Water!
So most of you know we just bought a house in December... what we didn't know when we bought the house is that apparently the basement leaks. No one said a word...So the spring thaw came and we had a little water in the basement... we shampooed the carpets and thought maybe we would be OK... nope... WRONG! Most of you that read this are from Manitoba and therefore know we have received A LOT of rain over the past week or so. This doesn't bode well for my leaking basement. I got home last Tuesday and in one spot I had a puddle... ABOVE the carpet! Yikes! So I promptly went out and bought a ShopVac to vacuum up as much water as I could. Wednesday I called the lawyer to see if we can get compensated by the old owner to repair it. I need to get a couple of quotes for repairs and then he'll see what he can do. :o(
Then on Saturday we got MORE rain! The basement carpet had just dried from Tuesday's rain... Saturday night it was soaked again. Again we vacuumed up as much as we could. Then it rained AGAIN last night - I'm afraid to look tonight when I get home.
How much could it cost to repair it you ask?!? I've gotten one rough estimate of $20,000 to repair it from the outside. This would entail digging up 4 feet on every side of the house!! So much for having a yard this year. :o( We'll see... I'm sure that it can be repaired from the inside and all it would cost us would be new insulation in places and drywall. If we have to reapir it ourselves we will probably choose this option. I'm sure we could repair it for under $2,000. Here are a couple of pictures of the waterlogged carpet.
posted by Tracy @ 3:48 PM
2 Comments:
AHHHH! TRACY!! are there bedrooms in the basement? is the previous owner gonna own up?
hi tracy...it was nice to see you and your daughter yesturday. thanks for stopping by....
and for the "pink things" - shiloh was too overcome with the sweet "doggies" yesturday to notice but this morning when she woke up she ran screetching to the "pink pile". :) THANK YOU.
and on that note i must go set up my garage sale...eeee...
one
more
day!
shalom....
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