Evicted at midnight!

Quick update while the land lady is out with the roofing guy...

Motel was a disaster. Think both gremlins still awake at 5am and Maya Grace bouncing around like Tigger, what an adventure

Insurance assessor has been, what a loser, he had no torch to look in the ceiling and his camera had flat batteries

Roofing guy is here, what a sweetie. He reckons the inside is a shambles and could collapse, but has identified the exterior probs and is sorting a quote.

Just waiting on the electrician and builder to tell us if it is safe to stay here.

Thanks for all your thoughts, what an adventure!

Gosh that is so upsetting. I hope they get onto fixing it very fast for you. I also hope they out you up in a lovely motel for a few days :)

Fingers crossed you can sleep in your bed tonight!

Still waiting on the electrician who was going to be here at 2pm...

Whew, the wiring is safe! The electrician said it's old, and has obviously had some home-fix-it jobs done on it but nothing that is a fire/electrocution risk as it's all properly insulated.

Waiting on the builder now to determine the extent of the damage to the beams and the ceiling boards but the electrician said he'd be happy for us to keep staying here, that there's no immediate danger with the wiring.

One thing that does annoy me a bit is that my landlady told me last night that they didn't have a building inspection done when they bought the place, they had a friend who is a builder look it over, which is fine - but he told them NOT to buy the place coz it is a disaster waiting to happen. Don't get me wrong, my landlady and her DH are awesome people but some warning might have been nice given that they *knew* there were potential problems.

The electrician pretty much said that the shell of the house is OK, everything else has been done on the cheap and nasty, presumably as renovations to the original house, but no one knows for sure as the council "lost" all their records when they moved offices a few years ago so no one even knows whether the renovations and ad ons were permitted. He also said that some of the ceiling boards were so rotten it scared him being up there, which fits with what the roofing guy said - he reckons the roof has been done on the cheap and nasty (am I sensing a theme here?) and that water has been getting in thru the dodgy flashings for years.

But overall I'm stoked for two reasons: 1. We get to stay here, the motel was an absolute mission! and 2. I don't own the house so no matter how much it costs to fix, it's not my problem (thank the Lord!)

Oh and another good thing - we haven't seen our mousemate for a few days, Willie reckons he's probably been scared away by all the water, bonus!

OMG I had no idea!!!!!! What an absolute mission especially in the middle of the night..

Did your landlord cover your night away from home?

like I said earlier - I'd move now before bubs arrives. A house with damp is not ideal for littlies

My offer still stands for you all hun (even Willie )

Glad it is safe for you to be in now. What are their plans to fix the ceiling??

OMG! Scary stuff!
Glad you are all ok and that nothing terrible happened while you were in the house!!