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After two months at Grandma's and a half hour commute each way to the house any time we wanted to work on it, it's time. Time to start living at the house. First off - in order to beat the heat (mid 90s Fahrenheit - low 30s Celcius), there are some tasks that we need to do at night or very early in the morning before it gets too hot - eaves and overhangs and going in the attic so we can finish the wiring so we can get the insulation in.
We've spent the past week preparing mentally and physically to move in. All of the deconstruction has been done - no more walls to tear down, no more carpets to tear up, no more ceilings to scrape. The rest of the messes will be easy to contain:
tasks such as
fix floor by door and
install sliding glass door. The dust levels are down and the dwelling is semi-habitable. The past week has been about:
Insurance, rejectedSince we're investing in this house, we want to protect our investment with insurance.
Geico quoted us $9000 a year. PJ's mom was paying much much less than that, and most people we talk to around here seem to be paying less than $1000 a year. We went over to the
Farmers Insurance branch near here and talked with a very nice and rather hilarious employee (one of those inspiring people that is upbeat despite a physical disability). He got us a quote for $573 a year (mind you with a very high deductible). When his boss came back to town, we got a rejection call. They sent our cheque back with the note "rejected - lapse in coverage over 12 months". Hmm. So we can't get insurance, because we didn't have insurance? They said they'd be able to insure once the yard was cleaned up and we repair the
Eaves and Overhangs. I tidied the yard. So we'll also make that a priority. It's funny that the exterior of the house, something quite superficial really, determines whether or not we get insurance.
LivabilityWe purchased the water heater and had it installed Monday (okay, so it's not working yet, but maybe we'll talk about that later). It's so hot that we have already each had a splash bath without hot water and it actually feels gooood. The water doesn't get that cold.
We bought a fridge. And some groceries.
We built a temporary support for our lovely Corian countertop.
We took the air mattress out and bought some rugs to lay it on (in case of snags from the floor).
Now for some errands in town, then we'll be out there for the first time tonight! Wooooo!
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