MsDisney23
<font color=blue>Has cabin fever-induced dreams of
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We built a new home one year ago. We kept having a problem with water in the basement. Now home was built with a drain system in it along with a sump pump. Well the problem get getting worse. We had the builder back over, and he kept telling us he could not fix it until the weather broke. Now back in Feb. we had water that actually came through the fountain. At this point I decide to get my video camera out and document this. Now I get a letter from the builder asking me to schedule our one year final walk through. Something did not seem right here.
I send builder a letter now, cert./return reciept asking him to put in writing his plan of action to be taken to fix the ongoing water problem that he was aware of. Need to say anymore, a small war broke out. He got very nasty with me. So now I am sending letter after letter. Now we discovered all of our heating ducks where never connected. Yikes, another problem.
I now have a huge meeting at my house with builder, city inspectors, plummer's and a construction crew. Builder and I had a few words. I told him I would see to it that he fix our home, that if I need to I will file a home warranty claim against him. Now he knows he has to do the work.
They needed to put in a new french drain system in the basement, which required them to cut out half of my basement. You will not believe what happened next. When they started to say cut the concrete, It went through my heating/air condition system and through the whole house. Within mininutes my home and all of it's belongings where covered with white concrete dust.
Carbon monide built up as well, so we had to take the dog over to grandma's. The builder and I both just stood in the house and looked at each other in this massive cloud of concrete dust. He was very very nice.
Now to cut to the chase. The drain was put in, the builder told me that I could hire a cleaning company and that he would pay for everything. I decided to clean my house after two girls came in and in three hours later nothing was done and they went home. Now builder is going to pay me for all of my cleaning. I am almost finished, I have one room left to do and then I have to wash, iron and hang all of my curtains. Builder is having my heating/aircond. system, carpets professional cleaned on Tuesday.
I have spend hours in each room, everything had to be cleaned, washed, oh what a mess. I am wondering what to charge the builder for my cleaning. I was thinking of $1,000.00 I have well over a 100 hours of hard labor put into this cleaning, plus all the cleaning supplies that I had to purchases, and this not include all the curtains that I have yet to launder, iron and hang. My doing my own curtains I am saving him a ton right there. Would you say that $10.00 an hour is a good price.
Now for the bright side of things, I will have one of the cleanest houses in my area. My basement was also just powerwashed! I am so tired, this has been a terrible thing that happen, but in the end all worked out fine.
I send builder a letter now, cert./return reciept asking him to put in writing his plan of action to be taken to fix the ongoing water problem that he was aware of. Need to say anymore, a small war broke out. He got very nasty with me. So now I am sending letter after letter. Now we discovered all of our heating ducks where never connected. Yikes, another problem.
I now have a huge meeting at my house with builder, city inspectors, plummer's and a construction crew. Builder and I had a few words. I told him I would see to it that he fix our home, that if I need to I will file a home warranty claim against him. Now he knows he has to do the work.
They needed to put in a new french drain system in the basement, which required them to cut out half of my basement. You will not believe what happened next. When they started to say cut the concrete, It went through my heating/air condition system and through the whole house. Within mininutes my home and all of it's belongings where covered with white concrete dust.
Carbon monide built up as well, so we had to take the dog over to grandma's. The builder and I both just stood in the house and looked at each other in this massive cloud of concrete dust. He was very very nice.
Now to cut to the chase. The drain was put in, the builder told me that I could hire a cleaning company and that he would pay for everything. I decided to clean my house after two girls came in and in three hours later nothing was done and they went home. Now builder is going to pay me for all of my cleaning. I am almost finished, I have one room left to do and then I have to wash, iron and hang all of my curtains. Builder is having my heating/aircond. system, carpets professional cleaned on Tuesday.
I have spend hours in each room, everything had to be cleaned, washed, oh what a mess. I am wondering what to charge the builder for my cleaning. I was thinking of $1,000.00 I have well over a 100 hours of hard labor put into this cleaning, plus all the cleaning supplies that I had to purchases, and this not include all the curtains that I have yet to launder, iron and hang. My doing my own curtains I am saving him a ton right there. Would you say that $10.00 an hour is a good price.
Now for the bright side of things, I will have one of the cleanest houses in my area. My basement was also just powerwashed! I am so tired, this has been a terrible thing that happen, but in the end all worked out fine.
Hope all goes well from this forward, enjoy.
