* We had to rip out the sidewalk and replace our sewer line.
* We had to rip out our finished basement, waterproof it, and re-finish it.
* We had to pull up the toilet and secure the wax wring that someone never put on currectly (causing water to leak from the upstairs bathroom down to the kitchen)
* Our closet rack wripped out of the wall because they didn't screw it into the studs
* None of the building permits were ever closed on our house....and we are not even zoned to have a garage (thank GOD the inspector likes us and knows it's not our fault)
*Our smoke detectors were not hard-wired per code.
* Our roof had a 10 year warranty until we found out that the company we thought did our roof told us that their paperwork was stolen and they were not the ones that did our roof....so no warranty
* Our kitchen sink leaked to the basement
*We are in the proccess of re-capping our windows because they were never done correctly
* I am sure that there were other problems....
* The roof in our bedroom has slow leak....but nothing crucial at the time.... so we thought until recently..........
The latest is that our roof decided to crack open at 7am Wednesday morning in one of our closets after a huge rainstorm. There is a chimney that runs between the two houses and we think this is the cause of a lot of the water issues. Dan and our neighbor Gabe worked on the roof Saturday to try and remedy the situation, but unfortunately the rain today showed that they were not successful. As of right now we have been told that our 2 yr old roof needs to be replaced. Yes that rights right.....we need a new roof.
As we said it has been quite an interesting year..........HOWEVER we LOVE living in the city and are really enjoying all that it has to offer. As we look forward to Christmas and 2010 we can honestly say that we are still happy with our decision to move to South Philadelphia (and we are learning as many of you have, that home ownership is always an experience).
Of course we have not just been fixing problems, we have managed to have a little fun too. :) As we said, we refinished the basement and really enjoy watching Blue Ray's on our big TV. Dan also had fun organizing the garage to his standards. His job is going well, even though he has had to work a lot of extra hours. We managed to celebrate our first anniversary in NYC and spent a couple weekends at the beach. Chris continues to work multiple jobs and returned to New Orleans yet again for 2 weeks. Our cat GC is still crazy as ever and keeps us entertained.
Short recap, but we hope to be more dedicated to this in the coming year. Leave some comments to inspire us to write more often!
Here's a picture of our very first real Christmas tree!
We will post some photos of our house soon as well!
1 comment:
Thanks for the update! Sounds like you guys have been keeping busy! Hope that you all have a good Holiday Seasson! (ps. hope you guys are enjoying all that snow)
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