Weekend work

This weekend we had the drywall guy come in. The insulation was dropped off and the drywall was patched in several area. Sunday the downstairs bath was skim-coated.

Call from Pat Hart- yesterday 4/1/09

On 3/31/09 I sent a revised release to Pat that Ned had written. Pat contacted me to advise that their Lawyers would not accept any revisions to the second release that we received from American (in the amount of $7,941.62).

I sent a note to Ned asking whether we should now pursue this through our Homeowner's policy.

Living in a mess

The work is still in full swing. We can't find our camera right now... actually we can't find quite a bit right now as we are now restricted to living in our bedroom and living room.

The kitchen doesn't have a floor at the moment. It is all post and beam structure. Hopefully today we will have decking in place. We also don't have a means of showering at this point either. We will hopefully get something back early next week.

The addition is on and the wall has been torn out in between. All kitchen cabinets have been removed. The wall separating the kitchen and pantry area is currently gone while they repair the floor structure. There was a slope of 4 inches over 20 feet or so that is now gone! Everything will be level in that area of the house.

At the last minute we added modifying the downstairs bathroom to make it accessible for Barb so that bathroom is also torn up and will be getting a walk in shower. The shower pan and tile go in today there.

We also hav plumbing inspections today and the inspection for drilling the holes to attach the house properly to the foundation.

Lots of work being done. Lots of dust. Lots of inconvenience.... but it will be worth it in the end to have our house back in working order.

Water Bureau Development Supervisor - Maree More

Spoke with Maree More today about our refund due on our water permit which is about $7,404.00 The City policy is to only refund to the person who wrote the check. Deb faxed to Maree a copy of our CCB award and a copy of our e-check to Jeremy that documents we were providing funds for our water permit.

Maree called today to let me know that she had referred our documentation on to the Legal Department and would get back with us on what she finds out from the Legal Dept. I informed her that we also were due some funds on the other permits- maybe a $100 or so, and that she should let the legal group know that as well.

Rain Rain Go Away

The forecast for this week is rain - so depending on the weather we may or may not get trusses and roofing done this week. Anyway, the plan according to Scott today is the following:

Monday afternoon- Install wallboard in bathroom and finish up as much as possible. Watch the weather and hope that a break will work for truss delivery tomorrow

Tuesday, 3/17- Install trusses

Let to do would be to put up the framing for the third side, install trusses and then get the roofing up.

Wow- what a process! What progress!

I will try to upload some pictures this weekend. The progress on the addition has been amazing. Scott has had his crew at the house every day this week and usually 2-3 guys onsite. He has also had out the plumber and the heating/cooling guys. We now have a fully floored addition with two walls up - the third will go up when the trusses go up later this week. In addition we have our tub connected upstairs, plumbing repairs completed and a new washer/dryer hookup.

The crew is usually at the house by 7:30 or 8:00 and is frequently still working at 6 p.m. - wrapping up the day.

Message from Bob- CCB ext. 4018

Earlier today I left a message for Bob at the CCB to find out why the bond amount on our case is only $15k and why Jeremy hasn't lost his license yet... Below is his voice mail response:


The Analyst of the case determined which license to file against. The case was filed against 167950, the non LLC, and the license that has a $15k bond. If in fact we win the hearing and receive a final order, Jeremy must clear up the full amount before he can have a license.

Jeremy retained a lawyer- Quinn Posner

Ned emailed us today to let us know that Jeremy Shepherd has retained a lawyer. Quinn Posner has not yet received the retainer check, however, once he receives it Quinn would like to explore settlement.

Neither hail, sleet, snow or rain...

Just like the postmen, Scott and his team have worked today through hail, sleet and snow today- literally. They arrived shortly after 9 this morning and have worked continuously throughout the day. They left just after 6 p.m. Today they have:

1. Removed dirt from the back yard with the backhoe - we paid for the trailer. There is a bit of dirt that we will need to haul ourselves because it is mixed with other debris.


2. Delivered lumber - posts and beams


3. Prepared the foundation and floor area for post and beams - cut access hole in foundation. (there was a good bit of debris in the dirt)


4. Dug holes for the patio footings and installed posts and beams.

For the most part there were two people here all day and Scott showed up in the morning and then later in the afternoon to move the dirt.

Yeah for progress!!!!

Scott talked with Deb and I about a couple of issues:

1. The line of the ceiling is going to slope three inches so the trusses will follow that slope as well. This is a result of having to raise the floor.


2. The foundation was poured crocked causing an overhang of 2" to occur on the side of Eloise's house. This will look strange when we are done because there will be a bent flashing on the exterior.


3. We also agreed that the wall between the pantry and the "mud room" will be removed and the wall between the kitchen and this area will be doubled to give better support to our second story.

Backhoe in tow

Scott arrived today with his backhoe in tow. He used it to clear out the concrete pad in the back yard. It took an hour in total. E'llee enjoyed watching him work.

On Saturday we had a crew here to remove the floor of the addition and the post and beams because they were rotten and molding. We all started around 11 a.m., took a 30 minute break for lunch and finished around 4 p.m. It took us multiple dump runs - 4 in total and we removed and dumped about 2.5 tons of wood. The crew was:
Matt
Deb
Ryan
Etta
Steph
Kaylub
Me

Mom helped by preparing lunch for the hungry workers and Shirley provided a place for E'llee to nap.

No work today - as planned

No work done on the house today by Scott's crew - but none was planned. Tomorrow we have a work crew coming over to clear out our garage and to pull up the back "patio" and take it to recycling. Mom volunteered her support by making lunch. I will probably watch E'llee and help take stuff to storage. Deb's going to focus on the back yard. We are going to have a large crew so it shouldn't take too long-
Etta and Kevin
Matt and Hannah
Stephanie and Kayleb

Release from American Family Insurance

We received the release from American Family Insurance today. The letter was dated 3-1-2009. The total release amount is for $7335.62. I have scanned these in and will review with Scott next week.

More work on the bathroom

Gary arrived today at 8:30 and so far has worked all day on the upstairs bathroom. Earlier he told me he would be leaving to go assist at a different house but he has stayed.

I called and talked with Scott about a crack that I found in our spare bedroom upstairs. I showed the crack to Gary earlier in the day and he indicated that it was an easy repair. I am not clear when exactly the crack across the ceiling and down the wall occured. I first noticed it last night when I was sleeping in the room.

Let the fun begin!

We are in business again. The crew is here working on ripping out the bathroom. They are going at it from the garage. Scott said they would be here today and tomorrow and then back next week to start on the outside... lumber to be delivered on Monday and trusses by the end of the week.

We need to have the back deck ripped up this weekend so I am going to see what I can do to get a crew here this weekend to get that done. Hooray!

Release from American Family Insurance mailed 3/2/09

Spoke with Pat Hart this morning and she indicated that she mailed a release this morning to us. The offer for resulting damages is $7335.62 and it includes an estimate of what it would cost to repair.

My insurance companies (Travelers) phone number is 1-800-252-4633. Policy number 969-880-326-6331. I am trying to decide whether this is reasonable and will talk with Ned and Scott about our options.

Conversation with Pat Hart

I spoke with Pat Hart today. American would like to have the shims removed from the house so that they can determine what the resulting damage is from that action by Jeremy. I contacted Scott and he will remove the shims Wednesday-Thursday-Friday this week. I left a message with Pat to advise. She will have Ian return to inspect.

Follow-up call with Pat Monday, February 9th, 2009

I contacted Pat Hart to follow-up about the visit with Ian. She indicated that she had not received Ian's written report but she had talked with him. She reminded me that American is only responsible for "resulting" damages. She said she thought she would have the report either today or tomorrow and that I could follow-up with her on Wednesday if I hadn't heard from her. She did think that she may need to have an Engineer come to the house to review the damages.

Meeting with Ian at house Thursday, February 5th

Met with Ian at our house and toured all of the areas where work had been accomplished and discussed damaged areas. At the meeting were Ian, Scott Gasso, myself and another invitee of Ian's - his name escapes at the moment. I will add it later. At the end of the visit we discussed summary information. Ian indicated that American is only responsible for "resulting" damages - not areas that were going to be fixed / repaired later during the build process. Specifically, Ian surmized that the adjustor more than likely will want an Engineer to review the house for structural damage. Ian thought his report would be turned in to Pat by the 9th of February.

Appt scheduled with Ian the claim adjustor

Received a call from Ian and scheduled an appointment for next Thursday, February 5th, for 8:30 a.m. Advised Ian that we may have our contractor at the meeting and he indicated that would be okay.

Contacted Pat Hart- no call from inspector yet

Pat advised that her system was down - however she was able to tell me that the inspect - Ian - was supposed to contact us and that he had been out sick. She indicated that she would follow-up with him and have him contact us.

New claims adjustor assigned - Pat Hart 866-910-9869

Pat Hart is our new claims adjustor. She contacted me on 1-20-09. During our telecon she indicated that our claim was also assigned to an inspector, Ian Kienzle and that he would want to inspect our house.

Dates to remember

Contract Signed: 9/12/07
Date work started: 11/15/07
Last day of work: 6/11/08
Letter to Jeremy with intent to file CCB claim: 6/12/08
Date claim filed with CCB: 7/14/08
Date of first meeting with CCB and Jeremy: 8/28/08
Date of second meeting with CCB and Jeremy: 9/15/08
Date of second CCB claim, with damages, submited: 10/29/08
Date of Proposed and Final Order: 11/21/08

Contact with American Family Insurance- 221 136 220 claim #

Policy number 36X223 240 200 in the amount of $1.om

Contacted Perfection Remodel's insurance- American Family Mutual Insurance Company at 800-692-6326 ext 71103. Spoke with Claim rep. Meagan. I advised her that I would call back if I wanted to complete a claim.

Later today received a phone call from AFM rep. Bill Rodriguez at 800-692-6326 ext. 58889. He indicated that a claim had been open, claim number 221 136 220. The claim may end up being reassigned to a field rep in Portland. He will advise if this is what happens.

I sent to Bill, at his email address: WRODRIGU@amfam.com the following documents:
CCB Proposed and final order
Drawings, excel spreadsheet indicating who was paying for what and contract
CCB original filing

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Sent from my BlackBerry.