The Bandaid Method

I can't believe it's been nearly THREE months since I have written anything here! And I want to apologize ahead of time for this post, but it's necessary.  For frustration purposes and hopefully to get some attention to the RIDICULOUS situations that are happening at our house.

So, sorry for this being a negative post. I'll reward you if you read it all though ;-)

So- the bandaid method.  What I have "affectionately" started calling the half-assed work that is being done on issues around our home that is just over a year old.
We have put in service request after service request, and while they are "attending" to the issues from the requests, they're not permanent fixes.  They get fixed for the moment but the issues always come back.
And the most frustrating part is the fact that we have to take time off of work each and every time we have to get something fixed. We BOTH work full time jobs. Jobs that are during the only hours that these service people can come out and fix things.
It's beyond frustrating.  And it "hurts" us to have these people come out over and over again for the same issues.  I work by myself, so getting time off isn't easy.  And when hubby has to take time off, he doesn't get paid for it as he's a contract worker.

I've tried really really hard to get the requests fixed when I have known time off- like when family comes in to town, or when we have other plans that I've asked for a full day off.  But when will these things be fixed, and fixed RIGHT so that we don't have to take the time off anymore?!

What issues are we having? Well, let's see:

1.  The cold water knob on our master tub. This has been an issue pretty much since we moved in.  The cold water knob on the soaking tub pulls right off.  It can be tightened with an Allen wrench, and stays put on for one or two uses, but then it just pulls right back off.  I've been told that they need to order parts- an "extender", if I'm not mistaken- because the screw that is being tightened doesn't line up properly to the part on the inside that it should be attaching to.

We've addressed this issue FOUR times. I've sent in FOUR service requests to get this fixed.  It's still not fixed correctly.

So count that- that's FOUR times someone has come out to my house that either myself or hubby have had to take time off of work... and it's not fixed. Each and every time, they've just tightened the screw and let it be.

• 9/6/16
• 3/6/17
• 7/5/17
• 8/17/17

The time in July- I had family in town.  I had specifically set up time for the plumber to come out and fix the issue.  That man was LITERALLY in my house for 2 minutes.  I brought him upstairs to the master bath, he saw the knob, told me he had order parts and would have to set up a new time to come out.

A month went by, and NOT ONE PERSON contacted me back to come out and fix my tub with the part necessary.  I finally called the plumber (which, btw, has a lackluster system of answering their telephones) and I was told that there was no record of a part being needed, or someone needing to come back out.  In fact- they couldn't even tell me WHO the plumber was that came out that day- they asked me if I knew.

So, another service request was put in.  This time, I had it scheduled for September 26th- as we had time off for other things.  Well, other things happened in the meantime. One of those being a LEAK coming from somewhere in the house into the kitchen. Oh yeah, you SO read that right. Another leak.

I'm a professional at service requests now, by the way. So if any of y'all out there need help- I'm your gal.

Service request entered for the leak.  I put specific instructions on the request to have someone come out while we were already off.  Well- that confused people.  I came home from work a few days after the request was put in, and there was a notice on my door that the plumber had been there but "missed" us.  Now- it's after 6 at this point. I tried calling them and was greeted by ringing and ringing and ringing of their phone- because naturally, their hours are 8-5. Ain't no one got time to take a phone call after hours.

Legit- like five minutes later, I get a phone call FROM THE PLUMBER wanting to set up an appointment with us for the service request they put in for our leak.

Say WHAT?!

I laughed. And I laughed some more.  I explained to this girl that someone from their company was already coming out on the 26th to address a different plumbing issue.  So, can they all just come out the same day?  We were pretty certain we knew WHERE the leak was coming from- but I wasn't saying so because the last time I said something we had to have them come out THREE TIMES to fix the damn leak.  Wanna hear the kicker?  She didn't have us on the schedule for the 26th. She seemed pretty okay that someone would show up with the service manager and his gang though.

And someone did show up.  BEFORE 8am.
Now, if they show up- ring the doorbell.  Or knock harder than a tap.  I have TWO dogs that will bark and bark and bark as soon as a leaf passes across the yard.  So if you knocked substantially, I'd know.

This was a photo I sent to hubby. I was in the driveway and it wasn't even 8 yet.  I had gotten up, made sure I was up, and had taken the dogs outside.

I didn't bother to call them.  I knew the service manager and his crew would be at my house within the hour. And they were.  He "took care" of calling the plumber for me.  And believe me, this really put a dent in the day since the ORIGINAL plumber "missed" us.

Because the plumber "missed" us- the crew that follows the service manager around cut a hole in my ceiling to try and find the leak so that they'd have it "ready" for when the plumber got back.  The plumber is also the person that should be fixing my cold water knob.

Well- that got "fixed" by the service manager- as in it got tightened down with the Allen wrench... and guess what?! It's already popped back off.

So, number 2 is TECHNICALLY the leaks we have dealt with.  Now, these are actually two different leaks- but for serious.... how many damn leaks can a brand new house have?!!

2.  Leaks from inside plumbing

The most recent is the hall (which I've given some details already but need to rant a bit more about that). The other one was also leaking into the kitchen, and it had to do with the master tub.  That master tub leak had me put in THREE service requests.

• 9/14/16
• 9/27/16
• 10/24/16

Now, this does NOT include the extra days that the drywall people had to come back out and repair our drywall.  That also happened each time, and on different days that when the leak was "fixed".... so you're looking at AT LEAST six days of missed work between the two of us.

Back to the new leak in the hall bath:  The service manager and crew found the new leak.  They took photos to send over to the plumber so that he'd know what he was dealing with.

A bit later the plumber shows up.  I asked if he knew what he was fixing.  Showed him the hole in my wall and the leaky spot:

Also asked him about the cold water knob.  He knew NOTHING about the knob.  That's when I took him upstairs and saw that it had been screwed back on. It was wiggly and loose, but on.  I pretty much said fuck it at that point.  I don't know what to do about that knob.  No one wants to fix it the right way.

So, he goes to work on the leak.  Now- he was a nice guy, don't get me wrong.  But all he did the entire time was complain about coming to my house.  He normally doesn't service this part of town.  He wasn't prepared to deal with a leak and having to pull up our toilet and fixing the leak.  Keep in mind they took photos of what they'd done, and supposedly sent it over to the plumber.

He fixed the leak. But not before putting his ladder on our hard wood floors WITHOUT protection.  He also asked for a towel bc the pipe might leak a bit while he was upstairs working.
Well, it was more than a bit.  I had to get several towels and a bowl to collect all the water that was falling.  It only lasted a minute or two. But come on.  On my hardwood floors.

Some of these photos I was trying to capture the dust everywhere bc it was a mess... I volunteered myself to clean it all up when he was done.

So, the leak is fixed.  There is STILL a hole in our ceiling that needs to be patched and painted.  We opted to have that done on the same day that the drywall repair guy is coming for our 1-year nail pops and cracks.  Yep. It's October. This is the earliest our 1-year could be done.

And- it's TWO SEPARATE companies that have to come out for the repairs.  One for the 1-year and another for the ceiling.  My HOPE is that the ceiling one actually shows up.  I told the service manager what date it had to be, and I haven't heard a WORD since then.  NOT. ONE. WORD.

And one more thing about our plumbing..... the day that everyone was out here for all this hooplah... our master toilet had stopped working.  We'd flush it and the bowl would fill up with water, and then slowly drain.  It would drain SUPER low and the normal water level hasn't been there.

I mentioned this to our service manager and he came and looked at it while checking everything else out.  We have a clog he said.  Very matter-of-factly and with confidence.  He grabbed our plunger, plunged a few times, flushed and it worked.  Imagine how much of an idiot I felt like.
He also changed the flapper inside the tank.

Well, two flushes later, and it's back to acting up.

I put a new service request in for this issue.  I got a call back saying that clogs aren't covered under the warranty.  I asked if he was DOUBLY sure that it was a clog (it was the SM that called) and he said yes.  He was willing to come and look at it again, but wouldn't you know it... only during the hours that we are at work.  So, we have to get our own plumber to come out and fix it.

I'm most frustrated about this because he messed with the toilet and did more than PLUNGE it the first time.  And now you're not going to fix it?  We have yet to get the plumber to come out because we are researching for someone BESIDES who RH uses- as they're just ridiculous and as I said- I don't want them in our house.  So we haven't been able to use that toilet.  But why attempt to fix something if you normally don't do clogs anyways?! 

3.  Our Garage Door Opener

In May, our garage door opener stopped working.  And, only the one on the wall inside the garage.  We can open the garage from our clickers in the cars, the key pad outside the garage, and the app on our phones.  However, the button INSIDE the garage doesn't work.

This one has been frustrating.  We've "made do" with what we have and get it open... but it shouldn't be this way. 

I originally put in a service request on 7/5 for someone to come out.  I took a call and scheduled an appointment for them to come out the same day that a lot of our other issues were being fixed.  I already had the time off of work for other commitments so it worked well schedule-wise.

Well, the day they were SUPPOSED to come out... no one showed up.  The window was from 8-12.  By 11, I hadn't heard anything so I called, and the gal I talked to told me that we weren't even on the schedule.  And she also didn't understand WHY we would have been on the schedule as they don't service Ryan Homes anymore.

Yep.  You read that right.

We did some troubleshooting over the phone, and were trying to figure out if it truly was something with the garage aspect of everything, or something electrical.  That troubleshooting never got resolved.  She had taken information, was giving it to one of the service techs, and no one ever got back to me.

Another service request was put in on 8/17 to try and get someone out to fix the issue. 

Then, when the SM came out with the gang to fix the other issues in the house that I had said weren't addressed. they also worked on the garage.  That guy went out, found an issue with the wiring and it being loose, and fixed everything.  He opened and closed the garage like, 6 times and it was working each time.

The next day.... it stopped working.  Went right back to how it had been.

So, another service request was entered on 9/27 and I haven't heard from any kind of company or anything to come out and fix it. The SM said he had forwarded the information on, but I have heard nothing.  I'll say the button is BETTER and works more than it had been... but it's still very intermittent and doesn't work every time you click it open.

Guys, we've been in our home for 450 days.  That's not a long time.  And all of these issues have been around for months, if not since the beginning of our occupying the house.

And bandaids are being put on issues and they just keep on breaking or not working, and we keep on having to put in requests and get things fixed.  Which means taking time off, not getting paid, and then just getting frustrated once something DOESN'T work that should be fixed.

One more rant while I'm at it, and that's just communication from all these "vendors" in general.... You've read about the plumber and how great they are.  Well, the 1-year drywall stuff has been "swell" too.

First, I couldn't get the fax to go through for our certificate that requested the repairs.  It kept coming back busy.  The SM took it from me on one of his visits to fix stuff and got it over where it needed to go.  So, this drywall guy calls me to set up an appointment, and it's legit like 2 months away.  I told him I'd have to look at a schedule and get back to him once I knew of a few days I could potentially take off of work.
Well, when I call back, it just rings.  Goes to a voicemail. The mailbox is FULL and I can't leave a message.  Which means that we missed the August dates that we thought we'd get.  And I had to go through this whole process again.  I told the SM that I couldn't get in touch with the drywall guy, and they eventually contacted me again.  When he told me a date towards the end of October, I took it. It was super hard for us to get that time off, but we've managed it and our drywall repairs will be done soon.

Whew.

Did you make it all the way through all of that?? I really do apologize to all of you that have stuck with us on this journey. I hate to moan and complain, but when is enough really enough? 

We do love our home and have enjoyed these first 450 days making it our own.

And, if you've made it this far, let me tell you guys about our exciting news!
We have two new babies!!!

So, top photos are our two boys that we've had.  Crosley is on the left, Cody on the right.
And on the bottom are our two newest additions! Chance (left) and Cooper.

We are SO in love with them! They're great little dudes!

Thanks for sticking around and reading our mess.  LOL!!

209 Days In.....

Is that even right?!!? Time is flying and I can't believe we are 209 days (about 7 months) in!!!

And on top of that-- HELLO everyone! I know, like others, I promised to keep the blog up- but let's face it:  Life happens.  I have a huge list of house projects and this is how it goes: start a project, love it and get it like, half way done, and then move on to something else.
Yep, the projects are those kind of projects.

Things like painting the interior doors black-- there are like, 18 doors in the house. That is taking quite a while.

Painting.  That most definitely hasn't started yet but we are trying to pick out colors.

Furniture.  It's a heck of a task to go from a 1300 square foot apartment to a 2600+ square foot home, and trying to fill it with furniture.

We need more furniture. Lots more furniture. Lots of empty space right now, but we are getting there.

And then just having the time to do these projects.  We do lots. We love to stay busy, and a lot of the time our house projects kinda get put on the back burner to go have fun.

But-- I thought I'd update a bit of what we DO have done..... The majority of the interior doors have been painted black. What a huge difference it makes! Such a nice pop of color from the boring ole white and off white walls.

We switched out our shower head in the master bathroom for a fancy-schmancy one that does all sorts of fun stuff (it was on my Christmas list and we got it for Christmas!).

We have our awesome entertainment set up put up from IKEA that we bought before we even finished building the house.  It needs some slight adjustments and I don't wanna do those adjustments til we paint. But, it's massive, and amazing and looks great against the wall between the 2 windows!

Furniture stuff: Another Christmas gift we received was an awesome entryway bench and hutch from Home Depot. It was a bit of a headache dealing with it, but it's AMAZING and fits in the space perfectly.  Loooooong story short: I loved the bench, showed it to the in-laws and they got it for us or Christmas.  My Father-In-Law noticed on some of the reviews that the hutch didn't fit the bench perfectly.  Shame on me for not paying closer attention to that.  And sure enough- when we got the hutch in and assembled it, it didn't fit perfectly on the bench.  I did some research and actually got in touch with the manufacturer and they shipped us an updated hutch that is perfect for the bench!!!! YAY!

Front room (on the floor plans it's technically designated the "living room"):  We got some Billy Bookcases from IKEA and filled up the entire wall with book cases.  I'll eventually try my hand at adding some molding to them to make them look "built in".. but I love all the space for all of our media goodies!

And naturally, we are having our "new home" woes-- specifically a couple of cracks in our foundation :-(
Yeah. You read that right. Cracks.  In our foundation.  We first noticed a leak in one of the unfinished parts of our basement. It dried quickly, but we had some pretty wet weather there for a while and the leak came back. We surveyed the outside of our house and found 2 cracks in the foundation (we have a pretty high elevation and have a good part of our basement exposed to the elements still-- which includes our amazing walk out basement).
So here we go with something I've become a pro at:  filling out the online service request.  The first one I filled out got NO response, so I filled a second one out about a week later.  A foundation company called me the next day.  I gave them an earful as they wanted to schedule a time during the WEEK to come out and take a look at the crack.  Luckily this worked, as well as the fact that they also have weekend hours (woohoo!). So we had someone come out on a Saturday.

The guy (well, more like a kid) that came out told us that the crack was from the pressure of the support beam running across the top of the basement, as was fairly common.  He did some nifty filler thing to help stop the leak.  We asked about the SECOND crack on the foundation. It is smaller in size than the crack that caused the leak, but he walked it to "measure" the distance and believes that crack is the same type of thing as the one he repaired.  This one is a bit more tricky as it's in a finished part of our basement.  He checked the support beam area and said that he didn't see any signs of leaks or anything, and even mentioned that Ryan Homes puts in baseboards that turn a yellow color if there's water behind them.  So, he did nothing with the crack.  I think when it gets closer to our 1 year, or when we have a few days off, I am going to get them to come out and assess that one again. I don't want to be dealing with it when it's our problem and not something that they should have fixed anyways!

So how about some photos! I have tons and will do my best to put descriptions on them, haha!!

This about the extent of the snow we got this year so far.  Just a little dusting to freak out the puppy, haha!

Fancy new shower head <3

Before painting the doors upstairs (this would be the master bedroom, hall closet and guest room)

After painting!  (this would be the master bedroom, hall closet and guest room)

More before shots 

After shots

Before  (this would be the master bedroom, hall closet and guest room)

After (this would be the master bedroom, hall closet and guest room)

Our new hutch and bench in the entryway off of the garage (mudroom)

Our new hutch and bench in the entryway off of the garage (mudroom)

This is in the front room of the house (family room)... Billy Bookcases from IKEA

Another view of our bookcases in the front room of the house

random photos:  Sitting on the couch looking towards the kitchen

random photos:  Standing in the entryway (mudroom) door looking towards the family room

random photos: Standing in the kitchen looking into the morning room

random photos: Standing in the morning room looking towards the front of the house 

random photos: another view from the couch into the kitchen/morning room {we will one day have a dining room table in there}

random photos:  Crosley <3

random photos: our IKEA entertainment stand-- we still need to put the middle piece on its legs and then adjust the height on the cabinets to the right. But this won't be done til we paint. I'm not taking these things up and down a bajillion times.

random photos: Standing in the hallway by the stairs looking towards the family room.

random photos: The "dining room" according to the floor plan. For us, it's the bunny room {yes. you read that right. We have 2 bunnies}, and random boxes yet to be put somewhere/unpacked

random photos:  Front entryway

random photos:  Messy floors and Crosley doing the dishes.

And, the foundation crack:

Wet basement floor.

Worse wet basement floor.

This is the *second* crack. This one isn't fixed. It coincides with a finished part of the basement and the foundation kid didn't do anything to this one-- just checked to make sure it wasn't leaking.

THIS one is the culprit of our leaks.

The other side of the crack. Awesome, huh?

All filled and fixed and no longer leaking.

But it's kinda hideous.

So I most definitely plan on having someone come out and address the second crack before its all said and done. It's just finding time with the great time slots that Ryan Homes and their contractors offer.

We have TONS of other projects going on/waiting to work on. We stained our deck before it got cold, but it really needs one more coat.

We have lots of stuff built in the basement for our "man cave/Reds room" but don't have it all organized yet.

The loft:  We are going to make this a "travel themed" area.  We LOVE LOVE LOVE to travel and have so many awesome trinkets and memorabilia and things from our travels to display.  Well, another Christmas gift that was on our {my} list... A giant wall mural that is a map of the world.  It will nearly cover the entire wall in the loft on one side.  We haven't put it up yet because we need to paint {since it won't cover the ENTIRE wall}.  I found it on Wayfair:  Check It Out Here.

We love our home and have so many great memories already that have been made and can't wait for more.

And, to end the post: a super adorable photo of our sweet boys from yesterday, in our 65 degree weather in February.

Our "Leaky" Situation....

So it's been nearly two weeks since we noticed our leak.  And the drama from that leak continues.

Some of my last post was out of anger and not knowing ALL the details of what had happened from the leak discovery.  I'm a bit better educated now that I've seen it and gotten all the details... but still- I'm not exactly "happy" about any of it.

Backing up a bit-- they came out on the 15th, a Thursday, to check out our leak and get things taken care of.  We actually ended up with THREE holes in our drywall in the master bedroom so that it could dry out and then they'd come back out to patch it up.

Also, the different color grout has nothing to do with the leak that was discovered with the shower.  That leak was dripping DOWN and would have found it's way to the spot where it was leaking through the ceiling.  So what's causing the grout to be a different color- I have NO idea... They were supposed to fix it as a part of our 30 day stuff, but it hasn't been addressed.  So, I'll be putting a ticket in along with other things once it gets a bit closer to me having my next available day off.

So, we think it's all well and good with the leak in the shower being fixed.  On Wednesday last week (the 21st), I'm getting ready to head to work and I notice that our ceiling is leaking AGAIN.

Yep. Again.

We are now thinking the leak MIGHT be from the master bathtub.  Our PM mentioned it when this whole leak thing started, but we hadn't used the tub in nearly two weeks at that point.  So it seemed odd that a leak would just show up out of nowhere.  Well, this new leak- we had used the tub that Sunday prior to this new drip.  So maybe the tub was the culprit all along??

I snap some photos and send them to hubby, and then I call one of our PM's that's been in contact with me since they were supposed to be coming out THE VERY NEXT DAY to patch everything up.  I wanted to make sure they knew that we had a new leak and to bring a plumber with them.

Well, I hear nothing.  So, after several hours I email our second PM just to make sure they're aware of the situation and we NEED a plumber out tomorrow.  I had a pretty high sense of urgency because that Thursday was literally my ONLY day off for a month at a time when they could come out and check things out, and I wanted this taken care of.  The email to our PM produced a response that said they had the plumber coming out at 8 am the following morning.

Thanks for the communication on that.  A text, a call, an email..... ANYTHING would suffice so that I was aware someone was coming out that next day.  Is that really that much to ask?!?!

So, Thursday the 22nd was my day off.  Literally the only day off that I've had during the week in a while.  And, seeing as how these contractors and Ryan only like to work Monday through Friday during business hours, I had to use my ONLY day off to sit at home ALL day and wait for things to be done {we had a couple of other service things that were being taken care of on this day as well as our leak}.

Plumber shows up promptly at 8.  His name was Jay.  I explained to him the situation, and mentioned that we think this new leak could have something to do with the master tub. Upstairs he goes, starts tinkering with things.  PM shows up with the drywall guy.  His name was Jay also.  Takes him upstairs so he can start patching up our drywall in our bedroom since the leak from the shower hasn't leaked and is okay.

While he's at the house, our PM investigates with the plumber and they come to the conclusion that the leak is coming from the COLD WATER KNOB on the master tub.  The same one that just pulled right up one day while I was taking a bath, and the same one that the first plumber tried to fix and basically flooded our bathroom because he forgot to turn off the main water.  The same one that we have been *patiently* waiting to be fixed because they had to order a special kit to get the knob to stay on.

Yep, that would be the one.

So, the plumber has to run to his shop to see if he has stuff to fix it. When he was looking in the drain with the water running, he noticed that the cold water knob was leaking water.

In the meantime, our PM tells me that they're going to cut a hole in my master closet and put an air register grate over it.  That way it can dry out and they can keep an eye on it.  I was so clueless as he fed this information to me, and now I have to ask questions. haha!  The grate looks okay in the closet and I'm alright if it has to stay that way... but why wouldn't they just patch up that hole too once it's "dried" out??  Are they anticipating this being an issue?

Drywall Jay is in and out pretty much all day long.  Patched things up, it had to dry.  Come back for touch ups, let it dry some more.  Finally paint over everything and he's done.

Plumber Jay came back and fixed the knob.  Hopefully for good this time.  We've taken a couple of baths up to this point and are hoping for the best.

Our PM has reached out to set a date to come out to patch up the hole in the kitchen and drywall on the beam between the kitchen and morning room.  I let him know my next available day off, which is LITERALLY a month away from now.  I had asked how long it would take, and he said up to about 5 hours.  With that being the case, hubby and I really can't take a FULL day off of work {hubs doesn't get paid for time he's not at work, and we are short staffed where I work so I can't just ask for a random day off so close to it being that time}.  Still waiting to hear if they'll be out that day or not. I have several other "things" I will be putting service requests in for so they get taken care of on that day as well.

So- at this point, our leak leaked again and they've hopefully fixed it.  We still have exposed drywall in the kitchen and a hole in our ceiling where they cut it to air it out.

And a couple of things about all of that-- I asked our PM what they planned on doing with the drywall that has water spots on it.  Are they replacing it?  I don't want it just painted over.  I worry that it might still lead to mold or mildew in the future. There's also a water spot on the ceiling.  What are their plans for that?

I feel the same about the exposed drywall.  I really want it all just cut down and replaced so it doesn't look like it does.  You'll see what I mean in my photos.

And, for thought..... Drywall Jay did a really great job patching up our drywall.  You seriously would NEVER know that we had three holes there if I hadn't told you.  The paint on our walls is the "builder whatever" that comes with the house.  It isn't white though.  It's like an off-white creamy kind of color.  And when he painted over the spots that he had to repair, it looks great.

So my thought-- I'm not going to wait to paint.  We had originally decided that we were going to wait until our drywall fixes and such around 12 months from when we moved in.  If they patch things up and their paint doesn't show anything, then I'm just going to paint to my little heart's desire.  I also read that painting over the builder grade paint will help reveal drywall imperfections and stuff that need to be fixed, so I figured that's a good idea too!  We shall see.  We have a couple projects we need to finish (and start) first before we start slapping paint on our walls.

Our other service stuff that was fixed on the 22nd included replacing our loft window for a third time.  Hopefully it's for good this time.  That guy spent a lot of time replacing the trim around the window, as well as molding and such.

And then the electric in the morning room.  It's been out for a good bit of time now.  Well, that guy showed up nearly three hours late (his window was between 1-3 and he showed up at 545).  He had an electric outlet to hook up for us for our Guardian stuff, and then he fixed those outlets.
Wanna know how he did it?  He flipped the breaker.  Uh huh.  The fricken breaker.

Now, we did flip it.  All of them.  We even hunted for GFI outlets to reset stuff.  We know where one is for the garage, and one for upstairs. But not for the first floor.  But we know now.  The electrician told us that we have to first reset the GFI outlet, and then flip the breaker off and back on to get it working again.  And voila!  The only issue I have is that I plugged my stuff in and within a couple of hours, all of the outlets in the morning room weren't working again! So I'm going to have to get the electrician BACK out to check things out.  This shouldn't be happening!

And now photos! Fun, leaky photos.  HA!

This is the "beam" between the morning room and the kitchen.  If you look closely on the right of the black mark, and down a bit, you can see the newly formed water droplet. 

Tilt your head side ways! This is the beam again, and the hole in our ceiling in the kitchen.

And a pretty "good" photo of the new leak. Same spot. 

Crosley demonstrating the cold water knob.

part 1 of the drywall repair.

part 2 of the drywall repair

and final product of the drywall repair.

the new "vent" in our master closet off the bathroom.  It's just a hole with a grate over it so air can flow in.

Our third loft window, waiting to be hung. The first one had a crack, the second wasn't sealed properly. This one better be perfect.

No window!

New Window!

And then a follow up to that leak that we originally found pre-drywall.  It was explained to us that it very well could have been a problem from the shower/bath tub and we just weren't able to fully SEE that as it had rained and they contributed that leak to all the rain we had gotten.

This is the photo of the "leak" from the beginning....

So hopefully the leak saga is over with, and we will get these holes patched up and the house looking back to normal!

I'll keep y'all updated :-) Hope everyone else is enjoying their gorgeous new homes, or loving the progress that is being made on your homes!!!!!