Waiting, waiting

Over the weekend I did a lot of packing at Rutledge.  Mom and Libby came to help me pack up my kitchen while Graham was out of town.  We got it done in no time and even got all of the boxes taken to the storage building. Since Graham and I are planning on living in the basement while the main level renovation at Burnett is being done, we are having to store a good bit of our furniture.  We have had a change of plans, though, and won't be living in the basement until some water issues are dealt with.  So far, everyone we've had look at the house seems to think that the new roof and gutters will solve the water problem.  Basically, water is coming in from the front of the house and has created a little tiny rut in the crawl space and is coming through the front wall of the basement.  New, cleaned out, and wider gutters will hopefully do the trick and solve the problem.  If not, we are looking at a more serious digging out, french drain type project.  So, since we are doing new gutters anyway, we want to see if that fixes the water issue before we go getting into a more expensive fix that may not be necessary.  We can't start the gutters/roof/and other outside work until after closing, so that threw a little wrench in our moving into the basement plans.  Hopefully we'll get started on the outside renovation very soon after closing and can move into the house in a about a month.  In the mean time, we are going to live with my dad and Lisa.  We are still scheduled to close on both houses Friday, July 29th, before we head to Beaufort for Jay and Elizabeth's wedding...then from there to a week at Edisto with the Broomes.  Whew.  There is definitely a lot of truth to "when it rains it pours!"

Lexie was not a fan of all the packing.  She's really confused.

Yesterday, I met with a plumber and floor man.  During the home inspection, a leak was discovered under the 1/2 bath upstairs.  Unfortunately it was in the wall, so the plumbers had to remove the sink and cut open the wall to fix the leak.  Thankfully it was a pretty easy fix and the old sink is gone!  The plumber also noticed that the bathroom wallpaper seemed to peel off very easily.  Yay!  I'm hoping it won't be too hard to get off the walls. 

The floor man came to look at the cement slab in the basement.  It is going to have to be cleaned before it can be stained and sealed.  He's supposed to meet me over there sometime today to look at how hard it's going to be to clean the floor beofre he can give us an estimate.  I also am going to have to pick a stain color.  Let the craziness of decision making begin.....