Crap We're About To Be Flooded (It Happened)

I forgot to mention Elvis (his real name, thank you, thank you very much Elvis) came by the house last weekend after we were about to call it a day from clearing out stuff and removed appliances from the house we were going to have to do.  Apparently he's been in the neighborhood since a kid and is now doing salvaging.  So he carted off the ruined refrigerator, range, washer, and dryer.  He and his girlfriend work as a team collecting salvageable stuff, I am amazed at what they will take.

So, went to the house this morning and everything is pretty much stripped to the studs inside.  The exterior is in better shape than when I bought the place in '94.  Elvis came by this morning again when we were checking things out at the house.  Helped me clean out the old shed.  The poor old shed is about to rust apart but I'm going to get as much more use out of it as I can.

Well, y'all wish me luck on obtaining a refinance because the repairs are exceeding the available funds.  Hell of an economy to try to get that done.  I'm hoping substantial repair will make it possible.

The new roof and siding are in place.


Edited by Slartibartfast - December 12 2010 at 19:06

Slartibartfast wrote: I forgot to mention Elvis (his real name, thank you, thank you very much Elvis) came by the house last weekend after we were about to call it a day from clearing out stuff and removed appliances from the house we were going to have to do.  Apparently he's been in the neighborhood since a kid and is now doing salvaging.  So he carted off the ruined refrigerator, range, washer, and dryer.  He and his girlfriend work as a team collecting salvageable stuff, I am amazed at what they will take. So, went to the house this morning and everything is pretty much stripped to the studs inside.  The exterior is in better shape than when I bought the place in '94.  Elvis came by this morning again when we were checking things out at the house.  Helped me clean out the old shed.  The poor old shed is about to rust apart but I'm going to get as much more use out of it as I can. Well, y'all wish me luck on obtaining a refinance because the repairs are exceeding the available funds.  Hell of an economy to try to get that done.  I'm hoping substantial repair will make it possible. The new roof and siding are in place.

Alright, the contractor expects to have inspection competed by Friday.

Other than the moving I have to figure how to fit all this:

into what was this:



Edited by Slartibartfast - February 16 2011 at 20:53

^ I love moments like that. I pulled out my vinyl copy of Mike Oldfield's Exposed live album the other week and found the paper dart given away during the tour that we were supposed to throw at the appropriate moment during the show. Obviously I didn't, I kept mine. For years I was convinced this dart was given away during the Five Miles Out tour in 1982, but printed on the wings of the paper-plane is Mike Oldfield European Tour and double checking on tubular.net confirms it was from  the Tour Of Europe in '79.

The house repairs are getting finished.  We move in by the end of February if all goes well.  I'm getting stuff staged at the apartment to put into the storage unit tomorrow for temporary, things that can go back into the house at "leisure".   My CD and DVD music collection go direct to the house at the last minute.  I'll be exhausted before this month is out but life should be a little less complicated...

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 12 2011 at 14:13

Alright, the lights are now in, the bathroom tiles are in, the kitchen flooring is in, the carpet is about to go in, the HVAC system is in.  Plumbing fixtures were all replaced except the old toilet isn't functional so that will have to be replaced.  I'm a happy camper so to speak.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 16 2011 at 20:54

w00t!  have you a count-down to that day?

I'm thinking we're looking at next weekend, but there may be some moving going on after that, and then after we're in the settling in may take a couple of months.  But wow, we had a great contractor.  Even though we'll still have to worry about the creeks, the county is actually about to do some work on them in our neighborhood.  So I'm feeling really upbeat rather than beat up.  What's really cool is that when my wife moved in it had been my house for a few years and there were moisture problems, etc.  This really beats having to try and find a new house somewhere else.  My wife has been working really closely with the contractor and this place will now totally be our house.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 19 2011 at 07:36

I had flood insurance because it's in a flood plane.  But we wound up eating up funds for replacement of furniture, etc. on rent.  FEMA covered some of the rental expenses though, but that assistance ran out.  Next step is to do a refinance to pay for the overages, plus we need to do some tree work and I'd like to get rails on both sides of the bridge with infill woodwork.  The county was supposed be doing a buyout but couldn't come up with matching funds for the federal money.  By the way, feel free to ask anything.  I'll post some pics when the repairs are complete.

Oh cool, I was going through the photobucket and here is a pic of the cassettes that perished in the flood:

RIP.  Some of them are upside down because I just pulled them out of their boxes which were on the the floor to make a photo.  You'll notice some of the labels are in my own writing, some I actually drew something arty on.  There's a Genesis bootleg that has good art and it survived a fire at my Mom's house in the '80's.  There's one where one of my friends crossed out Live and wrote Die.   The Poly 61 Korg cassette actually interfaced with keyboard via a sound cable and had the standard set of patches.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 19 2011 at 08:01

The packing experience is underway.  The moving experience is about to begin.