Well....

Well after staying here for a year we decided to decline buying this house...we were already approved but the owner wanted us to stay there a year to see how we liked the house and the are...few things wrong that were supposed to get fix and the crew that the owner paid to fix the problems never did any work and so we decided to end our lease with option to buy :(
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so we decided to move out by the 15th and since we procrastinated, we found a place on the 12th and started moving in on the 13th...since we waited so long it was just us moving with the help of my mom and her friend...they help us on Saturday, but it was mainly the wife and i since the kids were in SC. i finished last night at 12:30 by just putting out clothes on the arm of the chair since there was no power

today the power was to be turned on so i left work early made a few stops and this is what i was greeted with when i got home
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apparently the stove was left on and we didn't know since there was no power and my wife had put a box on the stove...
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all of our stuff was still in boxes so there's not that much damage...you can see the smoke line
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had i come straight home i would have been there when it started, but had i been home, i would have been sleeping in the bed
the dining room
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den
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daughters room
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our bedroom
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on top of that, the car quit on me today at Wendy's on Western Blvd
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i'm close to exhaustion at the moment...spent the whole weekend moving and sleeping on the floor...finally finished moving at 12:30, got 4hrs of sleep and planned on taking tomorrow off so i could get some rest and this happens...now i'm at my moms about to sleep on the floor...i'm spent...only good thing is that the wife and kids are in SC and won't have to see what's happened...i'm hoping they stay there until she goes back to work in July...but no time for feeling bad, i have a lot of work to do tomorrow:)

well...damnit,

Holy sh** man. Thank god no one was home.

Is the Owner going to pay to get you new stuff since he was unawere that the stove was left on?

i don't know yet...but it's not a total loss, and that's a good thing

How much did you loose?

Wow, that is insanely bad luck. But a good thing that nobody was home. The fire didnt burn itself out I wouldnt think? Did the fire dept come?

wow, holy bad luck dude. i wish you the best in rebuilding... and like you told me when i wrecked the 8 (no where near the extent as this) just rebuild it better than ever..

well the car started :) and the main things that we loss were everything in the kitchen, basically all my wifes clothes, not sure how the electronics faired the heat since Duke Power came and removed the meter and i'm not too sure what else...but it was good that everything was still in boxes

the fire started putting itself out and the fire department was there like 10-15 minutes after it started...which was a good thing

but overall i'm still happy that it wasn't as bad as it could have been and my wife stayed calm when i told her...now we just have to explain this to the kids

Geez man. That's gotta suck. Glad to hear no one was hurt. Hope that everything gets sorted out and repaired. And I'm sure your car is a trooper, I mean it is a Honda. Best of luck with everything.

Soooo....

the total damage was estimated to be around $70k...since the ac unit was on, the smoke was sucked into the return air ducts, so they need to be cleaned or replaced...because of the heat in the back, they plan on replacing the drywall and if the smell is in the insulation, that's getting replaced also. the fixtures, windows, and carpet needs to be replaced...they got a P.O.D. for us so all of our stuff is getting put in there. They're going to try and replace everything of ours that was messed up and reimbursed us for all the money that we're spending and tomorrow we're going to probably spend the next month or two staying in an extended stay hotel. shouldn't be too bad. it was nice having a week where everything i wore was new. but since we started cleaning out the house today i was able to get some of my clothes so i can wash them. still seems unreal that this happened. a lot of stuff is getting tossed and i'm unsure if my 52" hdtv made it:( the homeowners insurance is going after Duke Power and they say that there's a 40% chance of them winning. all in all...i spent my b-day cleaning and moving stuff out of the house
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stuff melted on the mantle
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someone call the zoo b/c these pythons are loose
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damn dude... if that ever happened to me, I'd probably flip the fuck out.

but at least you're getting something back out of it.. never know, it might turn out (somehow) to be a good event for you.

Maybe, just maybe, something great will come of it.

And, if not, at least noone was hurt... things can be replaced... lives can't.

Holy crap! That all sucks. I'm impressed and dare I say inspired by your ability to keep plugging on with a positive outlook. Keep your head up!


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LoL, I have the same shirt. I get compliments every time I wear it :cheers:

it was eithe that shirt or The Justice League...i chose The Street...think i need to go to Curious Goods and see if i can find another Trix shirt...

but all in all we're doing good...can you imagine having a hotel room with 5 people and a dog :p

moved back in today...got these two crappy pics...they finished everything wednesday...but i there's more we have to buy/replace...like the tv :D but the house is basically new...the only things not changed is the framing and the roof...total payout from Duke Power was about $125,000

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Looks freakin sweet man! Love the kitchen.

Kickass... purely, simply.... kick ass.

Hey Blu, sorry to hear about what happened. Glad you got your house fixed up nice.

WB turtle... posting for another.. day?

BLU - Now that the car's done, are you going to spend time modding the parts of your house that weren't just fixed/replaced?

Hey Blu, sorry to hear about what happened. Glad you got your house fixed up nice.

thanks...feels so good not to sleep on an air mattress:licka:

BLU - Now that the car's done, are you going to spend time modding the parts of your house that weren't just fixed/replaced?

yup...i basically spent our tv, ps3, and dresser money on my car :(