October 16, 2008

Do They Not Sense the Urgency???

I just got back from stopping by the house. There are four days to go until settlement. No one is working at the house. The carpet is finished in the two downstairs rooms, but it’s not done on either of the staircases or in any of the bedrooms. They also need to seal up where the water line comes into the basement and do all the exterior painting (front door, side lights, side door, bilco door, window keystones, etc.), plus all the touch-up on the interior.

Also, remember the pee in the basement fiasco. Well, we roughed in for a bathroom in the basement and we have a rough-in for a kicker pump along with the toilet and bathtub rough-in. We feel fairly certain that someone decided to use the kicker pump hole as a pee pot. When I walked down in the basement today, there is definitely an "off" smell. We already made the builder rep aware of the situation and we told him we want it cleaned up (bleached and shop-vacuumed out). We could completely understand if they went in the sump pump hole. At least that drains into the ground. With no plans to put the actual kicker pump in anytime soon, well, let’s just say that pee is going to percolate. No thanks.

The appraiser is supposed to be able to walk through a completed house tomorrow afternoon, and with all of that stuff left to do and operation pee smell elimination, no one is there. No one.

I need to do some deep breathing.

Here are the latest pictures:

The kitchen sink and faucet. . .

The kitchen, completely finished (minus the refrigerator that comes after settlement).

The first room of finished carpet. Also, the girls. Big I with her "I can’t wait to move in" face and Lil C with her "getting my picture taken is painful" face.

The dining room. . .

And the exterior, minus the painted blue door and sidelights, etc.

Posted by Black Belt Mama on October 16, 2008 in Building the BBM House | 6 Comments

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6 Comments on Do They Not Sense the Urgency???

Miss Chris on Thu, 16th Oct 2008 4:49 pm

Peeing in a hole in your basement is just plain gross. When our house was under construction one of the workers used our toilet and got bitten by a black widow spider on his hiney. Serves him right for defiling our new toilet!

Marguerite on Thu, 16th Oct 2008 7:47 pm

How *rude* can some people be? Don’t they have porta-potties outside? It’s not that hard to get out and walk out the door and go use a pap, is it?? I really hope the builder does something about the culprit!!
The house looks very nice and I’m sitting here, drooling over your kitchen! It’s beautiful. I hope they hurry up and finish it!

Martial Arts Mom on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 1:27 pm

Well, apparently the guy who peed in the hole in your basement sensed URGENCY! (Sorry – couldn’t help myself there!) Seriously though, that would have my panties in a wad, too. I’d be calling somebody!

NurseBettyLBoop on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 9:36 pm