Our house is out to get us! I love my house, as I have said before, B U T . . . this is getting just plain silly. Just when we think we are done with "problems"/repairs along comes another surprise. Now, granted, if we would just leave well enough alone we would be OK but who can do that? Half the joy of having your own home is making it yours by adding your own touches.
The BATS did not add anything to our house except guano. But then, they came with the house so we really can't blame them on anything we did. The whole bat episode occurred about a year after we moved in. We were as surprised as anyone that we had bats in the eves of the house. Not only did we have bats (we are talking BATS . . . over a hundred of the little guys had taken up residence) but the bats had bats. Baby bats that is. And you cannot get rid of big bats until after August 15th (or some day in August) because baby bats are born in the summer and have to be given time to mature enough to fly away in the night before the house is sealed up. Heaven forbid we seal up some bats in our attic because they would then DIE and ROT and SMELL ! Bottom line, the bat project took us well over 3 months to complete.
Next, we move on to the WINDOW PROJECT. We decided to replace all the windows in our house. How long should replacing 17 windows take? A week? Two weeks? A month? How about 6 months! Let's just say that Bella Window company is the world's WORST window company! The owner took the measurements and measured 6 windows wrong. He ordered frosted windows for the garage and clear windows for the bathroom, just the opposite of what we wanted. He never got a building permit and work had to be stopped until he applied for one. The contractors he had doing the job were not listed in the contract and had to stop mid job to change contractors. It was a nightmare of blue tarps and plywood that just went on and on.
So you would think we would learn! Oh No, not us! What can we possible screw up next? (If Ger was doing the work, perish the thought, it would be expected to have all these problems. But these are "reputable" companies. Or so we thought.)
On to the bathroom shower project. Our bathroom is a mix of white and chocolate brown tile. (House was built in the 70's. That explains a lot.) It is actually not bad looking and the brown floor does hide all sorts of nasty dirt. BUT the brown shower stall is claustrophobic! Brown walls, floor and ceiling make for a nasty nasty shower space. And let me tell you how soap scum shows up on brown tiles . . . UGH ! So there we were walking through Home Depot a month ago when a nice young man says, "Are you thinking of refinishing your kitchen or bath?". Ger wanted to keep walking but I saw this as an opportunity from Heaven to rid myself of the brown shower. Bottom line, the salesmen came to the house, measured and ordered. Ta Da ! Piece of cake! Shower pieces will be in in about 4 weeks and then it is a ONE DAY installation. Let me repeat that, ONE DAY ! On Tuesday 3 of the 4 walls arrived. "OOPS!" says Home Depot, "They must have gotten the order wrong". (When, I must ask, was the last time you saw a 3 walled shower?) "BUT", says Home Depot, "we'll do the plumbing, have the inspector in and then you can use the shower till the 4th wall arrives, maybe by overnight." NOT ! The drain didn't pass the inspection and it will be another 4 weeks before the "OVERNIGHTED" wall arrives. Soooooooooooooooooooo, for the next month we will shower in the guest bathroom. (Thank goodness for that bathroom cause I think our neighbors would object to us bathing in the pool!)
And I'm not even going to tell you about the week long installation of my new dish washer.
