August 27, 2009
Dear Everyone:
Update on the townhouse:
The buyer asked
PG&E (local power company) to take
a look at the central heat and air system, which was 38 years old.
Not surprisingly, they found something wrong with it.
My realtor, bless her heart, made arrangements with my home
warranty company to take a look at it the Thursday that I was flying up
to
The home warranty company assigned the job to a
local heating and air company who met the realtor at the house.
(We’ll call him “Jose”.)
She put him on her
cell phone with me.
“The circulation is bad and there’s a crack in the
(unintelligible).” The
warranty company would pay to replace “the unit”, but there would be
additional charges that I would have to pay.
There’s always additional charges not covered by the insurance.
The realtor arranged to place a special combination
lockbox on the front door so that the workmen could let themselves in.
They were supposed to install “the unit” last Saturday, but there
were complications. The
first was the lockbox, which apparently gave them so much trouble that a
neighbor called the police and reported
burglars breaking in.
Once they convinced the police that they were there
legitimately, they discovered that “the unit” was the wrong size.
They would have to come back last Monday.
On Monday, I got a call that they had gone to the warehouse to
pick up “the unit”, but it wouldn’t be delivered to the warehouse until
later that day. After work
Monday, I swung by the townhouse and the workman was still installing
“the unit.” Several hours
later, “Jose” called to say that “the unit” had successfully been
installed. Did I want to
come see right now?
No. I
arranged to meet with “Jose” after work on Tuesday.
The air and heat were indeed working.
In fact, the air was much better than it had been the whole time
I lived there. Only one more
step to complete: The
Inspection by the
City of
I called the number and tried to set an appointment
for Wednesday morning, since I had no meetings on Wednesday.
However, the computer was unable to give me a time window.
Wednesday morning, I called the number until I got an actual
person on the phone. We
changed Wednesday morning appointment to Thursday afternoon, between
12:30 and 2:30.
This morning, I had a meeting that began at 6:00
AM, local time. (This is to
accommodate the people in
About an hour later, a man showed up.
He opened the closet door.
Looked at “the unit”, then came into the kitchen and scribbled
some initials on the back of the
permit.
He told me to keep the permit with my records.
Done.
This afternoon, my realtor sent me a quick
email to
say that the buyer has received preliminary approval for his loan.
Everyone keep your fingers crossed.
And I’ve been told that the weather people are
predicting an El Niño
winter, which would mean rain and lots of snow in the mountains.
Love, as always,
Pete
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