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Unless there is a rain delay, I'm scheduled to get my new windows installed tomorrow, June 5th. The crew is supposed to arrive some time between 8:00 - 10:00 am. Coincidentally, it's supposed to be raining in the morning until about 10:00 am. The window company didn't call to say the job has been rescheduled, but they also didn't call to confirm that they are coming. I emailed the project supervisor today rather late in the day to see what was going on and got an auto reply that he was is out of the office until next week. By the time I saw the auto reply it was after their office hours, so I don't know what they're planning to do. For now I'm assuming that they're coming. If they postpone because of the rain, or come so late that they can only get some of the windows installed, that's cool with me. I had previously asked them to call me in the morning by 6:00 am to confirm if they are coming or not, but I have no idea whether they'll call or just show up. I'll be getting up around 5:30 to start preparing for their arrival: walk the dogs (in the rain! yuck!) and then corral them in the kitchen behind pet gates so they don't harass the workers, feed the kitty and then lock her (poor old girl!) in the upstairs bathroom so that she doesn't get completely freaked out by workers tearing out and replacing all of the windows upstairs, and clear away anything that's close to the windows to give the team space to work. Their instructions indicated that they needed anything within 3 feet of the windows to be moved.
Speaking of the windows, since having multiple contractors in messing around with the windows to take measurements and try to open them, a rather awful looking vertical crack just appeared in the drywall along the top and bottom edge of one of the living room windows. I called my realtor to ask her if she'd ever heard of such a thing. She said that wasn't actually uncommon but I'm not convinced. Considering all of the other damage I've been finding in this house since the 2nd earthquake here 3 years ago, I'm seriously starting to wonder if the house has foundation damage now. Seeing a crack just appear in the wall like that has really freaked me out. The other cracks I found previously were definitely caused by the earthquake but this one just appeared this week. It will suck mightily if it turns out the house has foundation damage because I know for a damn fact that my insurance won't cover it. Foundation repairs can cost anywhere from $10K on up depending on what repairs are needed. I'm already borrowing money just to finish the windows and carpeting and painting. I don't have $10-20K to fix the foundation of this house. I've scheduled a structural engineer to come next week to inspect the building. My realtor didn't want me to because if this engineer finds foundation issues, legally we have to disclose that when I list the house for sale and that will cause a huge knock off on the sale price. I don't care though. I feel like I got handed a lemon of house when I bought this place. All manners of appalling problems had been covered up that ended up costing me tens of thousands of dollars since I moved into this place. I'm certainly not going to gloss over possible foundation issues just because I want to get out of this place. If there are problems, I'd rather be honest about it and disclose them and then just move on with a clear conscience. Let an investor with deep pockets buy the house cheap, do whatever fixes are needed, and then flip the house or use it as a rental. I don't care. If the inspector doesn't find any problems, then yay! Easier house sale for me. Either way, he's scheduled to inspect the house next Wednesday so I'll know what's up within a week. Right now I'm thinking that if the house does have foundation damage then there is no point in me paying a contractor $6K to fix the existing drywall cracks and paint because the walls will get all goofed up again as part of the foundation fix. I might just spring for new carpeting and quit there. We'll see. No sense in even speculating any more about it until the structural engineer finishes his inspection next week.
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Speaking of the windows, since having multiple contractors in messing around with the windows to take measurements and try to open them, a rather awful looking vertical crack just appeared in the drywall along the top and bottom edge of one of the living room windows. I called my realtor to ask her if she'd ever heard of such a thing. She said that wasn't actually uncommon but I'm not convinced. Considering all of the other damage I've been finding in this house since the 2nd earthquake here 3 years ago, I'm seriously starting to wonder if the house has foundation damage now. Seeing a crack just appear in the wall like that has really freaked me out. The other cracks I found previously were definitely caused by the earthquake but this one just appeared this week. It will suck mightily if it turns out the house has foundation damage because I know for a damn fact that my insurance won't cover it. Foundation repairs can cost anywhere from $10K on up depending on what repairs are needed. I'm already borrowing money just to finish the windows and carpeting and painting. I don't have $10-20K to fix the foundation of this house. I've scheduled a structural engineer to come next week to inspect the building. My realtor didn't want me to because if this engineer finds foundation issues, legally we have to disclose that when I list the house for sale and that will cause a huge knock off on the sale price. I don't care though. I feel like I got handed a lemon of house when I bought this place. All manners of appalling problems had been covered up that ended up costing me tens of thousands of dollars since I moved into this place. I'm certainly not going to gloss over possible foundation issues just because I want to get out of this place. If there are problems, I'd rather be honest about it and disclose them and then just move on with a clear conscience. Let an investor with deep pockets buy the house cheap, do whatever fixes are needed, and then flip the house or use it as a rental. I don't care. If the inspector doesn't find any problems, then yay! Easier house sale for me. Either way, he's scheduled to inspect the house next Wednesday so I'll know what's up within a week. Right now I'm thinking that if the house does have foundation damage then there is no point in me paying a contractor $6K to fix the existing drywall cracks and paint because the walls will get all goofed up again as part of the foundation fix. I might just spring for new carpeting and quit there. We'll see. No sense in even speculating any more about it until the structural engineer finishes his inspection next week.
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