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Jul. 18th, 2024 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanHOLY SHITBALLS. THE HOUSE SALE IS FINALLY CLOSED.
I swear I've been holding my breath for the last month.
Housemate spent the day packing and has now buggered off to stay with a friend. At some point - hopefully tomorrow - their money will be deposited and they will rent a car to take away boxes and their poopy cat.
Yes, I have already started cleaning
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Toronto got hit with big water on Tuesday. Apparently we got a month's worth of rain in a couple of hours.
There are photos kicking around of people sloshing their way through the PATH, which is like an underground shopping mall that connects the subway system to a bunch of the office buildings in the financial district. My in-office day was Monday, so I just missed getting stranded downtown.
Of course my basement filled up with water.
This time one of the contractors came to the house while it was still raining out and figured out that the water was not coming from the outside or rising groundwater - instead it was coming from one of the inside walls. So he climbed up on the roof and found the spot where the mortar around the exterior bricks had crumbled away and was letting water in to flow down on the inside of the wall.
On the plus side this is eminently fixable. On the minus side it is going to be fucking expensive. But it should finally fix the water problem she says hopefully with fingers crossed while knowing that she is probably jinxing herself as she speaks.
This fucking house, man.
I swear I've been holding my breath for the last month.
Housemate spent the day packing and has now buggered off to stay with a friend. At some point - hopefully tomorrow - their money will be deposited and they will rent a car to take away boxes and their poopy cat.
Yes, I have already started cleaning
***
Toronto got hit with big water on Tuesday. Apparently we got a month's worth of rain in a couple of hours.
There are photos kicking around of people sloshing their way through the PATH, which is like an underground shopping mall that connects the subway system to a bunch of the office buildings in the financial district. My in-office day was Monday, so I just missed getting stranded downtown.
Of course my basement filled up with water.
This time one of the contractors came to the house while it was still raining out and figured out that the water was not coming from the outside or rising groundwater - instead it was coming from one of the inside walls. So he climbed up on the roof and found the spot where the mortar around the exterior bricks had crumbled away and was letting water in to flow down on the inside of the wall.
On the plus side this is eminently fixable. On the minus side it is going to be fucking expensive. But it should finally fix the water problem she says hopefully with fingers crossed while knowing that she is probably jinxing herself as she speaks.
This fucking house, man.
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Date: 2024-07-19 12:38 am (UTC)OMG I'm so happy/sad to hear that you finally found *knock on wood* the basement water source!
I discovered when shopping for my current house that I probably have a little PTSD from my eternal fixer-upper Houston house (even though a big part of me loved it), and I would not be at all surprised if you have the same, with the extra bonus of the changing relationship emotional rollercoaster.
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Date: 2024-07-20 01:19 am (UTC)The emotional rollercoaster is real, but this place has such good bones. I'm looking forward to falling in love with it again.