rodentraiser
Head Chef
Well, I will be off the computer tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day I can turn off my computer before I get an early termination fee. I'll be moving (finally!) at the end of October after a long, contentious year of trying to get water on my lot.
Just to recap for everyone, I bought a lot about a year and a half ago and wanted to get water on it and move out on it in my car. Then I stupidly bought a broken down and useless trailer that turned into way more than I could possible fix up on my own. Lesson? Next time save up $4000 to buy a good trailer instead of paying someone who was never available $4000 to fix up the crappy trailer.
Anyway, in the midst of trying to sell and ship some dollhouses on eBay, fighting with the housing authority, getting my food stamps recertified (all $15 of them - why do I do this?), and selling the trailer, I was also trying to get the contractor to put the &%$ water on the lot that he had been promising for a year to do.
I finally got rid of the trailer after being contacted by umpteen people who asked if it was still available (and then ghosting me) or making plans to see it (and then ghosting me) or some other silly thing. Like the guy who wanted to take a bus from Seatac airport and see the trailer. Like, um, sure, you got all day? It's only about 80 miles. One way.
Then of course, I had to ask what he planned to do with the trailer after he bought it? He asked it it was drivable. I said no, it's a 5th wheel. Like literally, the first four words in the ad were "5th wheel for sale".
And at least five homeless people wanted me to give them the trailer to live in before it got cold and the rainy season started (this was during the wettest September we've experienced here), but none of them seemed to have seen the pictures or understood the 'not habitable as is, will need a LOT of work" line I put in the ad. One guy wanted to live in it where it was and pay me rent (I was very tempted), but as I'm going to be living under the radar myself, I didn't want an additional problem of two of us up there, besides the liability problems.
So the trailer's finally gone. After two trips to the Social Security office, the papers for the housing authority are all turned in. They wanted proof that I didn't have a MM account any longer, which put me in the position of walking into my credit union and asking them if I could get proof of an account I didn't have. It would be funny if it weren't so maddening.
One dollhouse was sold and shipped out after TWO trips to UPS and one to FedEx. Surprise! I show up cash in hand and they only take debit card now! And they've modified their hours a bit. Ask me how I found that out.
Then there was the contractor. I had arranged to meet him at my lot a couple times during the summer and he always "forgot". So when he finally did show up, it was a pleasant surprise.
Now I was originally only going to put water on the lot, but he talked me into having the lot leveled and terraced (something I had mentioned wanting to do) and he wanted to lay down a driveway so I wouldn't get stuck in the mud in winter (I had been worried about that, too).
So he proposed doing that as long as he had his machinery up there doing the water. I could pay him for the water and owe him for the rest. I'd had a few people up there to price this stuff out before and knew he was offering a good deal, so I accepted. One caveat. I told him I had to be out by the end of October, so I needed to give notice at the end of September. "No problem, we'll be done by Sept 23!"
The 23rd comes and goes - nada. I call him again and he says for sure on the 30th. I go up to my lot late on Monday evening and he hasn't even been there. So I make plans to keep my computer on, watch all the great shows that are out this fall, and settle in for another winter here.
This morning he calls me and says he has half the lot leveled and is waiting for the gravel to be delivered for the driveway. He should be finished by tomorrow. I trot up there this afternoon and it was actually true. Although the water still isn't on the lot, although I do expect that to be done tomorrow. I won't turn off my computer until I see the faucets running real water out of them.
Anyway, I want everyone to know how much I enjoyed being here and even when I didn't post, I read a lot of the threads and I learned so much from all of you. I will be getting to the library every now and then to use their computers, so I will still pop in from time to time. I miss Addie.
You guys take care and I may be back in a year or so when I've finally got a transformer and electric on the lot, maybe the end of 2020.
Oh, sharing some exciting dirt pictures with you all (the driveway and the cleared area). LOL
Just to recap for everyone, I bought a lot about a year and a half ago and wanted to get water on it and move out on it in my car. Then I stupidly bought a broken down and useless trailer that turned into way more than I could possible fix up on my own. Lesson? Next time save up $4000 to buy a good trailer instead of paying someone who was never available $4000 to fix up the crappy trailer.
Anyway, in the midst of trying to sell and ship some dollhouses on eBay, fighting with the housing authority, getting my food stamps recertified (all $15 of them - why do I do this?), and selling the trailer, I was also trying to get the contractor to put the &%$ water on the lot that he had been promising for a year to do.
I finally got rid of the trailer after being contacted by umpteen people who asked if it was still available (and then ghosting me) or making plans to see it (and then ghosting me) or some other silly thing. Like the guy who wanted to take a bus from Seatac airport and see the trailer. Like, um, sure, you got all day? It's only about 80 miles. One way.
Then of course, I had to ask what he planned to do with the trailer after he bought it? He asked it it was drivable. I said no, it's a 5th wheel. Like literally, the first four words in the ad were "5th wheel for sale".
And at least five homeless people wanted me to give them the trailer to live in before it got cold and the rainy season started (this was during the wettest September we've experienced here), but none of them seemed to have seen the pictures or understood the 'not habitable as is, will need a LOT of work" line I put in the ad. One guy wanted to live in it where it was and pay me rent (I was very tempted), but as I'm going to be living under the radar myself, I didn't want an additional problem of two of us up there, besides the liability problems.
So the trailer's finally gone. After two trips to the Social Security office, the papers for the housing authority are all turned in. They wanted proof that I didn't have a MM account any longer, which put me in the position of walking into my credit union and asking them if I could get proof of an account I didn't have. It would be funny if it weren't so maddening.
One dollhouse was sold and shipped out after TWO trips to UPS and one to FedEx. Surprise! I show up cash in hand and they only take debit card now! And they've modified their hours a bit. Ask me how I found that out.
Then there was the contractor. I had arranged to meet him at my lot a couple times during the summer and he always "forgot". So when he finally did show up, it was a pleasant surprise.
Now I was originally only going to put water on the lot, but he talked me into having the lot leveled and terraced (something I had mentioned wanting to do) and he wanted to lay down a driveway so I wouldn't get stuck in the mud in winter (I had been worried about that, too).
So he proposed doing that as long as he had his machinery up there doing the water. I could pay him for the water and owe him for the rest. I'd had a few people up there to price this stuff out before and knew he was offering a good deal, so I accepted. One caveat. I told him I had to be out by the end of October, so I needed to give notice at the end of September. "No problem, we'll be done by Sept 23!"
The 23rd comes and goes - nada. I call him again and he says for sure on the 30th. I go up to my lot late on Monday evening and he hasn't even been there. So I make plans to keep my computer on, watch all the great shows that are out this fall, and settle in for another winter here.
This morning he calls me and says he has half the lot leveled and is waiting for the gravel to be delivered for the driveway. He should be finished by tomorrow. I trot up there this afternoon and it was actually true. Although the water still isn't on the lot, although I do expect that to be done tomorrow. I won't turn off my computer until I see the faucets running real water out of them.
Anyway, I want everyone to know how much I enjoyed being here and even when I didn't post, I read a lot of the threads and I learned so much from all of you. I will be getting to the library every now and then to use their computers, so I will still pop in from time to time. I miss Addie.
You guys take care and I may be back in a year or so when I've finally got a transformer and electric on the lot, maybe the end of 2020.
Oh, sharing some exciting dirt pictures with you all (the driveway and the cleared area). LOL
Attachments
Last edited:
I'm sure we'll be seeing you around here again soon. Take care.
