Today it came close to 80 degrees, but still you can feel
the change that’s waiting around the corner. It’s almost dark by dinner time
and leaves are drifting down from the trees.
Sadly, one
thing that hasn’t changed is that our house is still on the market.
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| Back when we had a front yard. |
Add to that
the heart-clenching cost of putting in our new septic system.
As I wrote before, everything, every possible aspect
of it, failed the inspection. The tank – disintegrating. The pipes to the leach
field – crumbling. The leach field – unreusable.
So, for a
cost just slightly less than the cost of our entire first house, large men and
larger machines are currently transforming our front yard, back yard, and a
large portion of our woods into a facsimile of a strip mine in West
Virginia.
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| Our road to ruin |
The exact spot where we are literally flushing away our money.
Aaaargh.
ReplyDeleteI hope the money pit is soon off your hands. So much.
It looks familiar--only worse.
ReplyDeleteCan you bump up the price a bit to cover the cost? Add it to the advertising list? "Brand new septic system!"
ReplyDeleteThis is something that town and city dwellers know nothing of. We've been lucky so far. I hope this ends soon for you! -Jenn
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to learn of the money pit you are enduring and hope that it means your home will sell soon to a very fortunate buyer.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Djan!
Deletethe new system used down here doesn't use a drain field per se. it's a big tank with pipes to three or four sprinkler heads that raise up at some point during the night and sprays the 'water' on the surface of the 'drain field'. I suppose there is some sort of filter involved as it's supposed to be quite sanitary. I prefer the the system we've got...3 tanks and pipes to an underground drain field.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeesh. Sorry you couldn't sell it as-is! At least a new system should be an incentive to prospective buyers. (As I think we said before.)
ReplyDeleteYes, that's what we're hoping for. Not quite the same as a fancy updated kitchen, but infinitely more necessary.
DeleteIt should make it easier to sell. We updated ours last spring, it is expensive:(
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