house problems continue

Well, in the last post we had discovered that the previous sellers had covered up a rotten wall on the front of the garage. Now, we discovered that the other wall was rotten, partially due to rot and partially due to termites. As you can see from the pictures, the supporting 2×4’s were not even touching the ground due to the combination of water and termite damage. The header beams above the garage were rotten due to water damage and completely fell apart when we had the metal removed from around the doors. Our contractor said he wasn’t sure what was holding up the wall – paint? So we had the termites treated and then purchased a termite bond on the house. Another expense.

Then, we found out that we had hail damage on the roof from the Feb. 5th tornado. So, we got a check from the insurance company and had the roof replaced. We got rid of the ugly brown roof and put a charcoal roof on. We then had to change out the brown shutters and put up black ones. It reminded me of when you buy a new dress, all of a sudden you need new shoes, purse and maybe even a new hairstyle to go with the dress.

The house looks great now. We are thinking of selling the house because I’m not sure I have good feelings about it anymore. Our contractor thinks we shouldn’t sell because now we have fixed the problems!

So, after all that, we are finally done. It took 2 months and we got to know the contracting crew quite well. They all said they would be sad to leave because they liked working here! They were very nice, but we were glad to see them pack up their things and go. It’s good to know that the walls are fixed. Our contractor looked at other places on the house, but said all the rest looked good.