Update on Repairs

This past week, things have been getting repaired. I'll have to post a list of things, because there are wrote a few that have needed repaired since we moved in. It's frustrating that so many things have been overlooked or poorly done, but I'm glad it's been taken care of.

The one thing they are still refusing to make right is the balusters in the attic. It's still a plain wall, even though I paid for the upgrade. Apparently, nobody thinks they should do the right thing and fix this. If you all pay for ANY upgrades, make them write in the contact the scope of the upgrade so that you aren't left getting screwed over. For example, if it's an upgrade to get a sodded lawn, make them put in the contract which specific area that covers because you can't assume that means they will do the entire yard, even if that's what they say out of their mouths. If you pay an upgrade fee for raised toilets, get in writing which toilets specifically will be raised. Otherwise, they can come back after the fact and say they only meant 2 out of 3 toilets, even though their own contract doesn't say that. It's not right, it's kind of deceptive on their part, but that's what is happened to us. Be careful. If you choose to build with RH, take my advice on this!

Other than that, my yard grading is being fixed. That's a great thing. Also, our mortar on the porch had holes, so that was fixed. The water lines in the bathroom had to be replaced. My fireplace wasn't properly installed, so that had to be fixed and the soot had to be cleaned off of the outside of my home. My bathroom fan, broke and they took out the upgraded sensor and put in a plain crappy switch. That's not what I paid for. My caulking was fixed in the kitchen and bathrooms. My fireplace needed to be reinforced. And several boards had lifted and needed to be screwed back in place. Also, there is plastic from the roof shingles constantly flapping that shouldn't be there. That's getting fixed. My front porch light sensor was blown...AGAIN. We are on number three now. It's just been a bit much. The mouse holes are fixed.

Some big issues have been....the crawl space drainage system pipe is missing. What the heck? The pipe is under the house, but we can't find the spot where it drains out. Also, get this....My house is missing some of the architectural-looking decorative pieces outside of the house. How did that happen? Like other things, someone dropped the ball. They will be added, I'm happy about that but I'm annoyed that it wasn't caught before closing. Oh, and remember the tree issue? Guess what, another one is dead! One of the new ones. I've had some folks mention that it's planted too deep. The nursery should have a warranty on their trees. It needs to be replaced.

I'm over the whole new house thing. It has not been fun for us. We've had a lot of issues with the house, a lot of contractors in the house needing to do repairs over the year. I'm not impressed. I'm frustrated with the process. It's almost over though. We've been lucky to have a good couple of guys who literally have been going around fixing mistakes the other guys before them made. They are helpful, until corporate tells them they can't do things for us. The next step for us is drywall repair. I've heard it can be messy. We will see. Stay tuned...