We're anxious. Troubling enough to have a space once lively uninhabitable. The problems are arriving: the original foundation never sealed. The crawl space beneath the ancient addition not up to code. The pipes corroded beyond salvage. The upstairs, sealed and stacked with the belongings we left needs to be opened. Its walls will be punched with holes. Worst of all, the financing for the addition is in unexpected jeopardy. An appraiser's errors might prove beyond correction. We are still waiting for this adventure to be fun.
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eesh, this is tough. Hang in there, even if you feel like you're twisting in the wind. I've come to understand that houses are long-term projects with parameters that are hard to contain, much less predict. Sending commiseration your way...
good luck, h
Thanks for your good wishes, Holly, which are very much appreciated. We are feeling completely screwed over by the person we relied on to help us through the complicated financial part of the renovation. Not fun.
When it is your home, you need people to be honest and competent. If you realize that you have indeed been mistreated by someone who was contracted to help you, move quickly. I've never felt more vulnerable than when I was being jerked around by a dishonest player while my house was in shambles. Trust yourself when you feel it is time to call in other professionals to help. We were so hopeful that the person with whom we were dealing would suddenly become the professional he'd claimed to be that we just prolonged the agony. I think because it was our house, and it was already in bits, we were far less rational about confronting serious problems. I hope this is not that serious iwth you, but in case it helps you gain confidence about your own decision making, I thought I'd add to my earlier, more general, best wishes. very best of luck, h
And again, thanks Holly. I never could have imagined how stressed a house could make me!!
Very scary, in lots of different ways. Hope things resolve, soon. Yes, house renovations eat money and time, but when it's done, you'll feel, I hope, that you have done something good and solid for your home, and that you will have kind of built it yourself a bit, making it more your own brick by brick as you rebuild and fortify. And the money? Well, debt is all a bit relative, isn't it? It's taken me a long time, but I've come to mind ours a lot less as the years go by...
The problem at this point hasn't been the debt per se, but how to incur the debt we're seeking: the financing was supposed to have concluded a month ago, but we have been suffering from some mistakes made by the appraiser and are overly delayed. Wea re hoping to work it all out this week...
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