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5/3/2007 Super Quick UpdateI have absolutely no time right now to write as I'd like to... it's already 2 am and I have to be up early... but here's a mini- update:
On the house: The block work is done, and finally stuccoed, and they actually did a pretty good job... left the place a shambles though. I asked them to leave me the left over sand, which they did, but they spread it all over the place... now how am I supposed to use THAT? Also, they left their huge bag of empty cement bags... thanks guys!
The decking people... ummm... very nice people, but not too good at what they do. The put the kick plates on the steps as an afterthought, so they come out past the steps... not really attractive. The porch in front is not level... I mean, It's visibly, to the naked and untrained eye, NOT level. The cement used to anchor the 4x4's to the ground (because the porches are not allowed to be attached to the house to prevent them moving... some weird code here) was piled around the 4x4's... so we have cement cow patties with the 4x4's plunked into the middle of them. NOT attractive, and now it's almost impossible to put some kind of facing on the porch to hide the underneath... at least, not that would look good.
The eaves... well, we're being told they need to order new pieces that will "match up properly" in order to fix that... ummm, they've known about this for well over a month now... I don't think the pieces are coming from China... well, even if they were, they'd be here by now if they'd done their job correctly.
As the company putting this all together is completely innept, they did nothing to get the electrical put on... other than put the meter box and the wire head on the side of the house. This means that it's going to be ANOTHER two to two and a half weeks before the electric is on. The special electrical engineer for the county had to go assess the situation and has decided we need to have a pole put in... the ones all along the road are not close enough he says. So, we're scheduled... I've been trying to get this taken care of for over a month but no one would listen to me... the house company did not want to do their jobs, so now we're stuck... AGAIN.
Mom is here, and she's sleeping over at the house, as planned... only without electric. I'd bought a roll away bed for her to sleep on while she's here already, and I had it over there already too... she didn't want to stay over at my girlfriends' house... she knows her too, actually used to sit for her daughter, but my friend is one to talk you ear off and mostly about her problems, and mom wants a rest... not a gab session or sob session.
OK... I'm fading here... got to go. I'll try to get back here soon. Luv ya'll! (Now if that isn't redneck I don't know what is!) Comments (12)
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