Apartment Shopping

Little Kat is looking to relocate into the county of his college. He needs to do this for a chance to get into the program of his choosing at school. At first, I thought we would just have him rent a room from some friends of the family. That is proving harder than I thought. So now we are looking at renting him an apartment.

Luckily there are some apartment shopping aggregators out there. Trying to find a place with a washer/dryer inside the rental unit. Would be easier if the apartment provided high speed Internet. Just found out today that Little Kat would like a lot of counter space in the kitchen.

I am worried that we might choose a dud. So I am looking for an initial short term lease. That way Little Kat can bolt if need be. It would be nice if he did not live too far away as well. For now, me and Momoko scouted out a few apartment neighborhoods. Just today, Little Kat and I took a drive around those neighborhoods too.

Dryer Mix Up

Our dryer started having troubles recently. It makes a funny noise when you start it up. Sometimes it does not dry clothes in a single cycle. The lint catcher broke, so I ordered a replacement part from the manufacturer. It did not fit correctly, causing the door not to close easily. For all these problems and more, we decided to get a new dryer.

We had a gas line run to behind the dryer. So we went shopping for a gas dryer. Lowes only seemed to have electric ones. So we ordered an electric dryer. The thing turned out to be back ordered, causing them to miss two delivery dates. Third time was the charm. The dryer got delivered.

The delivery guys said they could not unhook the old dryer. It was gas. Lo and behold, they were right. I guess I forgot that we previously upgraded from electric to gas. That's okay. I got my handyman to come and switch out the dryer. Turns out the new electric dryer does not have power any more. We reclaimed the big dryer line to power our window A/C units upstairs.

My handyman recommended I just go buy a gas dryer. That is what we wanted anyway. So now I got to return this electric dryer, and find a new gas one that I like. The only consolation is that my handyman can hook the new one up as soon as I acquire it.

Niece Returns Home For Summer

 

Momoko's niece came out to live with us this summer. She stayed in Momoko's study. We previously purchased a guest bed for her to sleep on. It fit nicely in the room. There was an Amazon fire stick in the room. However the niece came down to the family room to watch shows on the big TV.

 

This week was the last one for the summer visit. Momoko and Kit Kat woke up before the crack of dawn, and drove the niece to the airport. They stayed with her until she checked in her bags and got to security. Luckily there were a lot of food choices for breakfast just on the other side of the security checkpoint.

 

Yesterday we packed the mattress and box springs into their original plastic bags for protection. Then we stored then in the utility room in the basement. Momoko got her study back. Her desk was moved back in there today. There was a slight disturbance as Little Kat built his new over-the-toilet shelf in the kids bathroom. All the supplies were temporarily placed in Momoko's study.

Roof Install Troubles

The guys came early to install our roof. They started ripping the old roof off around 6:30am. I think that is illegal in our jurisdiction. I did not stop them, as the weather would only get hotter during the day. I went out and watched them tear off the old shingles. There were two layers of roofing up there. They also pulled out all the plywood under the shingles. They said it was too thin.

They asked me to look around as they were finishing up. I had to climb up to the second story to see the back of the house. Had them do more work on some of the flashing. One of the flashing over the apron behind the chimney was the wrong color. They said the roofing company sent them that color.

The main problem was that the roof was not at a uniform height where the edge of it met the rain gutters. This was defective on both the second and first story roofs. Also, there was an indentation in the middle of the roof over the front door.

The project manager called and said he would call back with a schedule for somebody to come, inspect, and resolved my problems. Never heard back from the guys. That was a few weeks ago. I called their production department. Got promises of calls. Never got them. Time to escalate to management. I am not too worried. I am withholding the final payment of over $10k. Somebody will eventually notice that and get in touch with me.