 300 gallons of water in our basement. Once the water was sucked out, it was very easy to see where the water tank was leaking. We spent $1300 on a new water tank and it was installed yesterday. Today, the repair crew pulled off the moldings and cut into the drywall and removed the wet areas. Also, wet insulation was removed. The carpet that we just installed a few months ago, de-laminated with the water damage so is considered not usable. The rest of day will be spent letting things dry out. Tomorrow brings more repairs.

Keep your fingers crossed that this does not freak out our buyer. We don't want her to pull out of the deal. The basement will be as good or better than before. She certainly will have a better water heater and new carpet!

Pure Bad Luck

One week before we are supposed to close on the sale of our house and we woke up to a flooded basement. It seems the water heater decided to run berserk! Waiting for the plumber and water mitigation crew but new carpet is soaked, furniture is wet and packed boxes ruined.

Sewer Work

I will never believe a realtor again. His famous last words about my sewer replacement were "you won't even know they were there!" Judging from these pictures, I am very aware that they were replacing the sewer line. I will be so glad to have all this house stuff done so that we can move!

Carli's School Picture

Carli's school picture came back today. I must say, I did a good job on the hair! She is so photogenic.

Halloween 2010

It was all about the candy! But there was lots of Halloween spirit on the mean streets of Irvington, too. Almost every house was decked out in Halloween garb and the candy was flowing freely. One house even had a free coffee and water stand! The girls had a great time and we have candy for months, provided I can control Carli's portions. And as a further indicator of the joy, last night in Pearl's crib I kept hearing her whisper "Trick or treat", "Trick or treat", "Trick or treat".