Thanks to all the chaos and travel delays heading back home, we had to sell our front row tickets to the Goo Goo Dolls concert!
On the upside, we made 4 people very, very happy though! Especially since we sold them for face value, not many front row tickets you can pick up for $60 anymore! One guy called to thank us again after the concert and tell us how awesome it is, so that made me feel better. By Monday night we were soooo glad to be home. Kanani did her happy doggie dance in the living room and as I went to join her I walked through a giant water puddle...when I looked up I saw water marks on the ceiling with mold growing on them...and paint melting down the walls.
We rushed upstairs to see where the water was coming from to find the ceiling collapsed in DH's walk-in closet in our bedroom! Insulation was everywhere, soaked, molded, the walls of the closet were covered with mold spots, paint melting down, and a giant gaping hole in the ceiling straight through to the attic, which was where all the hot air was coming from! Knowing we couldn't safely rescue anything from his closet, we checked mine to find the ceiling sagging and mold everywhere...but thankfully we were able to rescue my smelly, damp clothes!Turns out the "brains" that installed our new a/c unit in May didn't hook up the drainage lines properly (among other things), so all the condensation from the a/c unit was going right into the insulation and eventually seeped into the floor of the attic/ceiling of our closets. In addition to that there are other issues with it below the house, turns out someone created a big hole down there so we've been air conditioning our crawl space...and the a/c drain lines lead to the crawl space and end there, so water has been pouring into it as well!
We rent the house we're living in...thankfully renter's insurance is paying for us to stay elsewhere during the "drying out" phase, since the mold is a health hazard. And they'll pay to clean all the clothing in hopes nothing was permanently damaged. We're so stressed out from the past several weeks I decided we weren't gonna stay and babysit the cleaning/construction crews...that's what the property manager is for, right?
So we took our hotel money and instead rented a place in the mountains of NC! Close enough to get back if we need to, but far enough away hopefully we can get some peace and quiet!! DH will be working, trying to make up hours, so no vacation for the weary, but hopefully being away from all the house drama will make work more doable.Sorry this is so long, I just had to get it out! I need some make up therapy...thankfully I have a new stash of samples I remembered to pack! I made sure my makeup was safe before leaving the house...priorities, ya know.
Really good ad for insurance I guess.
We are very thankful that the damage wasn't worse than it is. Apparently the last tenants left for a week's vacation and came home to the entire first floor of the house flooded! The hot water line to the dishwasher burst... We were joking with the property manager that they'll have to put a clause in the lease for the next tenants that they can't leave on vacation for a week!